By The Numbers
40
Radio
19
Promo
12
Digital
5
Other
76
Total
RADIO: Full singles marketed and pushed to radio stations.
PROMO: Typically YouTube-only releases or songs not pushed to radio.
DIGITAL: Stand-alone songs released exclusively to streaming and digital stores.
OTHER: Soundtrack contributions, charity singles, etc.
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Suzie Chapstick SAVIORS | SAVIORS | The seventh single from Saviors was a promotional single released as a YouTube video. GDFM ART | |
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Ballyhoo SAVIORS (Deluxe) | SAVIORS (Deluxe) | The second promotional digital single for Saviors édition de luxe. Released along with an audio-only YouTube video. GDFM ART | |
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Smash It Like Belushi SAVIORS (Deluxe) | SAVIORS (Deluxe) | Promotional digital single for Saviors édition de luxe. Released along with an audio-only YouTube video. GDFM ART | |
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Corvette Summer SAVIORS | SAVIORS | The sixth single from Saviors was a promotional single released as a YouTube video. GDFM ART | |
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Bobby Sox SAVIORS | SAVIORS | The fifth single from Saviors was a promotional single released as a YouTube video. Despite no radio push, the song would hit #48 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative chart the week it was released. GDFM ART | |
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One Eyed Bastard SAVIORS | SAVIORS | The fourth single from Saviors was originally released as just a promo YouTube video but was later promoted to radio. The song would reach #2 on the Alternative Airplay chart, #4 on Rock & Alternative Airplay and #17 on Rock Airplay on Billboard. GDFM ART | |
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Dilemma SAVIORS | SAVIORS | The third single from Saviors and second song after ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’ to be promoted to radio. The song spent 12 weeks at #1 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, 8 weeks at #1 on the Alternative Airplay chart and 2 weeks at #1 on the Rock Airplay chart on Billboard. GDFM ART | |
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Look Ma, No Brains! SAVIORS | SAVIORS | Promotional single for Saviors released as a music video on the day Green Day announced their 2024 Saviors tour. | |
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The American Dream Is Killing Me SAVIORS | SAVIORS | The first single from Green Day’s 14th studio album, Saviors. Vinyl single was limited to 100 copies. The song spent 8 weeks at #1 on the Rock Airplay chart and 7 weeks at #1 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart on Billboard.
B-Sides: Look Ma, No Brains!
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Alison (demo) NIMROD XXV | NIMROD XXV | Promotional digital single from Nimrod XXV for Green Day’s cover of Elvis Costello’s ‘Alison’ released along with an audio-only YouTube video. GDFM ART | |
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You Irritate Me (demo) NIMROD XXV | NIMROD XXV | Promotional digital single from Nimrod XXV released along with an audio-only YouTube video. GDFM ART | |
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Holy Toledo! MARK, MARY & SOME OTHER PEOPLE S/T | MARK, MARY & SOME OTHER PEOPLE S/T | Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump scored the soundtrack to this summer film so it’s no surprise he enlisted his Hella Mega tourmates to supply a song for the movie. The song would land at #17 on the Billboard alternative song sales chart. | |
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Rock And Roll All Nite (live) DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | The band played their cover of this KISS classic at each of the summer’s Hella Mega dates and released this stand-alone single at the end of the tour. | |
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Pollyanna DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | This single was a surprise release in celebration of the upcoming Hella Mega tour that had been delayed from the previous summer due to the COVID pandemic. The song would peak at #27 on the Billboard rock chart and #28 on the alternative chart. | |
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Here Comes The Shock DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | Song made its debut on an NHL broadcast during a period when the band had struck up a partnership with the league. The song was most likely a leftover from the Father Of All sessions. | |
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Dreaming DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | After the band were forced to postpone their upcoming summer tour due to the COVID pandemic they released this cover of the Blondie classic which features lyrics dreaming of better days ahead. | |
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Meet Me On The Roof FATHER OF ALL MOTHERFUCKERS | FATHER OF ALL MOTHERFUCKERS | Promo single released as a YouTube video on the same day the Father Of All album dropped. The song would peak at #21 on the Billboard hot rock songs chart. GDFM ART | |
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Oh Yeah! FATHER OF ALL MOTHERFUCKERS | FATHER OF ALL MOTHERFUCKERS | The most successful single from the Father Of All album charting at #1 on both the Billboard rock chart (2 weeks) and alternative chart (1 week). GDFM ART | |
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Xmas Time Of The Year DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | First released as a just a YouTube video on December 24th 2015, the band re-released the song in 2019 as a digital single with artwork featuring “Horny” from the Father Of All album cover. | |
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Fire, Ready, Aim FATHER OF ALL MOTHERFUCKERS | FATHER OF ALL MOTHERFUCKERS | Promo single released as part of Green Day’s partnership with the NHL. The song was used for the opening theme of NBC Sports’ Wednesday Night Hockey. The song would hit #33 on the Billboard hot rock songs chart. GDFM ART | |
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Father Of All… FATHER OF ALL MOTHERFUCKERS | FATHER OF ALL MOTHERFUCKERS | This title track was released as the debut single for the album five months prior to the albums release. The song would go on to hit #1 on the Billboard rock chart (1 week) and #3 on the alternative chart. GDFM ART | |
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Back In The USA GOD’S FAVORITE BAND | GOD’S FAVORITE BAND | The band released a music video for this previously unreleased song to promote their latest Greatest Hits compilation. The song would hit #32 on the Billboard hot rock songs chart. | |
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Fell For You (OTIS mix) DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | Four years after the last trilogy single was released, Green Day dropped this new alternative mix digital single of the ¡UNO! track created at their home studio OTIS. | |
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Revolution Radio REVOLUTION RADIO | REVOLUTION RADIO | The title track was the third and final single from the album. The song peaked at #9 on the Billboard rock chart and #21 on the alternative chart. | |
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Still Breathing REVOLUTION RADIO | REVOLUTION RADIO | Revolution Radio’s second single would top the Billboard rock chart for a week and the alternative chart for a solid five weeks. | |
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Letterbomb (live) DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | Initially released as a bonus track on the Awesome As Fuck live album, Green Day would drop this performance of Letterbomb, recorded in Chula Vista in 2010, as a stand-alone digital single. | |
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Bang Bang REVOLUTION RADIO | REVOLUTION RADIO | The first single from Revolution Radio would turn out to be a solid performer on the Billboard charts topping the rock chart for seven weeks and the alternative chart for one week.
B-Sides: Letterbomb (live)
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X-Kid ¡TRE! | ¡TRE! | The final single from Green Day’s ill-fated trilogy of albums would reach #23 on the Billboard rock chart and #35 on the alternative chart. GDFM ART | |
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The Forgotten THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART TWO | THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART TWO | The Forgotten was played on the movies closing credits and had a Twilight themed music video as the lead single from the soundtrack album. Despite the popularity of the franchise at the time, the single failed to chart. | |
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Stray Heart ¡DOS! | ¡DOS! | The only single from ¡DOS! wasn’t able to find traction on radio and did not chart. | |
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Let Yourself Go ¡UNO! | ¡UNO! | The third single from ¡UNO! would rise to a respectable #11 on the Billboard rock chart and #17 on the alternative chart. | |
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Kill The DJ ¡UNO! | ¡UNO! | The second single from ¡UNO! couldn’t find an audience on radio and did not chart. | |
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Oh Love ¡UNO! | ¡UNO! | Often noted by fans as a poor choice for a first single, it would turn out to be by far the most successful one from the trilogy. Oh Love is currently the last song the band have placed on the Hot 100 where it hit #97. The song also reached #5 on the rock chart and #3 on the alternative chart. | |
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Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely SPLIT SINGLE | SPLIT SINGLE | Previously released as a b-side to the Warning single, Green Day’s Hüsker Dü cover would be re-released for Record Store Day with the original version on the flip side.
B-Sides: Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely (Husker Du original version)
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Cigarettes And Valentines (live) AWESOME AS FUCK | AWESOME AS FUCK | A live version of the title track from the scrapped Cigarettes And Valentines sessions was included on the band’s Awesome As Fuck album. The song was released as a promo single along with a music video. | |
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When It’s Time AMERICAN IDIOT: BROADWAY | AMERICAN IDIOT: BROADWAY | The cast album for the American Idiot Broadway musical would include Green Day’s version of When It’s Time which was released as a promo single. | |
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Last Of The American Girls 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN | 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN | The final single from 21st Century Breakdown topped out at #26 on the alternative chart.
B-Sides: 21st Century Breakdown (Studio 880 version), Know Your Enemy (live)
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21 Guns (live) DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | Green Day’s live performance of 21 Guns at the Grammy awards was backed by the cast of the American Idiot Broadway show. The performance was released as a digital single. | |
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21st Century Breakdown 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN | 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN | The title track fourth single from 21st Century Breakdown didn’t land on radio and did not chart.
B-Sides: Last Of The American Girls (live)
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East Jesus Nowhere 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN | 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN | The third single from 21st Century Breakdown would peak at #35 on the Billboard rock chart and #17 on the alternative chart. | |
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21 Guns 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN | 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN | 21st Century Breakdown’s second single would reach #22 on Billboard’s Hot 100, #3 on the alternative chart and #17 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: Favorite Son, 21 Guns (Studio 880 version)
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Know Your Enemy 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN | 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN | The lead single from 21st Century Breakdown hit #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the rock chart for 6 weeks and the alternative chart for 3 weeks.
B-Sides: Lights Out, Hearts Collide
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The Simpsons Theme DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | Green Day’s performance of The Simpsons Theme was released as a digital single to promote The Simpsons Movie where the band also appeared as cartoon versions of themselves. | |
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Working Class Hero INSTANT KARMA | INSTANT KARMA | Green Day would earn a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance for their cover of John Lennon’s Working Class Hero. The song would hit #53 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the alternative chart and #18 on the rock chart. | |
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The Saints Are Coming MUSIC RISING | MUSIC RISING | Green Day would team up with U2 for this Skids cover to raise money to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina. The single would hit #51 on the Billboard Hot 100, #22 on the alternative chart and #33 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: The Saints Are Coming (live)
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Shoplifter DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | Originally appearing as a b-side to the ‘American Idiot’ single, ‘Shoplifter’ would later be re-released on iTunes as digital single in 2006. | |
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Jesus Of Suburbia AMERICAN IDIOT | AMERICAN IDIOT | The fifth and final single from American Idiot was too long to get much radio airplay but did hit #27 on the Billboard alternative chart.
B-Sides: Are We The Waiting (live), St. Jimmy (live)
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Wake Me Up When September Ends (live) DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | Promotional digital single of Green Day performing Wake Me Up When September Ends live at Gillette Stadium on Sept 3/05. | |
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Wake Me Up When September Ends AMERICAN IDIOT | AMERICAN IDIOT | The fourth single from American Idiot rose to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, #2 on the alternative chart and #12 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: Hitchin’ A Ride, Give Me Novacaine (live), Homecoming (live)
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Holiday AMERICAN IDIOT | AMERICAN IDIOT | American Idiot’s third single would hit #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and top both the alternative and rock charts for three weeks.
B-Sides: Minority (live), Holiday (live), Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (live)
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Boulevard Of Broken Dreams AMERICAN IDIOT | AMERICAN IDIOT | The second single from American Idiot would be the most successful of Green Day’s career. The song would hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 along with #1 on the alternative chart (16 weeks) and the rock chart (14 weeks).
B-Sides: Letterbomb (live), American Idiot (live), She’s A Rebel (live)
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American Idiot AMERICAN IDIOT | AMERICAN IDIOT | The lead single from American Idiot would rise to #61 on the Billboard Hot 100, #5 on the rock chart and spend 6 weeks at #1 on the alternative chart.
B-Sides: Favorite Son, Too Much To Soon, Shoplifter, Governator
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I Fought The Law DIGITAL SINGLE | DIGITAL SINGLE | Green Day’s cover of The Crickets classic ‘I Fought The Law’ was released as a digital single. | |
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Poprocks & Coke INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS! | INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS! | Promotional single released in Spain and later Japan for Green Day’s greatest hits album International Superhits! | |
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Maria INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS! | INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS! | Promotional single released in Mexico for Green Day’s greatest hits album International Superhits! | |
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Macy’s Day Parade INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS! | INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS! | The Warning track was a promotional single released in Australia for Green Day’s greatest hits album International Superhits! | |
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Waiting WARNING | WARNING | The third and final proper single from Warning would top out at #26 on the Billboard alternative chart while failing to make the rock chart.
B-Sides: Maria, She (live), F.O.D. (live), Macy’s Day Parade (live), Basket Case (live)
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Blood, Sex And Booze WARNING | WARNING | Promotional single from Warning released only in Germany. | |
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Warning WARNING | WARNING | Warning’s title track second single would top out at #3 on the Billboard alternative chart and #24 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: Scumbag, I Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely, Outsider, Suffocate, Minority
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Minority WARNING | WARNING | The lead single from Warning would hand the band its first #1 in five years when it topped the Billboard alternative chart for 5 weeks. The song would also hit #15 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: Jackass, Brat (live), 86 (live)
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Nice Guys Finish Last NIMROD | Nimrod | Single was released after the song landed on the Varsity Blues movie soundtrack and would hit #31 on the Billboard alternative airplay chart.
B-Sides: Good Riddance (live), The Grouch (live), She (live)
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Prosthetic Head NIMROD | NIMROD | Promotional single released in Germany. | |
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Redundant NIMROD | NIMROD | The third and final proper single from Nimrod would fail to make Billboard’s rock chart but did hit #16 on the alternative chart.
B-Sides: Redundant (remix), Good Riddance, The Grouch (live), Paper Lanterns (live), Reject (live), She (live)
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Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) NIMROD | NIMROD | Nimrod’s second single would rise to #2 on the Billboard alternative chart and #7 on the rock chart. Interestingly, the bands label chose to change around the title from the album which is ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’ to ‘Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)’ for the single.
B-Sides: Suffocate, You Lied, Desensitized, Rotting, Redundant
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Hitchin’ A Ride NIMROD | NIMROD | The first single from Nimrod would top out at the #5 on the Billboard alternative chart and #9 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: Sick Of Me, Espionage
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Walking Contradiction INSOMNIAC | INSOMNIAC | The third proper single from Insomniac would top out at #21 on the Billboard alternative chart and #25 on the rock chart. | |
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Stuck With Me INSOMNIAC | INSOMNIAC | Promotional single released in Australia, Europe, Japan and the UK. The single would also be released in the US on cassette.
B-Sides: When I Come Around (live), Jaded (live), Dominated Love Slave (live), Chump (live)
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Brain Stew / Jaded INSOMNIAC | INSOMNIAC | The second single from Insomniac combined two album tracks for its run up the charts. The single would hit #3 on the Billboard alternative chart and #8 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: Do Da Da, Good Riddance (demo version)
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86 INSOMNIAC | INSOMNIAC | Promotional single released in Germany and Spain. | |
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Geek Stink Breath INSOMNIAC | INSOMNIAC | The lead single from Green Day’s much anticipated Dookie follow-up would hit #3 on the Billboard alternative chart and #9 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: I Want To Be On TV, Don’t Wanna Fall In Love
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J.A.R. ANGUS S/T | ANGUS S/T | This Mike Dirnt penned song is a fan favourite but couldn’t crack the Insomniac track list. The song was released as a single after its inclusion on the Angus movie soundtrack and would hit #1 on the Billboard alternative chart and #17 on the rock chart. It would later be released on the compilation album, International Superhits!
B-Sides: Emenius Sleepus
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She DOOKIE | DOOKIE | Burnt out after a whirlwind year and millions of records sold, Green Day chose not to promote or make a music video for Dookie’s fifth and final single. But that didn’t stop the song from hitting #5 on the Billboard alternative chart and #18 on the rock chart to close out the Dookie era. | |
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When I Come Around DOOKIE | DOOKIE | Dookie’s fourth single would be the most successful from the album staying atop the Billboard alternative chart for 7 weeks and topping out at #2 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: Coming Clean (live), She (live), Longview (live), Burnout (live), 2000 Light Years Away (live)
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Welcome To Paradise DOOKIE | DOOKIE | The third single from Dookie rose to #7 on the Billboard alternative chart but was unable to crack the rock chart.
B-Sides: Emenius Sleepus, Chump (live)
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Basket Case DOOKIE | DOOKIE | The second single from Dookie would top Billboard’s alternative chart for 5 weeks and also hit #9 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: On The Wagon, Tired Of Waiting For You, 409 In Your Coffeemaker (unmixed), She, Emenius Sleepus, Longview (live), Burnout (live), 2000 Light Years Away (live)
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Longview DOOKIE | DOOKIE | Green Day’s first single would take some time to find its way on radio but would eventually top the Billboard alternative chart and peak at #13 on the rock chart.
B-Sides: On The Wagon, Welcome To Paradise (live), Going To Pasalacqua (live), F.O.D. (live), One Of My Lies (live), Christie Road (live)
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