The page contains all of Green Day’s singles from their studio albums along with promotional only releases, digital releases and various singles released for movie soundtracks and charities. Previously released studio tracks re-released as live songs are not included unless issued as a stand-alone single.
Please note that the included b-sides may not be available on all releases of the single and are instead a listing of all the extra songs across all variations of the single.
Poprocks & Coke
Release Date: November 13, 2001
Length: 2:41
Notes: Promotional single released in Spain and later Japan for Green Day’s greatest hits album International Superhits!
Maria
Release Date: November 13, 2001
Length: 2:47
Notes: Promotional single released in Mexico for Green Day’s greatest hits album International Superhits!
Macy’s Day Parade
Release Date: November 1, 2001
Length: 3:34
Also Appears On: Warning
Notes: Promotional single released in Australia for Green Day’s greatest hits album International Superhits!
Waiting
Release Date: October 29, 2001
Length: 3:14
B-Sides: Maria, Macy’s Day Parade, Fashion Victim, Castaway, She (live), F.O.D. (live), Macy’s Day Parade (live), Basket Case (live)
Notes: 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.
Blood, Sex And Booze
Release Date: January ?, 2001
Length: 3:33
Notes: Promotional single released in Germany.
Warning
Release Date: December 11, 2000
Length: 3:43
B-Sides: Scumbag, I Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely, Outsider, Suffocate, Minority
Notes: Warning‘s title track second single would top out at #3 on the Billboard alternative chart and #24 on the rock chart.
Minority
Release Date: August 31, 2000
Length: 2:49
B-Sides: Jackass, Warning, Hold On, Outsider, Brat (live), 86 (live)
Notes: 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.
Nice Guys Finish Last
Release Date: March 23, 1999
Length: 2:49
Also Appears On: Nimrod
B-Sides: Good Riddance (live), The Grouch (live), She (live)
Notes: This Nimrod track was released as a single after landing on the Varsity Blues movie soundtrack.
Prosthetic Head
Release Date: August ?, 1998
Length: 3:38
Notes: Promotional single released in Germany.
Redundant
Release Date: May 26, 1998
Length: 3:18
B-Sides: Redundant (remix), She, Good Riddance, The Grouch (live), Paper Lanterns (live), Reject (live), She (live), Paper Lanterns (live)
Notes: The third and final proper single from Nimrod would fail to make Billboard’s rock chart but did hit #16 on the alternative chart.
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Release Date: October 17, 1997
Length: 2:35
B-Sides: Suffocate, You Lied, Desensitized, Rotting, Redundant
Notes: 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.
Hitchin’ A Ride
Release Date: September 22, 1997
Length: 2:52
B-Sides: Sick Of Me, Espionage, Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life), Scattered, Uptight
Notes: The first single from Nimrod would top out at the #5 on the Billboard alternative chart and #9 on the rock chart.
Walking Contradiction
Release Date: June 3, 1996
Length: 2:31
Notes: The third proper single from Insomniac would top out at #21 on the Billboard alternative chart and #25 on the rock chart.
Stuck With Me
Release Date: December 27, 1995
Length: 2:16
B-Sides: When I Come Around (live), Jaded (live), Dominated Love Slave (live), Chump (live)
Notes: Promotional single released in Australia, Europe, Japan and the UK. The single would also be released in the US on cassette.
Brain Stew / Jaded
Release Date: December 11, 1995
Length: 4:44
B-Sides: Do Da Da, Good Riddance (demo version), Walking Contradiction, No Pride, Brain Stew / Jaded (live)
Notes: 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.
86
Release Date: November ?, 1995
Length: 2:48
Notes: Promotional single released in Germany and Spain.
Geek Stink Breath
Release Date: September 25, 1995
Length: 2:16
B-Sides: I Want To Be On TV, Don’t Wanna Fall In Love, Stuck With Me, 86
Notes: 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.
J.A.R.
Release Date: July 10, 1995
Length: 2:51
Also Appears On: International Superhits!
B-Sides: Emenius Sleepus
Notes: 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.
She
Release Date: April 3, 1995
Length: 2:14
Notes: 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.
When I Come Around
Release Date: November 28, 1994
Length: 2:58
B-Sides: Coming Clean (live), She (live), Longview (live), Burnout (live), 2000 Light Years Away (live)
Notes: 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.
Welcome To Paradise
Release Date: September 12, 1994
Length: 3:44
B-Sides: Emenius Sleepus, Chump (live)
Notes: The third single from Dookie rose to #7 on the Billboard alternative chart but was unable to crack the rock chart.
Basket Case
Release Date: July 4, 1994
Length: 3:03
B-Sides: On The Wagon, Tired Of Waiting For You, 409 In Your Coffeemaker (unmixed), She, Emenius Sleepus, Having A Blast, Longview (live), Burnout (live), 2000 Light Years Away (live), When I Come Around (live)
Notes: The second single from Dookie would top Billboard’s alternative chart for 5 weeks and also hit #9 on the rock chart.
Longview
Release Date: February 1, 1994
Length: 3:59
B-Sides: On The Wagon, Welcome To Paradise, Coming Clean, Going To Pasalacqua (live), F.O.D. (live), One Of My Lies (live), Christie Road (live)
Notes: 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.