21st Century Breakdown

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Release Date: May 15, 2009
Length: 69:16
Studio: Studio 880 / Ocean Way Recording / Costa Mesa Studios / Jet Studios
Label: Reprise Records
Producers: Butch Vig & Green Day
Mixing: Chris Lorde-Alge
Engineer: Chris Dugan
Artwork: Chris Bilheimer (design, photos, stencils), Marina Chavez (back cover photo) Andrew Black (stencils), Micah Chong (stencils), David Cooper (stencils)
Additional Musicians: Jason Freese (piano), Tom Kitt (strings arrangement), Patrick Warren (string conducting)

Singles: Know Your Enemy, 21 Guns, East Jesus Nowhere, 21st Century Breakdown, Last Of The American Girls
RIAA Certification: Platinum (1 Million) – February 17, 2011
Billboard 200 Peak: #1 (1 week) – 38 weeks on the chart
Top Rock Albums Peak: #1 (3 weeks) – 32 weeks on the chart
Grammy Awards: Best Rock Album (Won). 21 Guns: Best Rock Song (Nominated), Best Rock Performance (Nominated).

Notes: After the longest break between albums of their career, the band returned to the studio with 45 songs to work with along with a new producer in Butch Vig. What emerged from those sessions was another rock opera concept album that once again saw the band hit the top of the charts. In a changing music industry, the album would also mark the last time to date that the band has sold more than 500,000 albums, eventually selling over one million in the US.

  1. Song Of The Century
  2. 21st Century Breakdown
  3. Know Your Enemy
  4. ¡Viva la Gloria!
  5. Before The Lobotomy
  6. Christian’s Inferno
  7. Last Night On Earth
  8. East Jesus Nowhere
  9. Peacemaker
  10. Last Of The American Girls
  11. Murder City
  12. ¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)
  13. Restless Heart Syndrome
  14. Horseshoes And Handgrenades
  15. The Static Age
  16. 21 Guns
  17. American Eulogy
  18. See The Light

19. Burnout (live)

19. A Quick One, While He’s Away
20. Another State Of Mind

21. That’s Alright
22. Like A Rolling Stone

19. Know Your Enemy (live)
20. The Static Age (live)

  1. American Idiot (live)
  2. Jesus Of Suburbia (live)
  3. Holiday (live)
  4. Are We The Waiting (live)
  5. St. Jimmy (live)
  6. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (live)

Know Your Enemy

21 Guns

21st Century Breakdown

Last Of The American Girls

01.

Song Of The Century

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02.

21st Century Breakdown

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Know Your Enemy

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¡Viva la Gloria!

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05.

Before The Lobotomy

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Christian’s Inferno

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Last Night On Earth

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East Jesus Nowhere

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Peacemaker

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Last Of The American Girls

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Murder City

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12.

¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)

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Restless Heart Syndrome

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Horseshoes And Handgrenades

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The Static Age

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21 Guns

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American Eulogy

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18.

See The Light

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19.

Lights Out [Japan]

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A Quick One, While He’s Away [iTunes deluxe]

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20.

Another State Of Mind [iTunes deluxe]

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21.

That’s Alright [iTunes pre-order]

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Like A Rolling Stone [iTunes pre-order]

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