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Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Green Day — American Idiot (2004). Green Day’s seventh studio album and their commercial and critical peak — a punk rock opera concept album that won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2005 — featuring Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Holiday and Jesus of Suburbia. Punk rock / pop punk / rock opera from Oakland, California, USA. New & sealed.

American Idiot — Most Searched Facts

• Boulevard of Broken Dreams — the most searched Green Day song — UK number five and US number two in 2004 — won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 2006 — the walking figure silhouetted against an empty road is one of the most iconic images in 2000s rock music
• Wake Me Up When September Ends — the most searched Green Day emotional track — written by Billie Joe Armstrong about the death of his father Andrew Armstrong, who died of oesophageal cancer on 10 September 1982 when Billie Joe was ten years old — his father died the day before his birthday
• Holiday — the most searched Green Day political track — a direct anti-war protest song written in response to the 2003 invasion of Iraq — UK number eleven in 2005
• Jesus of Suburbia — the most searched American Idiot centrepiece — nine minutes long — a five-part suite that introduces the album’s central protagonist — one of the longest and most ambitious tracks in mainstream punk rock history
• American Idiot won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2005 — one of only a handful of punk or rock albums ever to win the award — it also won Best Rock Album — the most searched Grammy fact

“Wake Me Up When September Ends” — Most Searched Song

• Written by Billie Joe Armstrong about his father Andrew Armstrong — who died of oesophageal cancer on 10 September 1982 — Billie Joe was ten years old — his father died the day before his birthday (17 February 1972) — the most searched personal fact
• The song’s title comes from what a young Billie Joe said after his father’s funeral — he went home, locked himself in his room and put a sign on the door reading “Wake Me Up When September Ends” — the most searched title origin fact
• The music video stars Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell and depicts a young couple separated when the boyfriend enlists to fight in Iraq — the most searched music video fact
• Every year in September it trends on social media — one of the most reliably viral songs of the internet era — the most searched cultural fact

Most Searched Green Day Facts

• Green Day are Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals/guitar, born 17 February 1972), Mike Dirnt (bass, born 4 May 1972) and Tré Cool (drums, born 9 December 1972) — the most searched Green Day lineup fact
• Formed in 1987 in Oakland, California — originally called Sweet Children before becoming Green Day in 1989 — the most searched Green Day origin fact
• Dookie (1994) — their mainstream breakthrough — sold over 20 million copies — won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 1995 — the most searched Green Day early career fact
• American Idiot was adapted into a Broadway musical in 2010 — it ran for 422 performances and received Tony Award nominations — the most searched American Idiot stage fact
• Billie Joe Armstrong was born on 17 February 1972 in Oakland, California — his middle name is Michael — the most searched Billie Joe Armstrong personal fact

Frequently Asked Questions

• What is Wake Me Up When September Ends about? — The death of Billie Joe Armstrong’s father on 10 September 1982 — Billie Joe was ten — the most searched question
• Who stars in the Wake Me Up When September Ends video? — Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell — the most searched music video question
• How long is Jesus of Suburbia? — Nine minutes — a five-part suite — the most searched track length question
• Did American Idiot win Album of the Year? — Yes — Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2005 — and Best Rock Album — the most searched Grammy question
• Was American Idiot turned into a musical? — Yes — Broadway 2010 — 422 performances — Tony Award nominations — the most searched stage question

Track Listing

• American Idiot
• Jesus of Suburbia
• Holiday
• Boulevard of Broken Dreams
• Are We the Waiting
• St. Jimmy
• Give Me Novacaine
• She’s a Rebel
• Extraordinary Girl
• Letterbomb
• Wake Me Up When September Ends
• Homecoming
• Whatsername

Album Details

• Artist: Green Day
• Album: American Idiot
• Year: 2004
• Format: CD
• Label: Warner Records
• EAN / Barcode: 093624877721
• Condition: New & Sealed

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