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“Boulevard of Broken Dreams”
Single by Green Day from the album American Idiot
Released	November 29, 2004
Format	Digital download, compact disc
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:48
Label	Reprise
Writer(s)	Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer	Green Day, Rob Cavallo
Certification	3x Platinum
Green Day singles chronology
"Shoplifter" (2004) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (2004) "Holiday" (2005)

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is the Grammy Award winning fourth track from Green Day's seventh studio album, American Idiot. The song was written by Green Day, with lyrics by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, and was co-produced by Green Day and Rob Cavallo. It was released as the album's second single on November 29, 2004; the single peaked at number two in the United States. Image File history File links Summary The CD cover of Green Days 2004 single Boulevard of Broken Dreams, from the 2004 album American Idiot. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... Singles from American Idiot Released: 2004 Released: 2004 Released: 2005 Released: 2005 Released: 2005 This article is about Green Day album. ... is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // A digital download (also known as a digital single or a paid digital download) is an official and legal music single available for purchase through an online store. ... CD redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition (chords) or melody to songs, or both. ... Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the rock trio Green Day. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Rob Cavallo is a music producer who has produced several well-known albums. ... “Golden record” redirects here. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... St. ... American Idiot track listing Holiday is an alternative rock song by Green Day, released as the third single off of their seventh studio album American Idiot (2004). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... Singles from American Idiot Released: 2004 Released: 2004 Released: 2005 Released: 2005 Released: 2005 This article is about Green Day album. ... Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the rock trio Green Day. ... Rob Cavallo is a music producer who has produced several well-known albums. ... is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The song speaks from the point of view of American Idiot's "main character", Jesus of Suburbia, and is a moderate midtempo song characterized by moody and depressing lyrics. This is in contrast to the previous track on the album, "Holiday", which illustrates Jesus of Suburbia's "high" of being in The City. MTV's Green Day Makes a Video described "Holiday" as a party, and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" as the subsequent hangover. Jesus of Suburbia is the fifth and final single to be released from Green Days seventh studio album, American Idiot. ... American Idiot track listing Holiday is an alternative rock song by Green Day, released as the third single off of their seventh studio album American Idiot (2004). ... Making the Video is an MTV show, consisting of half-hour episodes, which chronicles the process of filming various music videos. ...

Influences and covers

The riff and chord sequence of the song are similar to that of Oasis' "Wonderwall". Noel Gallagher lashed out at Green Day in late 2006, saying, "They should have the decency to wait until I am dead [before stealing my songs]. I, at least, pay the people I steal from that courtesy."^[1] Gallagher's reaction may have partly been due to the emergence of "Boulevard of Broken Songs", a popular mash-up mixed by San Francisco DJ and producer Party Ben in late 2004. The mix consisted of elements from "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Wonderwall", Travis' "Writing to Reach You" and Aerosmith's "Dream On". Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991. ... (Whats the Story) Morning Glory? track listing Wonderwall is a song by British rock band Oasis, written by the bands guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher. ... -1... Boulevard of Broken Songs was a popular mash up mixed by San Francisco DJ and producer Party Ben in late 2004. ... San Francisco redirects here. ... Party Ben is a DJ in the San Francisco area who works at local radio station Live 105 and is one of the more notable figures in the mashup (music) scene. ... Travis are a Scotish rock band from Glasgow, comprising Fran Healy (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Dougie Payne (bass, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, keyboards, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion). ... Writing to Reach You is the first single from Travis second album, The Man Who. ... This article is about the band Aerosmith. ... Dream On is a song by Aerosmith from their 1973 debut album. ...

This song was covered by Japanese pop singer Utada Hikaru acoustically with a guitar during an internet broadcast in December 2005. A video of it can be found. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is sung first and then fades into Passion (After the Battle version) from the Kingdom Hearts II original soundtrack. Utada redirects here. ... Passion is a single by Utada Hikaru. ... Kingdom Hearts II ) is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios) in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. ...

In the 2005 VH1 Storytellers program featuring Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong stated that the title of the song was "nicked" from the famous Gottfried Helnwein painting of the same title, which features James Dean.^[2] Four earlier songs also have the same title: an old Harry Warren song[1], a Hanoi Rocks song, a Marianne Faithfull song, and a song by Brian Setzer from his 1986 album The Knife Feels Like Justice. VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994 and VH1: Music First until 2003) is an American digital television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently... Gottfried Helnwein, Beautiful Victim, watercolor, 1974 Gottfried Helnwein (born October 8, 1948 in Vienna) is an Austrian-Irish fine artist, photographer, installation and performance artist. ... For the film, see James Dean (film). ... Harry Warren (December 24, 1893 - September 22, 1981) was a music composer of many different styles. ... Hanoi Rocks is a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. ... Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull[1][2](born 29 December 1946) is an English singer, songwriter, actress and diarist whose career spans over four decades. ... Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959, Massapequa, New York) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. ...

Lyrics from the song bear some resemblance to the Aaron Cometbus-penned track "I Walk Alone," recorded by Pinhead Gunpowder, a band in which Billie Joe Armstrong also sings. It appeared on their 1997 album, Goodbye Ellston Avenue. The song also shares some lyrics with the Whitesnake song "Here I Go Again"; the words "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" can be found in the lyrics of the Elvis Costello song "Brilliant Mistake", the Allman Brothers Band song "End of the Line", and the Deadsy song "The Key To Gramercy Park". The phrase "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" also appears in punk/new wave band Blondie's 1982 minor UK-hit single Island Of Lost Souls Aaron Elliott (born 1968), better known as Aaron Cometbus, is a drummer, lyricist, self-described punk anthropologist and author of Cometbus, a seminal punk rock zine. ... Pinhead Gunpowder is an East Bay Punk Rock band consisting of Aaron Cometbus (drums, lyrics), Bill Schneider (bass), Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Jason White (guitar, vocals). ... Whitesnake is an English hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple). ... Here I Go Again is a song recorded by Whitesnake. ... Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick McManus August 25, 1954) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. ... The original Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band is a pioneering and innovative Southern rock group from Macon, Georgia originally popular in the 1970s, described by Rolling Stones George Kimball in 1971 as the best . ... Deadsy is an American rock band from California. ... Island Of Lost Souls may refer to a film by Bela Lugosi a song by Blondie from the album The Hunter This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

A live version of this song can be found on Bullet in a Bible, a live album of Green Day performing at the Milton Keynes National Bowl. Bullet in a Bible is a live CD, DVD and UMD release by Green Day, which was issued in November 2005. ... , Milton Keynes ( ; IPA ) is a large town in South East England, about 45 miles (75 km) north-west of London. ... Spectators watch Green Day from the grass slopes Thunder perform at the 2006 Monsters of Rock festival The National Bowl is a 65,000 capacity entertainment venue in Milton Keynes, England. ...

Bluegrass band Honeywagon did a cover of the song on their tribute album to Green Day Pickin' on Green Day, while the German choir Gregorian did a cover in the style of a Gregorian Chant. Gregorian is a German band, headed by Frank Peterson, performing Gregorian chant-inspired versions of modern pop and rock songs. ...

Music video

The award-winning music video for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", which was directed by Samuel Bayer, depicts the band members after their car has stalled in the desert, and they begin a melancholy walk down a dusty road. Scenes are interspersed with video footage, taken from around Los Angeles, of homeless people and other miserable sights. The video also features performance footage of the band playing the song in an abandoned warehouse. Samuel David Bayer (born in 17 February 1962 in Syracuse, New York) is an American music video director. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...

The music videos for "Holiday" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" were filmed with a single, continuous storyline — the video for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" picks up where "Holiday"'s left off, with the last few seconds of "Holiday" audible at the start of the "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" video. American Idiot track listing Holiday is an alternative rock song by Green Day, released as the third single off of their seventh studio album American Idiot (2004). ...

The video features a 1968 green Mercury Monterey convertible that was modified for filming in the "Holiday" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" videos. The car features a hood ornament in the shape of the hand and heart grenade image from the American Idiot album cover, which was also used in the video for "Holiday". But the "iron fist" was actually used in the video for "Walking Contradiction", when the band members meet at a car towards the end of the video. The band's name is also on the front of the hood in silver letters. The band rode this car to the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony. 1971 Mercury Monterey Hardtop Sedan The Mercury Monterey was introduced in 1950 as a full-size semi-luxury car. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Walking Contradiction is the fifth and final single taken from Green Days fourth album Insomniac. ...

As shown in an MTV Making the Video special, director Samuel Bayer used unorthodox techniques to achieve the aged look of the "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" video, including physical damage to the film: scratching the film with razor blades, pouring coffee on it, and extinguishing cigarettes on it.

The video of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" won six awards at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2005, most notably for Video of the Year. It also won Best Group Video, Best Rock Video, Best Direction, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Video of the Year. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Awards winners for Best Group Video. ... The following is a list of the MTV Video Music Awards winners for Best Rock Video. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Direction. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Editing. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Cinematography. ...

The song is also the theme song to the internet show 'Shiny Happy People'

Reception

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was named Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 2006. The song's broad appeal was demonstrated by its performance on several less-publicized Billboard singles charts: it spent 14 weeks at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, 16 weeks at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks, and was also successful on the Adult Top 40 charts. For the UK music award, see The Record of the Year. ... The 48th Annual Grammy Awards were held on Wednesday 8 February 2006 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. ... It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (that is, alternative) stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks (formerly known as Adult Top 40) is a variation on the United States Billboard charts. ...

In response to Hurricane Katrina and the popularity of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", Green Day donated all of the iTunes proceeds from this song for the year to the American Red Cross for Katrina aid efforts. This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2005. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ... A WWII-era poster encouraged American women to volunteer for the Red Cross as part of the war effort. ...

Single track listing

CD 1:

1. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2. Letterbomb (Live)

CD 2:

1. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2. American Idiot (Live)
3. She's a Rebel (Live)

Card Sleeve CD:

1. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2. Letterbomb (Live)

7" Picture Disc:
Side A.

1. Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Side B.

1. Letterbomb (Live)

Live tracks were recorded September 21, 2004 at Irving Plaza, New York. is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Charts