"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" is a popular song by the American pop punk band Green Day. Although written by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong just after the release of their 1994 hit album Dookie, the song was not released until their 3rd major-label album Nimrod in 1997. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" is a very mellow, contemplative acoustic song, which was a vast change from the band's well-known punk sound. However, the song title does reflect some of the edge that one can expect from this band. Band member Mike Dirnt went on to state that the release of this song was probably the "most punk" thing they could have done. The song is more commonly promoted on the radio as "Time of Your Life", and it became a Billboard chart-topper and an international hit. In fact, it was the only song from Nimrod that was a crossover success when released in single form. Image File history File links Green_Dahy_-_Good_Riddance_-_CD_single_cover. ... 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. ... Nimrod is the fifth album by the pop-punk band Green Day and was released in 1997. ... A compact disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Unplugged be merged into this article or section. ... In the music industry, a record label is 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. ... 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. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... 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 Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. ... The ARIA charts is the main Australian music sales chart issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... Hitchin a Ride was the first single that American punk band Green Day released from their album nimrod. ... Redundant is a song that Billie Joe Armstrong {from the band Green Day} wrote. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... This article is about the band Green Day. ... Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California) is best known as the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the rock band Green Day. ... Singles from Dookie Released: 1994 Released: 1994 Released: 1994 Released: 1995 Released: 1995 Dookie is the third studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, released on February 1, 1994 on Reprise Records. ... Nimrod is the fifth album by the pop-punk band Green Day and was released in 1997. ... A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ... Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard on May 4, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of Green Day. ... Nimrod is the fifth album by the pop-punk band Green Day and was released in 1997. ...

The song began life as an entirely different version as a B-side to the Insomniac album. This alternate version featured strummed chords instead of the usual sound and lacked the orchestra strings found on the more well known version. This early version can be found on the "Brain Stew" single. In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Insomniac can mean: A person who suffers from insomnia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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Despite being a break-up song, it is frequently played at ceremonial social occasions such as weddings, anniversaries, funerals and graduations. It is a continual favorite to be played as the last song at high school Proms. The song reached a massive audience in one night, when it was used during the special two part "Clip Show" of the extremely popular show Seinfeld in 1998. The song played during a montage of clips from the show's history. This article is about the sitcom. ...

Billie Joe plays an electric guitar version of the song as their traditional show-closer for live Green Day concerts, including their live performance on Bullet in a Bible. Bullet in a Bible is a live CD, DVD and UMD release by Green Day, which was issued in November 2005. ...

The song on their greatest hits compilation International Superhits!, as well as on the prom music compilation Hey Are You Guys Going To Prom, Too? International Superhits! is a greatest hits album by Green Day. ...

Track list

CD 1:

1. Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) - 2:28
2. Suffocate - 2:47
3. You Lied - 2:25

CD 2:

1. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
2. Desensitized
3. Rotting

EU CD:

1. Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) (Clean Album Remix) - 2:28
2. Desensitized (Non-LP Track) - 2:47
3. Rotting (Non-LP Track) - 2:50

Music video

The music video, directed by Mark Kohr, is very austere. It features Billie Joe Armstrong playing an acoustic guitar in a bedroom interjected with scenes depicting various people undergoing major physical changes in their lives. Band members Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool make cameo appearances in the video as a person at a corner store [Dirnt] and an injured bike rider [Cool]. Also when the video came out, both names of the songs were swapped and were known as "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)", this name was also used on the single cover. Acoustic guitar can refer to the following musical instruments: Nylon and gut stringed guitars: Renaissance guitar Baroque guitar Romantic guitar Classical guitar, the modern version of the original guitar, with nylon strings Flamenco guitar Steel stringed guitars: Steel-string acoustic guitar, also known as western, folk or country guitar Twelve... Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard on May 4, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of Green Day. ... Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III, December 9, 1972, in Frankfurt, Germany) is the drummer of the pop punk band Green Day. ... A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television. ...

In 1998 Green Day won their first MTV Video Music Award for Best Hard Rock Video for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" and they were also nominated for Viewer's Choice.^[1]

The video can be found on their music video compilation DVD, International Supervideos!. International Supervideos! is a name of a DVD by Green Day, a companion to the International Superhits! greatest hits CD. The DVD was released on November 13, 2001. ...

Trivia

• On the album version, at the beginning, Billie Joe Armstrong makes a mistake (the 3rd and 4th strings of the open G chord are played instead of the 2nd and 3rd), tries again, repeats the mistake, and in anger cusses in a barely audible voice. This is often copied by accident on renditions of this song, such as on YouTube. A metronome can also be heard faintly in the background.
• In Season 4 of the television show ER, PA Jeanie Boulet - played by actress Gloria Reuben, sang this song as a farewell to a young boy (Scott Anspaugh, son of Dr. Anspaugh) who had died in her care.
• Billie Joe Armstrong claims to have written this song in less than 10 minutes.
• The song was featured in the retirement ceremony held for hockey player Wendel Clark before the season opener between the hockey clubs the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens at the Air Canada Centre. The crowd proceeded to give Clark a 5 minute standing ovation as he walked out to the ice.
• When Tony Stewart fulfilled his life's dream by winning the Brickyard 400, the song played in the background.
• The song was played at the end of the Seinfeld episode The Clip Show, Part 2 which along with Part 1 was the second to last episode of the series.
• In the United States, the song receives frequent airplay on radio stations featuring the Soft Adult Contemporary format (a.k.a. easy listening)—an irony, given the band's punk roots.
• The song was played in Madison Square Garden after Wayne Gretzky played his final game. Pittsburgh Penguins won the game in overtime while Gretzky was on the bench. The crowd gave a long standing ovation for Gretzky while he strode around on the ice - Good Riddance repeatedly playing in the background.
• After Princess Diana died, many TV stations played this song while showing clips of her throughout her life.
• The "best bits" of the British reality television programme Big Brother 2004 (UK) played on the finale night were set to the song.
• At the Boston Celtics' first home game at the TD Banknorth Garden on February 28, 2007 since former guard Dennis Johnson died six days ago, this song was played alongside the tribute video on the TitanTron for the late Celtics guard.

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Chart positions

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References

External link

• Music video for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" at YouTube