American Idiot (20th anniversary super deluxe edition)

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Tracklist

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1CD: American Idiot
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1American Idiot
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
American Idiot
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
publisher:
Green Daze Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
4.12:54
2Jesus of Suburbia: I. Jesus of Suburbia / II. City of the Damned / III. I Don’t Care / IV. Dearly Beloved / V. Tales of Another Broken Home
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
music videos:
Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day
recording of:
Jesus of Suburbia
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.79:08
3Holiday
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Holiday
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
4.13:52
4Boulevard of Broken Dreams
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
music videos:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 271)
recording of:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
44:22
5Are We the Waiting
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Are We the Waiting
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.42:42
6St. Jimmy
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
St. Jimmy
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.72:56
7Give Me Novacaine
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Give Me Novacaine
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.353:25
8She’s a Rebel
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
She’s a Rebel
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.652:00
9Extraordinary Girl
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Extraordinary Girl
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.153:33
10Letterbomb
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
guest vocals:
Kathleen Hanna
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Letterbomb
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.44:05
11Wake Me Up When September Ends
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
bass guitar and background vocals:
Mike Dirnt
drums (drum set):
Tré Cool
guitar and lead vocals:
Billie Joe Armstrong
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 359)
recording of:
Wake Me Up When September Ends
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Wright III and Michael Pritchard
4.24:45
12Homecoming: I. The Death of St. Jimmy / II. East 12th St. / III. Nobody Likes You / IV. Rock and Roll Girlfriend / V. We’re Coming Home Again
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Homecoming
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool
composer:
Green Day
3.359:18
13Whatsername
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Whatsername
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
2.754:14
2CD: B-Sides & Bonus Tracks
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1American Idiot (live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
recorded at:
幕張メッセ (Makuhari Messe, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Nakase, Chiba, Chiba (Chiba Prefecture), Japan (on 2005-03-19)
live recording of:
American Idiot (on 2005-03-19)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
publisher:
Green Daze Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
4.54:18
2Jesus of Suburbia (live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
recorded at:
幕張メッセ (Makuhari Messe, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Nakase, Chiba, Chiba (Chiba Prefecture), Japan (on 2005-03-19)
live recording of:
Jesus of Suburbia (on 2005-03-19)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.59:22
3Holiday (live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
recorded at:
幕張メッセ (Makuhari Messe, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Nakase, Chiba, Chiba (Chiba Prefecture), Japan (on 2005-03-19)
live recording of:
Holiday (on 2005-03-19)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
34:33
4Are We the Waiting (live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
recorded at:
幕張メッセ (Makuhari Messe, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Nakase, Chiba, Chiba (Chiba Prefecture), Japan (on 2005-03-19)
live recording of:
Are We the Waiting (on 2005-03-19)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
2.53:18
5St. Jimmy (live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
recorded at:
幕張メッセ (Makuhari Messe, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Nakase, Chiba, Chiba (Chiba Prefecture), Japan (on 2005-03-19)
live recording of:
St. Jimmy (on 2005-03-19)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
42:57
6Boulevard of Broken Dreams (live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
recorded at:
幕張メッセ (Makuhari Messe, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Nakase, Chiba, Chiba (Chiba Prefecture), Japan (on 2005-03-19)
live recording of:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day) (on 2005-03-19)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.54:41
7Favorite Son
recording of:
Favorite Son
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
52:06
8Shoplifter
engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
producer:
Green Day
mixer:
Tim James (US singer, songwriter and record producer)
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Mike Dirnt
electric guitar [guitar] and lead vocals:
Billie Joe Armstrong
membranophone:
Tré Cool
background vocals [vocals]:
Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool
recording of:
Shoplifter
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Edwin Wright III and Michael Ryan Pritchard
publisher:
Green Daze Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
31:50
9Governator
assistant engineer:
Reto Peter
engineer and mixer:
Chris Dugan
producer:
Green Day
drums (drum set):
Tré Cool
electric bass guitar [bass] and lead vocals:
Mike Dirnt
electric guitar [guitar]:
Billie Joe Armstrong
background vocals [vocals]:
Billie Joe Armstrong and Tré Cool
recording of:
Governator
lyricist:
Michael Ryan Pritchard
composer:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Edwin Wright III and Michael Ryan Pritchard
publisher:
Green Daze Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
22:31
10Too Much Too Soon
engineer:
Reto Peter
producer:
Green Day
mixer:
Tim James (US singer, songwriter and record producer)
drums (drum set):
Tré Cool
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Mike Dirnt
electric guitar [guitar] and lead vocals:
Billie Joe Armstrong
background vocals [vocals]:
Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool
recording of:
Too Much Too Soon
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Edwin Wright III and Michael Ryan Pritchard
publisher:
Green Daze Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
33:30
11Are We the Waiting (live from VH1 Storytellers)
2:58
12St. Jimmy (live from VH1 Storytellers)
3:06
13Give Me Novacaine (live from VH1 Storytellers)
recording engineer:
John Harris (live recording engineer) (on 2005-02-15) and Kevin Lemoine (on 2005-02-15)
producer:
Green Day
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
bass guitar and background vocals:
Mike Dirnt (on 2005-02-15)
drums (drum set):
Tré Cool (on 2005-02-15)
guitar:
Billie Joe Armstrong (on 2005-02-15) and Jason White (US guitarist for Green Day & Pinhead Gunpowder) (on 2005-02-15)
piano:
Jason Freese (on 2005-02-15)
lead vocals:
Billie Joe Armstrong (on 2005-02-15)
live recording of:
Give Me Novacaine (on 2005-02-15)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3:36
14Homecoming (live from VH1 Storytellers)
recording engineer:
John Harris (live recording engineer) (on 2005-02-15) and Kevin Lemoine (on 2005-02-15)
producer:
Green Day
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
acoustic guitar, piano and saxophone:
Jason Freese (on 2005-02-15)
bass guitar:
Mike Dirnt (on 2005-02-15)
drums (drum set):
Tré Cool (on 2005-02-15)
guitar:
Billie Joe Armstrong (on 2005-02-15) and Jason White (US guitarist for Green Day & Pinhead Gunpowder) (on 2005-02-15)
timpani:
Ron Blake (Timpani) (on 2005-02-15)
background vocals:
Ron Blake (Timpani) (on 2005-02-15), Mike Dirnt (on 2005-02-15), Jason Freese (on 2005-02-15) and Jason White (US guitarist for Green Day & Pinhead Gunpowder) (on 2005-02-15)
lead vocals:
Billie Joe Armstrong (on 2005-02-15)
live recording of:
Homecoming (on 2005-02-15)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool
composer:
Green Day
9:25
3CD: Demos
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1American Idiot
2:53
2American Idiot (alt. version)
2:35
3Jesus of Suburbia
2:22
4Holiday/Blvd. of Broken Dreams
8:23
5Are We We Are/St. Jimmy Opera
5:38
6Novacaine
3:34
7She’s a Rebel
2:15
8Radio Baghdad
3:35
9Cluster Bomb
2:48
10Wake Me Up When September Ends
5:00
11Homecoming (Nobody Likes You)
10:19
12Everyone’s Breaking Down3:51
13Just Another Year
1:55
14Lowlife
3:44
15Whatsername
4:05
4CD: Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, Sept 21 '04
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1American Idiot
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
American Idiot (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
publisher:
Green Daze Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
4:32
2Jesus of Suburbia
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
Jesus of Suburbia (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
9:37
3Holiday
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
Holiday (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
4:10
4Boulevard of Broken Dreams
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day) (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
4:34
5Are We the Waiting
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
Are We the Waiting (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
2:40
6St. Jimmy
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
St. Jimmy (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3:14
7Give Me Novacaine
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
Give Me Novacaine (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3:44
8She’s a Rebel
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
She’s a Rebel (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
1:55
9Extraordinary Girl
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
Extraordinary Girl (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3:31
10Letterbomb
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
Letterbomb (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
4:20
11Wake Me Up When September Ends4:56
12Homecoming
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
Homecoming (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool
composer:
Green Day
9:58
13Whatsername
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
Whatsername (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
5:02
14Minority
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live recording of:
Minority (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
publisher:
Green Daze Music
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
6:44
15We Are the Champions
recorded at:
Irving Plaza in Union Square, New York, New York, United States (on 2004-09-21)
live cover recording of:
We Are the Champions (on 2004-09-21)
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
part of:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
part of:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
5:16

Credits

Release group

remixes:American Edit by Dean Gray (one-time US/Australian mash-up collaboration, album “American Edit”)
associated singles/EPs:American Idiot
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Holiday
Jesus of Suburbia
Wake Me Up When September Ends
covers:Folk Idiot by Billy Cobb
Kerrang! Does American Idiot by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
Vitamin String Quartet Performs Green Day's American Idiot by Vitamin String Quartet
included in:21st Century Breakdown / American Idiot
The Green Day Collection
The Studio Albums 1990-2009
part of:40 Best Albums of the Year (SPIN magazine, 2005-01) (number: 2) (order: 2)
Rolling Stone: The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time (2022-10-12) (number: 2) (order: 2)
Rolling Stone: The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far (January 10, 2025) (number: 68) (order: 36)
Grammy Award: Best Rock Album nominees (number: 2005 winner) (order: 55)
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 188)
Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 2005) (order: 213)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 225) (order: 225)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 248) (order: 248)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 248) (order: 248)
anniversary tours:The Saviors Tour
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/33161 [info]
lyrics page:https://genius.com/albums/Green-day/American-idiot [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/3j3n [info]
other databases:http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/24528 [info]
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/green_day/american_idiot/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000387172 [info]
Wikidata:Q151714 [info]