| Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band | ||||
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| Released | November 17, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | May 1991 – October 2017 | |||
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| Length | 75:58 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Loudersound |  [1] |
| Dead Press | 7/10 [3] |
Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band is the second greatest hits album by American rock band Green Day, released on November 17, 2017. [4]
God's Favorite Band features 20 of Green Day's previous hits, as well as 2 new songs: a new version of the Revolution Radio track "Ordinary World", featuring country singer Miranda Lambert, and a previously unreleased song entitled "Back in the USA". The album includes songs from all of Green Day's studio albums, with the exception of 39/Smooth , ¡Dos! , and ¡Tré! . 10 of the tracks previously appeared on Green Day's 2001 greatest hits album International Superhits! . Although he had returned to his previous role as the band's touring guitarist, Jason White participated in the recording for "Back in the USA".
The album's title is a reference to a joke made by Stephen Colbert during the band's March 22, 2017 appearance on The Late Show , in which Colbert quipped that Green Day were "God's favorite band". [5] Colbert's joke was in itself a reference to a comment made by Green Day drummer Tré Cool on the band's 2005 DVD Bullet in a Bible , in which Cool remarked that the rain clouds over the venue had cleared because "God wants to watch his favorite band again." [6]
All songs were produced by Green Day and Rob Cavallo except: "Know Your Enemy" and "21 Guns", which were produced by Green Day and Butch Vig; "2000 Light Years Away", which was produced by Green Day and Andy Ernst; and "Minority", "Warning", "Bang Bang", "Still Breathing", "Ordinary World", and "Back in the USA", which were produced by Green Day.
All lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong; all music is composed by Green Day (Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool) except where noted
| No. | Title | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "2000 Light Years Away" (music written by Green Day, Jesse Michaels, Pete Rypins and Dave "E.C." Henwood) | Kerplunk! , 1991 | 2:25 |
| 2. | "Longview" | Dookie , 1994 | 3:56 |
| 3. | "Welcome to Paradise" | Dookie | 3:45 |
| 4. | "Basket Case" | Dookie | 3:02 |
| 5. | "When I Come Around" | Dookie | 3:00 |
| 6. | "She" | Dookie | 2:15 |
| 7. | "Brain Stew" | Insomniac , 1995 | 3:14 |
| 8. | "Hitchin' a Ride" | Nimrod , 1997 | 2:52 |
| 9. | "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" | Nimrod | 2:35 |
| 10. | "Minority" | Warning , 2000 | 2:49 |
| 11. | "Warning" | Warning | 3:43 |
| 12. | "American Idiot" | American Idiot , 2004 | 2:56 |
| 13. | "Holiday" | American Idiot | 3:52 |
| 14. | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | American Idiot | 4:22 |
| 15. | "Wake Me Up When September Ends" | American Idiot | 4:45 |
| 16. | "Know Your Enemy" | 21st Century Breakdown , 2009 | 3:11 |
| 17. | "21 Guns" | 21st Century Breakdown | 5:24 |
| 18. | "Oh Love" | ¡Uno! , 2012 | 5:04 |
| 19. | "Bang Bang" | Revolution Radio , 2016 | 3:27 |
| 20. | "Still Breathing" (music written by Green Day, Richard Parkhouse, Adam Slack, Luke Spiller, George Tizzard and Joshua Wilkinson) | Revolution Radio | 3:45 |
| 21. | "Ordinary World" (music written by Billie Joe Armstrong; new duet featuring Miranda Lambert) | original version released on Revolution Radio | 3:01 |
| 22. | "Back in the USA" | Previously unreleased | 2:36 |
| Total length: | 75:58 | ||
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI) [39] | Platinum | 300,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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