Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band

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Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
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Greatest hits album by
Green Day
ReleasedNovember 17, 2017
RecordedMay 1991 – October 2017
Genre
Punk rock [1]
Length75:58
Label Reprise
Producer
Green Day chronology
Revolution Radio
(2016)		Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
(2017)		 Woodstock 1994
(2019)
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Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band is the second greatest hits album by American rock band Green Day, released on November 17, 2017. [4]

Contents

Background

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 (2016) 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 (1990), ¡Dos! (2012), and ¡Tré! (2012). 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]

Track listing

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.TitleAlbumLength
1."2000 Light Years Away" (music written by Green Day, Jesse Michaels, Pete Rypins and Dave "E.C." Henwood) Kerplunk! , 19912:25
2."Longview" Dookie , 19943:56
3."Welcome to Paradise"Dookie3:45
4."Basket Case"Dookie3:02
5."When I Come Around"Dookie3:00
6."She"Dookie2:15
7."Brain Stew" Insomniac , 19953:14
8."Hitchin' a Ride" Nimrod , 19972:52
9."Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"Nimrod2:35
10."Minority" Warning , 20002:49
11."Warning"Warning3:43
12."American Idiot" American Idiot , 20042:56
13."Holiday"American Idiot3:52
14."Boulevard of Broken Dreams"American Idiot4:22
15."Wake Me Up When September Ends"American Idiot4:45
16."Know Your Enemy" 21st Century Breakdown , 20093:11
17."21 Guns"21st Century Breakdown5:24
18."Oh Love" ¡Uno! , 20125:04
19."Bang Bang" Revolution Radio , 20163:27
20."Still Breathing" (music written by Green Day, Richard Parkhouse, Adam Slack, Luke Spiller, George Tizzard and Joshua Wilkinson)Revolution Radio3:45
21."Ordinary World" (music written by Billie Joe Armstrong; new duet featuring Miranda Lambert)original version released on Revolution Radio3:01
22."Back in the USA"Previously unreleased2:36
Total length:75:58

Personnel

Green Day

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [39] 2× Platinum140,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [40] Platinum300,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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