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“Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”, also called “Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)” or more commonly “Time of Your Life”, is a popular song by the American rock 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 third major-label album Nimrod in 1997 although an alternate version did appear as a B-side to the 1995 German import single for “Brain Stew/Jaded”.


Writing and composition

In comparison to previous Green Day material, “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” features more mellow, contemplative lyrics with acoustic music. 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 Rock chart-topper and an international hit, and was the only song from Nimrod that was a crossover success when released in single form.

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.

Billie Joe Armstrong in an interview in Guitar Legends magazine, May 2005:
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  • Nimrod
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  • 2005-01-15: Boeblingen, Germany
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  • International Superhits!
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  • Safety_dance

    @TylerSymes- you said it now, you willed it into exsistence. I can hear Rachel killing it already in my mind.

    Friday evening

  • motorbikegame

    @Andromache0411, this song WAS actually played over our end of school photo-montage, my entire school career was worth it just for that moment xD

    7 days ago

  • Mar1necorps

    ima firin ma lazer

    10 days ago

  • Andromache0411

    this song should be the graduation song for every high school and college, so powerful. GreenDay<3

    20 days ago

  • TylerSymes

    Glee will ruin this song

    21 days ago

  • Furosuchi

    Not much a fan of Greenday, I like the odd song, this one though I think is awesome.

    last month

  • MuchoAloha

    lyrically, probably their most potent song

    last month

  • splatterdBlood

    Great song

    March 2012

  • a_barfight

    @ginva - you didn't know green day was responsible for when i come around, you thought they were canadian...what's next? you thought the lead singer was a girl?

    March 2012

  • ginva

    i thought greenday was canadian?

    March 2012

  • mjlegacy1

    i like this song. learned it at camp

    March 2012

  • infinityand8

    never gets old (4) <3

    February 2012

  • star2777

    ♥

    February 2012

  • ryotego

    It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life. [4]

    February 2012

  • jorgebs-

    seinfeld :~)

    February 2012

  • emily_radke

    billie joe ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

    February 2012

  • TheFallen89

    One of the greatest songs ever written... ♥

    January 2012

  • AndreyTerentev

    ♥

    January 2012

  • DennisRicley

    <3

    January 2012

  • Zancs

    Brings me peace.

    December 2011
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