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Wake Me Up When September Ends” is the fourth single from Green Day’s seventh studio album, American Idiot. Released on June 13, 2005, the single peaked at number six in the United States, becoming Green Day’s second Top 10 single. It also peaked at number eight in Canada and the UK, while making number thirteen in Australia. The song is well known for its music video, which paints an intimate portrait of a wartime situation.
There once was much debate about what the song was about, one of the most common initial beliefs being that it is about the events of 9/11. In the liner notes, the song is dated September 10, and it is track 11 on the album. However, Billie Joe Armstrong has confirmed to the public that the song was written as a memorial anthem about his father, a jazz musician and minor league baseball catcher, who died of esophageal cancer when Armstrong was only ten years old.
In this ballad, Armstrong revisits his painful childhood and thinks about the day he lost his innocence when his father died. Like many faced with such a traumatic event, he never truly recovered, and he can’t believe that twenty years have passed since that September day. As Armstrong associates pain with the month September, he would rather not deal with anything related to the month, prompting him to sing, As my memory rests/but never forgets what I lost/Wake me up when September ends. </3
- a3df6c
There once was much debate about what the song was about, one of the most common initial beliefs being that it is about the events of 9/11. In the liner notes, the song is dated September 10, and it is track 11 on the album. However, Billie Joe Armstrong has confirmed to the public that the song was written as a memorial anthem about his father, a jazz musician and minor league baseball catcher, who died of esophageal cancer when Armstrong was only ten years old.
In this ballad, Armstrong revisits his painful childhood and thinks about the day he lost his innocence when his father died. Like many faced with such a traumatic event, he never truly recovered, and he can’t believe that twenty years have passed since that September day. As Armstrong associates pain with the month September, he would rather not deal with anything related to the month, prompting him to sing, As my memory rests/but never forgets what I lost/Wake me up when September ends. </3
- a3df6c
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Shouts
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musical_temptat wrote:
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Felipe_q wrote:
song and music video is fantastic <3 +1
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Martoman wrote:
Kinda anoyin that they keeep singin about war, but sure lol they still rock
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GiveMeSomeTv wrote:
Cool song.
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mariosvicky wrote:
I love this song and this band greend ay I love billie joe
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aaCoCoNuT wrote:
pritty kool song
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a3df6c wrote:
song and music video is fantastic ! <3 ;*
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x_Rock_x wrote:
i can play the intro on my guitar xD
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gabbyrose wrote:
good
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Good song
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bloodshotforget wrote:
Better stay awake and cherish September while we have it. Great song.
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checkonfitz wrote:
One day, Fitz and I were hanging out around the pool while this song played. I looked at him and felt a stab to the heart, suddenly seeing him as this full grown part boy/ part man, but, my little boy gone forever. Learning to let go of something your cherish so much is hard! I'm learning to love him as an adult now!
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naxa1ka wrote:
<3
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njoy60 wrote:
nice song
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ajjMonique wrote:
<3
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Gangsta-Dewasta wrote:
<3
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Nikhil_07n wrote:
<3
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wenafeen wrote:
love the song nice and smooth
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checkonfitz wrote:
Makes me think of my son becoming a man! Bittersweet!
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Z-Ruby wrote:
fantastic
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