# The best Green Day songs

From Dookie to American Idiot: the Green Day songs critics and fans rank highest.

- 55 votes · 14 items
- Aug 17, 2022 · Holly King
- https://even.best/en/l/3912/the-best-green-day-songs

## Top 14

1. **American Idiot** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 2004. The title track of their rock opera.
2. **When I Come Around** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 1994. A mid-tempo classic.
3. **Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1997. The acoustic ballad of every graduation.
4. **Basket Case** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 1994. The song that lit the fuse of their mainstream explosion.
5. **Boulevard of Broken Dreams** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 2004. A Grammy for record of the year.
6. **Holiday** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 2004. Gang vocals and political arena rock.
7. **She** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1994. Another Dookie single.
8. **Longview** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — 1994. Boredom turned into punk.
9. **Minority** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2000. An anthem for the nonconformist.
10. **Welcome to Paradise** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1992. Re-recorded for Dookie.
11. **Jesus of Suburbia** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2004. A nine-minute suite in five parts.
12. **Wake Me Up When September Ends** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2004. Written about the death of Billie Joe's father.
13. **21 Guns** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2009. A ballad from 21st Century Breakdown.
14. **Brain Stew** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1995. A heavy, insomniac riff.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.