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
Released November 17, 2017
Recorded May 1991 – October 2017
Genre
Length 75:58
Label
Producer
Green Day chronology
Revolution Radio
(2016)		 Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
(2017)		 Woodstock 1994
(2019)
Singles from Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Loudersound 4/5 stars[2]
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]

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 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!. 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" by Green Day.

All lyrics written by Billie Joe Armstrong, all music composed by Green Day (Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool) except where noted.

No. Title Album Length
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 2:59
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) Revolution Radio 3:01
22. "Back in the USA"   Previously unreleased 2:36
Total length:
 75:58

Personnel

Green Day

  • Billie Joe Armstrong – electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals, harmonica, piano
  • Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
  • Tré Cool – drums, percussion, backing vocals, accordion on "Minority"

Additional musicians

  • Petra Haden – violin on "Hitchin' a Ride" and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
  • Jason Freese – keyboards
  • Tom Kitt – string arrangement for "21 Guns"
  • David Campbell – string arrangement for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
  • Miranda Lambert - featured vocals on "Ordinary World"
  • Jason White – rhythm guitar on "Oh Love" and "Back in the USA"

Production

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] Gold 100,000

xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

References

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  24. ↑ "Green Day – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Green Day. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
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