American Idiot by Green Day - Song of the Decade

Song Info

"American Idiot" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day, and is the first single from their seventh album, American Idiot. According to the American Idiot Songfacts, Billie Joe Armstrong was inspired to write this song after hearing a jingoistic Lynyrd Skynyrd song being played on his car radio, whilst driving to the studio. Released in 2004, the single peaked at #61 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Green Day's first Billboard Hot 100 chart entry (excluding singles Read more...

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This song has not won any awards that are recognised by Song of the Decade. We include BRIT Awards, Ivor Novello Awards, NME Awards, MTV Europe Awards, MOBO Awards and BPI Awards.

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clotho

@ 5:44pm on 19 October 2009

Not just Bush messing up the world; American (and I'm afraid some British) idiots that fall for the media-driven "information age of histeria" and thereby become one (or sadly two) "nations controlled by the media". The song captures the decade as well as The Beatles' "All you need is love" captured 1967.

Antlady

@ 9:32am on 19 October 2009

Surely, this has to be the Song of the Decade. That 'American Idiot' Bush has messed up the whole world! No other song represents the Noughties as well as this one.