Green Day

Released: April 19, 2014

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Rob Cavallo

[Intro: Billie Joe Armstrong]
Go, nine-nine!

[Verse 1: Armstrong]
There's trouble in the air, a rumble in the streets
A going-out-of-business sale, and a race to bankruptcy
It's not 1 to 99, it's 99 to 1
A common cause and a call to arms for the health of our daughters
And our sons

[Chorus: Armstrong]
It's 99 revolutions tonight
99 revolutions tonight
99 revolutions tonight
99 revolutions tonight

[Verse 2: Armstrong & Mike Dirnt]
There's a rat in the company, a bailout on easy street
How the fuck did the working stiff (Woah-oh) become so obsolete?
Hit the lights, and bang the drum, and let your flag unfold
'Cause history will prove itself in the halls of justice
And lost souls

[Chorus: Armstrong]
It's 99 revolutions tonight
99 revolutions tonight
99 revolutions tonight
99 revolutions tonight

[Bridge: Armstrong]
Ah, we live in troubled times
From the ghettos to an empty suburban home
We live in troubled times
And I'm 99% sure that something's wrong
It’s all wrong

[Chorus: Armstrong]
It's 99 revolutions tonight
99 revolutions tonight
99 revolutions tonight
99 revolutions tonight

[Outro: Armstrong]
It's ninety-nine!
Nine-nine, to one!
To one, ooh-yaow!

[Spoken: Armstrong]
[?] Alright

Formed in East Bay, California in 1986 and still going strong today, Green Day is one of the biggest punk rock acts in the world. Along with other punk bands in California such as The Offspring, Sublime, Bad Religion and Rancid, they have been credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S. in the 90s.

First starting in 1986 as Sweet Children, longtime friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar and lead vocalist) and Mike Dirnt (bass guitar) teamed up with John Kiffmeyer to produce their debut EP 1,000 Hours. They eventually dropped the name Sweet Children and called themselves Green Day due to the band members' fondness for cannabis (it even inspired a song featured on their first album) and for their second studio album Kerplunk they replaced Kiffmeyer with German-born drummer Tré Cool, who had been drumming since the age of 12 in a punk band, The Lookouts.

It was their 1994 record Dookie that sent the band to stardom and gave them mainstream success. Dookie, alongside their following albums Insomniac (1995) and Nimrod (1997) were certified double platinum. Eventually, the band started to fall in popularity with their 2000 record Warning which only reached gold.

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