Green Day

Released: February 21, 2021

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool

Producer: Butch Walker

[Chorus]
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock

[Verse 1]
We got the numbers, baby, gonna rumble in the streets
We're screaming bloody murder, gon' take it to the grave
Be-bop-a-lula, baby, Annie, get your gun
We're gonna shoot it, baby
Gonna do some damage and some damage will be done

[Chorus]
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock

[Verse 2]
We got the creatures and we got no place to go
We're screaming, "Truth to power" from the barrio
We are the broken records sitting in the sun
Turn up the amplifiers
Gonna do some damage and some damage will be done

[Chorus]
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock

[Bridge]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(This isn't rock and roll!)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(This is genocide!)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

[Chorus]
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock
Here comes the shock

[Outro]
You're doing it fucking wrong!

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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