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Ordinary WorldGreen Day

Released: October 7, 2016

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool

Producer: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

[Verse 1]
Where can I find the city of shining light
In an ordinary world?
How can I leave a buried treasure behind
In an ordinary world?

[Chorus]
The days into years roll by
It's where that I live until I die
Ordinary world (Mmm, hmm-hmm)

[Verse 2]
What would you wish if you saw a shooting star
In an ordinary world?
I'd walk to the end of the earth and afar
In an ordinary world

[Chorus]
Baby, I don't have much
But what we have is more than enough
Ordinary world (Mmm, hmm-hmm)

[Bridge]
Ooh, ooh, who-ooh

[Verse 3]
Where can I find the city of shining light
In an ordinary world?
How can I leave a buried treasure behind
In an ordinary world?

[Chorus]
Baby, I don't have much
But what we have is more than enough
Ordinary world (Mmm, hmm-hmm)

[Outro]
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh...

Green Day

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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