Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band

Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
Greatest hits album by Green Day
Released	November 17, 2017
Recorded	May 1991 – October 2017
Genre	Punk rock[1]
Length	75:58
Label	Reprise; Warner Bros.;
Producer	Green Day; Rob Cavallo; Butch Vig; Andy Ernst;
Green Day chronology
Singles from Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
	"Back in the USA"; Released: November 21, 2017;

Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band is the second greatest hits album by American rock band Green Day, released on November 17, 2017.[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Loudersound	[1]
Dead Press	7/10[3]

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!. Although he had returned to his previous role as the band's touring guitarist, 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", which were produced by Green Day.

All lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong; all music is 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	3:00
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)	original version released on Revolution Radio	3:01
22.	"Back in the USA"	Previously unreleased	2:36
Total length:			75:58

Personnel

Green Day

Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, 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"
Conan McCallum – violin "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
Rob Cavallo – piano
Jason Freese – piano
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 – guitar on "Oh Love" and "Back in the USA"

Production

Green Day – production
Rob Cavallo – production
Butch Vig – production
Andy Ernst – production, engineering, mixing
Neill King – engineering
Kevin Army – engineering
Ken Allardyce – engineering
Doug McKean – engineering
Chris Dugan – engineering
Jerry Finn – mixing
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
Jack Joseph Puig – mixing
Andrew Scheps – mixing
John Golden – mastering
Ted Jensen – mastering
Eric Boulanger – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band*
Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	16
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8]	30
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9]	53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10]	53
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11]	37
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[12]	28
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13]	77
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14]	36
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[15]	22
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16]	17
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17]	25
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18]	21
South Korean International Albums (Gaon)[19]	3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20]	23
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21]	32
UK Albums (OCC)[22]	22
US Billboard 200[23]	39
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[24]	4

Year-end charts

2018 year-end chart performance for *Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band*
Chart (2018)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[25]	92
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26]	42
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[27]	48

2019 year-end chart performance for *Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band*
Chart (2019)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[28]	76

2020 year-end chart performance for *Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band*
Chart (2020)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[29]	60
UK Albums (OCC)[30]	85
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[31]	59

2021 year-end chart performance for *Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band*
Chart (2021)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[32]	49
UK Albums (OCC)[33]	87
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[34]	90

2022 year-end chart performance for *Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band*
Chart (2022)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[35]	49
UK Albums (OCC)[36]	68

Certifications

Certifications for *Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[37]	Platinum	300,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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"Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2017. 48. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
"Irish Albums Chart: 24 November 2017". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
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[2] "Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band - Green Day | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.

[3] "ALBUM: Green Day – Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band | DEAD PRESS! | It's more than "just music" to us". www.deadpress.co.uk.

[4] Monroe, Jazz (October 12, 2017). "Green Day Announce Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 14, 2017.

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[ac_Flanders_Green_Day-9] "Ultratop.be – Green Day – Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 25, 2017.

[ac_Wallonia_Green_Day-10] "Ultratop.be – Green Day – Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 25, 2017.

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[ac_Czech_-12] "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 47.Týden 2017 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

[ac_Netherlands_Green_Day-13] "Dutchcharts.nl – Green Day – Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 25, 2017.

[ac_Germany4_Green_Day-14] "Offiziellecharts.de – Green Day – Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 24, 2017.

[ac_Hungary_Green_Day-15] "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2017. 48. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved December 7, 2017.

[16] "Irish Albums Chart: 24 November 2017". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved November 25, 2017.

[17] "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 47 (dal 2017-11-17 al 2017-11-23)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved November 25, 2017.

[18] "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. November 27, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2017.

[19] "2017년 46주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved November 29, 2017.

[ac_Scotland_-20] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 25, 2017.

[21] "Top 100 Albumes — Semana 47: del 17.11.2017 al 23.11.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

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Green Day
Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool John Kiffmeyer Sean Hughes Raj Punjabi
Studio albums	39/Smooth Kerplunk Dookie Insomniac Nimrod Warning American Idiot 21st Century Breakdown ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! Revolution Radio Father of All Motherfuckers Saviors
Live albums	Bullet in a Bible Awesome as Fuck Woodstock 1994 BBC Sessions
Compilations	1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours International Superhits! Shenanigans Demolicious Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
EPs	1,000 Hours Slappy Sweet Children Tune In, Tokyo... Last Night on Earth: Live in Tokyo 21 Guns
Singles	"Longview" "Welcome to Paradise" "Basket Case" "When I Come Around" "She" "J.A.R." "Geek Stink Breath" "Stuck with Me" "Brain Stew / Jaded" "Walking Contradiction" "Hitchin' a Ride" "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" "Redundant" "Nice Guys Finish Last" "Minority" "Warning" "Waiting" "Poprocks & Coke" "Maria" "Ha Ha You're Dead" "I Fought the Law" "American Idiot" "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" "Holiday" "Wake Me Up When September Ends" "Jesus of Suburbia" "Know Your Enemy" "21 Guns" "East Jesus Nowhere" "21st Century Breakdown" "Last of the American Girls" "When It's Time" "Oh Love" "Kill the DJ" "Let Yourself Go" "Stray Heart" "The Forgotten" "X-Kid" "Xmas Time of the Year" "Bang Bang" "Still Breathing" "Revolution Radio" "Back In The USA" "Father of All..." "Fire. Ready. Aim" "Oh Yeah!" "Meet Me on the Roof" "Dreaming" "Here Comes the Shock" "Pollyanna" "Holy Toledo!" "The American Dream Is Killing Me"
Other songs	"Amy" "Knowledge"
Tours	Pop Disaster Tour American Idiot World Tour 21st Century Breakdown World Tour 99 Revolutions Tour Revolution Radio Tour Hella Mega Tour
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