Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
Single by Green Day
from the album Nimrod
B-side
  • "Desensitized"
  • "Rotting"
ReleasedDecember 2, 1997 (1997-12-02)
StudioConway (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length
  • 2:34 (album version)
  • 2:28 (music video)
LabelReprise
Composer(s)Green Day
Lyricist(s)Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s)
Green Day singles chronology
"Hitchin' a Ride"
(1997) 		"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
(1997) 		"Redundant"
(1998)
Music video
"Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" on YouTube

"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (or "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)") is a song by American rock band Green Day, released in December 1997 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Nimrod (1997). It is one of their most popular songs and has also become a staple of their concerts, usually played as the final song.

"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" became a chart hit, peaking at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and reaching the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Iceland, and the United Kingdom. As of November 2022, the song had sold over five million copies and is certified quintuple platinum in the United States, sextuple platinum in Canada, and double platinum in Australia and the United Kingdom, making it the band's most commercially successful single.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Rogers, Jack (October 26, 2022). "Green Day's 'Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)' Certified 5× Platinum In US". Rock Sound. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
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