| "J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)" | ||||
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| from the album Angus: Music from the Motion Picture and International Superhits! | ||||
| Released | August 1, 1995[1] | |||
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| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
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| "J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)" on YouTube | ||||
"J.A.R." (alternatively titled "J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)") is a song by the American rock band Green Day. Written by bassist Mike Dirnt about a friend who committed suicide in a car crash,[4] the song was a previously unreleased track from the Dookie sessions but it was later featured on the soundtrack to the movie Angus in 1995. In August 1995, the song reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and spent 16 weeks on it. The song peaked at number 22 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. The song was featured as the eighth track on Green Day's 2001 greatest hits collection International Superhits!, on their 2011 live album Awesome as Fuck, and on the 30th anniversary reissue of Dookie alongside a cassette demo of the song.
- ^ Burt, Greg (July 28, 1995). "Rock: New Singles For August" (PDF). R&R (1105): 64. ISSN 0277-4860. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ Solman, Gregory (July 30, 1995). "Green Day's 'J.A.R.' Unsealed". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Green Day: Awesome as Fuck". Sputnikmusic. April 16, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ "About - "J.A.R.' - Green Day". Genius.com. 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
("He was going 95, I think he committed suicide." – Dirnt)