Jesus of Suburbia

Not to be confused with Jesus of Siberia.
"Jesus of Suburbia"
Single by Green Day
from the album American Idiot
ReleasedNovember 14, 2005[1]
RecordedJune 2003
Genre
Length
  • 9:07 (album version)
  • 6:26 (radio edit)
Label
Composer(s)Green Day
Lyricist(s)Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s)
Green Day singles chronology
"Wake Me Up When September Ends"
(2005) 		"Jesus of Suburbia"
(2005) 		"The Saints Are Coming"
(2006)
Music video
"Jesus of Suburbia" on YouTube
"Jesus of Suburbia (Short Version)" on YouTube
Audio
"Jesus of Suburbia" on YouTube
"Jesus of Suburbia (Radio Edit) on YouTube

"Jesus of Suburbia" is a song by the American rock band Green Day. It was released as the fifth and final single from the group's seventh studio album, American Idiot, and the second song on the album. With the song running for 9 minutes and 8 seconds, it is Green Day's second longest song (with the band's longest song being fellow American Idiot song "Homecoming", which runs for 9 minutes and 18 seconds) and the group's longest song to be released as a single. The studio version of the song was considered unfriendly for radio, so it was cut down to 6½ minutes for the radio edit. The single has sold 205,000 copies as of July 2010.[8] Despite its commercial success, the song is the only hit single from the American Idiot album not to be included on the band's greatest hits album, God's Favorite Band.

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