BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS
GREEN DAY
SONGWRITERS: MICHAEL PRITCHARD; BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG & FRANK
WRIGHT
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: AMERICAN IDIOT
LABEL: REPRISE RECORDS
GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK
YEAR: 2004
Green Day is
an American rock band formed in the East Bay of California in 1987 by lead vocalist and
guitarist Billie
Joe Armstrong and
bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt. For much of the band's career, they have been
a trio with drummer Tré Cool, who replaced John Kiffmeyer in 1990 before the recording of the
band's second studio album, Kerplunk(1991). Touring guitarist Jason
White became
a full-time member in 2012, but returned to his role as a touring member in
2016. Green Day was originally part of the late-'80s/early-'90s
punk scene at
the DIY 924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley,
California.
The band's early releases were with the independent record label Lookout! Records. In
1994, their major-label debut Dookie, released through Reprise Records, became a breakout success and eventually
shipped over 10 million copies in the U.S. Green Day is credited alongside
fellow California punk bands Sublime, the Offspring, and Rancid, with popularizing mainstream interest in punk
rock in the U.S.
Though the
albums Insomniac(1995),
Nimrod(1997), and Warning(2000)
did not match the success of Dookie, they were still successful with the former
two reaching double platinum status while the latter achieved gold. Green Day's
seventh album, a rock opera called American Idiot(2004), found popularity with a younger
generation, selling six million copies in the U.S. Their next album, 21st
Century Breakdown,
was released in 2009 and achieved the band's best chart performance. It was
followed by a trilogy of albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!, released in September, November, and December
2012, respectively. The trilogy did not perform as well as
expected commercially in comparison to their previous albums largely due to
lack of promotion and Armstrong entering rehab. Their twelfth studio album, Revolution Radio, was released in October 2016 and became their
third to debut at Nº. 1 on the Billboard 200. The band's thirteenth studio album, Father of All Motherfuckers, was released on February 7, 2020.
"Boulevard
of Broken Dreams" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It is the fourth track from their seventh studio album American Idiot(2004). Reprise Records released "Boulevard of Broken
Dreams" as the second single from American Idiot on November 29, 2004. The
song's lyrics were written by lead singer Billie
Joe Armstrong,
and the music was composed by the band. Production was handled by Rob Cavallo and Green Day.
The song
speaks from the point of view of American Idiot's main character, "Jesus of Suburbia", and is a moderate midtempo song
characterized by somber and bleak lyrics. This is in contrast to
the previous track on the album, "Holiday", which
illustrates Jesus of Suburbia's high of being in The City. MTV's Green Day Makes a Video described "Holiday" as a
party, and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" as the subsequent hangover.
The song was
ranked number one on Rolling Stone's Reader's Choice: Singles of the Decade list in 2009
and number 65 on the 100 Best Songs of the Decade list in the same year. It has
sold over 2 million copies in the United States as of 2010. The single peaked
at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent
and Olivia, making it Green Day's most successful song in
the United States. The song was the ninth-highest-selling single of the
2000–2009 decade with worldwide sales exceeding 5 million copies. "Boulevard
of Broken Dreams" remains one of Green Day's signature songs.
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me, and I walk alone
I walk this empty
street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one, and I walk alone
I walk alone, I walk
alone
I walk alone, I walk a-
My shadow's the only
one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I walk alone
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah,
aaah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
I'm walking down the
line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the borderline
Of the edge, and where I walk alone
Read between the
lines
What's fucked up, and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive, and I walk alone
I walk alone, I walk
alone
I walk alone, I walk a-
My shadow's the only
one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I walk alone
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah,
aaah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
I walk alone, I walk a-
I walk this empty
street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one, and I walk a-
My shadow's the only
one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I walk alone.
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