Green Day went from bratty Bay Area upstarts to globe-straddling hitmakers who smuggled punk hooks into the mainstream. But which single track truly marks them in the public imagination? Is it the slacker jolt that kicked down MTV’s door, the acoustic prom send-off that soundtracked every graduation, the presidential kiss-off that reignited their career, or the stadium-sized hangover that followed? In this episode, we trace the arc from Dookie to American Idiot and beyond to crown Green Day’s signature song.

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