She (Green Day song)

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"She"
Single by Green Day
from the album Dookie
Released May 5, 1995[1]
Format Promo CD
Recorded 1993
Genre Pop punk,[2] punk rock[3]
Length 2:14
Label Reprise, WEA International
Writer(s) Billie Joe Armstrong / Green Day
Producer(s) Rob Cavallo, Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"When I Come Around"
(1995)
"She"
(1995)
"J.A.R."
(1995)

"She" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day. It is the eighth track on their third album, Dookie and was released as the fifth and final single. The song was written by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong about a former girlfriend who showed him a feminist poem with an identical title.[4] In return, Armstrong wrote the lyrics of "She" and showed them to her.[4] She later dumped him and moved to Ecuador, prompting Armstrong to put "She" on the album. The same ex-girlfriend is the topic of the songs "Sassafras Roots", "Chump", and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)".[4] It is one of the few Green Day singles that did not have a music video.

Track listing

Promo
No. Title Length
1. "She"   2:14

Reception

PopMatters listed "She" as the eighth best Green Day song, citing ""She" is sensitive without being soft; in between Armstrong's empathetic declarations of "Scream at me / Until my ears bleed / I'll take heed / Just for you", the band is hammering away at its instruments with amped-up intensity."[2]

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Airplay 41
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 5
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 18

References

  1. Green Day Album & Song Chart History | Billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
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