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"Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a song by the American rock band Green Day and the fourth single from their seventh studio album, American Idiot (2004). Written by the band's front man Billie Joe Armstrong , the song is about the death of Armstrong's father in September 1982 and his life since.
This article is about "Wake Me Up When September Ends", a song by Green Day from their critically acclaimed album American Idiot. Initially written as a song about the death of the bands front mans father in 1982, it has been interpreted as a song about the September 11 attacks, and was given a sort of third-life after an edit went viral ...
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Green Day. This song might cause you to shed a tear or two... or a billion. September is a sad time of month, according to the lyrics of Green Day's 2000s hit ...
The song debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 22 (becoming their highest peaking song since the 2005 hit "Wake Me Up When September Ends", and their second-to-last single to debut on the chart, as after 'Oh Love', all of their subsequent tracks have failed to chart), and No. 81 on the Canadian Hot 100, reaching #15.
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"Wake Me Up When September Ends" Best Rock Video: Won 2007 "The Saints Are Coming" Most Earthshattering Collaboration: Nominated 2009 "21 Guns" Best Rock Video: Won Best Direction: Won Best Cinematography: Won 2010 "21st Century Breakdown" Best Special Effects: Nominated 2017 "Bang Bang" Best Rock: Nominated 2020 "Oh Yeah!" Best Rock: Nominated
In the four-song set, U2 and Green Day performed "Wake Me Up When September Ends" followed by a medley of the American folk song "The House of the Rising Sun," Skids' "The Saints Are Coming", and U2's "Beautiful Day" as a seven-piece band, augmented by the Rebirth Brass Band, the New Birth Brass Band, Troy Andrews, and Big Sam
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