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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.
[128] "Wake Me Up When September Ends" became symbolic during various events such as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; one online blogger paired the song with television coverage of the disaster, creating a viral video. [129] Ian Winwood of Kerrang! said that the album pushed rock music back into the mainstream. [67]
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 ...
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His father, a jazz musician and truck driver for Safeway, died of esophageal cancer on September 10, 1982, when Armstrong was 10 years old. [10] The song "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a memorial to his father. Armstrong has five siblings, including three older sisters, Marci, Hollie, and Anna, and two older brothers, David and Alan.
Hurt by Whatsername's departure, Johnny longs for better days ahead, Tunny longs for home, and Will longs for all the things he's lost ("Wake Me Up When September Ends"). St. St. Jimmy appears and makes one last attempt to get Johnny's attention, but Johnny has made the conscious decision to end his self destruction, resulting in the ...
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.
The Influents (guitar/vocals, 1999–2003) The Network (credited as Balducci, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, 2003–2005, 2020–2021) Foxboro Hot Tubs (credited as Frosco Lee, lead guitar, backing vocals, 2007–present) Green Day (guitar, backing vocals: 1999–present (touring member); 2012 (studio member) California (guitar/vocals, 2014 ...