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Green Day

About “Dookie”

Dookie is Green Day’s best selling and arguably most important album. Released February 1, 1994, the album is the band’s third studio album. The album was Green Day’s first production with the major record label Reprise. Most importantly, Dookie allowed Green Day to blast from virtually unknown band to one of the most important in launching pop punk in the mainstream. The genre-defining album subsequently turned Green Day into a genre-defining band.

As the lead single to the album, “Longview” helped boost Dookie’s success. Reportedly, bassist Mike Dirnt wrote the famous bassline while under the influence of LSD. The song was the first song of many by Green Day to top the U.S. Modern Rock chart.

Welcome To Paradise” is Dookie’s second single. The original version is on Green Day’s second studio album, Kerplunk!. The song is the only Dookie single to not appear as number one on the U.S. Modern Alternative Rock Chart.

Hit single “Basket Case” spent five weeks at the top of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. The song is based off of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s personal experiences with anxiety and bisexuality.

The final single from Dookie, “When I Come Around” is no less powerful. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, and became one of the most successful songs of the 90’s.

Dookie has been met with overwhelming success. Rolling Stone has named the album one of the most influential albums of the nineties and rated Dookie as number 193 of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was certified 10x Platinum in the U.S within 5 years of its release.

“Dookie” Q&A

  • Why was the record named "Dookie"?

    From an article on That Eric Alper :

    The name of the album is a reference to the band members often suffering from diarrhea, which they referred to as “liquid dookie”, as a result of eating spoiled food while on tour. Initially the band were to name the album Liquid Dookie; however, this was deemed “too gross”, and so they settled on the name Dookie.

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