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{{Single infobox
| Name           = Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
| Cover          = Green_Dahy_-_Good_Riddance_-_CD_single_cover.jpg
| Artist         = [[Green Day]]
| from Album     = [[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]
| Released       = 1997
| Format         = [[Compact Disc|CD]]
| Recorded       = 1997
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| Next single    = "[[Redundant (song)|Redundant]]"'<br>(1998)
|}}

"'''Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)'''" is a popular song by the American [[pop punk]] band [[Green Day]]. Although written by lead singer [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] just after the release of their 1994 hit album ''[[Dookie]]'', the song was not released until their third major-label album ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]'' in 1997.{{
cnFact|date=November 2007}} In comparison to previous Green Day material, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" features more mellow, contemplative lyrics with [[Acoustic music|acoustic]] music. Band member [[Mike Dirnt]] went on to state that the release of this song was probably the "most punk" thing they could have done.{{cnFact|date=November 2007}} The song is more commonly promoted on the radio as "Time of Your Life", and it became a Billboard chart-topper and an international hit, and was the only song from ''Nimrod'' that was a crossover success when released in single form.{{cnFact|date=November 2007}}

The song began life as an entirely different version as a [[B-side]] to the ''[[Insomniac (album)|Insomniac]]'' album. This alternate version featured strummed chords instead of the usual sound and lacked the orchestra strings found on the more well known version. This early version can be found on the "[[Brain Stew/Jaded|Brain Stew]]" single.

[[Billie Joe Armstrong]] in an interview in Guitar Legends magazine, May 2005: 
(contracted; show full)| [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Modern Rock Tracks]]
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==References==
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==External link
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*{{youtube|3ZuJIr_uW3M|Music video for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"}}

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[[Category:1997 singles]]
[[Category:Green Day songs]]

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