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{{Single infobox
| Name           = Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)
| Cover          = green_day_good_riddance.jpg
| Artist         = [[Green Day]]
| from Album     = [[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]
| Released       = [[October 14]], [[1997]]
| Format         = [[Compact Disc|CD]]
| Recorded       = [[1997]]
| Genre          = [[Pop punk]]<br>[[Acoustic]]
| Length         = 2:35
| Label          = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| Producer       = [[Rob Cavallo]], [[Green Day]]
| Chart position = 
* #2 <small>([[Modern Rock Tracks|US Modern Rock]])</small>
* #7 <small>([[Mainstream Rock Tracks|US Mainstream Rock]])</small>
* #40 <small>([[RIANZ|New Zealand]])</small>
* #11 <small>([[UK Singles Chart|UK]], [[Hot 100 Airplay|US Radio Airplay]])</small>
* #30 <small>([[Ireland]]) </small>
* #2 <small>(double A-side with "Redundant") ([[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]])</small>
* #44 <small>(separate single version) ([[Australian Singles Chart]])</small> [http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Green+Day&cat=s]
| Last single    = "[[Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song)|Hitchin' a Ride]]"<br>(1997)
| This single    = "'''Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)'''"<br>(1997)
| Next single    = "[[Redundant (song)|Redundant]]"'<br>(1998)
|}}

"'''Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)'''" (also called "'''Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)'''" or more commonly "'''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 although a somewhat less polished version did appear as a B-side to the 1995 German import single for [[Brain Stew/Jaded]].<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/release/556012 Track Listing for "Brain Stew" Single]</ref>

==Background==
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.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} The song is more commonly promoted on the radio as "Time of Your Life", and it became a Billboard Rock chart-topper and an international hit, and was the only song from ''Nimrod'' that was a crossover success when released in single form.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=Time+of+Your+Life&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=37 The Charting power of "Time of Your Life"]</ref>

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: 
{{cquote| "At the time I wrote Good Riddance, I was breaking up with a girl that was moving to [[Ecuador]], and I was trying to be as understanding about it as I could. I wrote the song as kind of a [[bon voyage]]. I was trying not to be bitter, but I think it came out a little bit bitter anyway... I thought that calling the song "Time of Your Life" was just a little too level-headed for me, so I had to come up with something different"}}

==Appeal==
Despite being a break-up song, it is frequently played at ceremonial social occasions such as [[weddings]], anniversaries, funerals and graduations. It is a continual favorite to be played as the last song at a high school [[prom]]. The song reached a massive audience in one night, when it was used during the special two part "Clip Show" of the extremely popular show ''[[Seinfeld]]'' in 1998. The song played during a montage of clips from the show's history. It is also played at the US Air Force's Airman's Coin Ceremony in Basic Military Training.  

Billie Joe plays an electric guitar version of the song as their traditional show-closer for live Green Day concerts, including their live performance on ''[[Bullet in a Bible]]''. 

The song features on their greatest hits [[Compilation album|compilation]] ''[[International Superhits!]]'', as well as on the prom music compilation ''Hey Are You Guys Going To Prom, Too?''{{Fact|date=January 2008}}

==Track list==
'''CD 1:'''
#Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) - 2:28
#Suffocate - 2:47
#You Lied - 2:25

'''CD 2:'''
#Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
#Desensitized
#Rotting

'''EU CD:'''
#Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) (Clean Album Remix) - 2:28
#Desensitized (Non-LP Track) - 2:47
#Rotting (Non-LP Track) - 2:50

==Music video==
The music video was directed by Mark Kohr, and features Billie Joe Armstrong playing an [[acoustic guitar]] in a bedroom interjected with scenes depicting various people undergoing major physical changes in their lives. Band members [[Mike Dirnt]] and [[Tré Cool]] make [[cameo appearance]]s in the video as a person getting gas (Dirnt), and an injured bike rider (Cool). Also when the video came out, both names of the songs were swapped and were known as "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)", this name was also used on the single cover.

In 1998 Green Day won their first MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" and they were also nominated for Viewer's Choice.<ref>[http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/mtvvmas.htm Rock on the net MTV Video Music Award History]</ref>

The video can be found on their music video compilation DVD, ''[[International Supervideos!]]''.

==In pop culture==
*In Season 4 of the television show ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', PA [[Jeanie Boulet]] - played by actress [[Gloria Reuben]], sang this song as a farewell to a young boy (Scott Anspaugh, son of [[Donald Anspaugh|Dr. Anspaugh]]) who had died in her care.
*The song was featured in the retirement ceremony held for hockey player [[Wendel Clark]] before the season opener between the hockey clubs the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and the [[Montreal Canadiens]] at the [[Air Canada Centre]]. The crowd proceeded to give Clark a 5 minute standing ovation as he walked out to the ice. 
*When [[Tony Stewart]] fulfilled his life's dream by winning the [[Brickyard 400]], the song played in the background.
*The song was played at the end of the [[Seinfeld]] episode [[The Clip Show, Part 2]] which along with Part 1 was the second to last episode of the series.
*The song was played in Madison Square Garden after [[Wayne Gretzky]] played his final game. Pittsburgh Penguins won the game in overtime while Gretzky was on the bench. The crowd gave a long standing ovation for Gretzky while he strode around on the ice - Good Riddance repeatedly playing in the background.
*After [[Princess Diana]] died, many TV stations played this song while showing clips of her throughout her life.
*The "best bits" of the British reality television programme [[Big Brother 2004 (UK)]] played on the finale night were set to the song.
*At the [[Boston Celtics]]' first home game at the [[TD Banknorth Garden]] on [[February 28]], [[2007]] since former guard [[Dennis Johnson]] died [[February 22|six days previously]], this song was played alongside the tribute video on the [[TitanTron]] for the late Celtics guard.
*At the final home game [[Mark Brunell]] played at [[ALLTEL Stadium]], while a tribute video was playing on the scoreboard.
*In an episode of the CBS series [[How I Met Your Mother]], when the cast was deciding what clichés not to include in their friends' wedding, one suggested to play clips of their time together with "Green Day's Time of Your Life" as background music.
* In a season 1 episode of ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', David Palmer's son Keith mentions, in passing, Green Day performing the song at a political rally from which he has just returned.
* The song features on the [[Jim Cronin]] memorial DVD.
* In [[Do Over]] the main character Joel passes the song off as his own original composition
* The song was played after Richard Hill's last game for [[Saracens F.C.]] in 2008 at MK Dons stadium.
*In the episode of [[Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law]] entitled "Guitar Control", Harvey makes reference to this song while defending [[El Kabong]].

==Trivia==
{{trivia|date=October 2007}}
*On the album version, at the beginning, Billie Joe Armstrong makes a mistake (the 3rd and 4th strings of the open G/D chord are played instead of the 2nd and 3rd), tries again, repeats the mistake, and in anger swears in a barely audible voice. This "mistake" was recorded on purpose and included in the song to provide comic relief, as it is considered one of their more serious songs.  This is often copied by accident on renditions of this song, such as on [[YouTube]]. A [[metronome]] can also be heard faintly in the background.

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
| 1998
| [[UK Singles Chart]]
| No. 11
|-
| 1998
| [[ARIA Charts|Australia Singles Chart]]
| No. 2
|-
| 1998
| [[Brazil Singles Chart]]
| No. 1
|-
| 1998
| [[Irish Singles Chart]]
| No. 30
|-
| 1998
| [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
| No. 7
|-
| 1998
| [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Modern Rock Tracks]]
| No. 2
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Green Day}}

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

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