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| 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]]
(contracted; show full)nd [[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>
 If you listen very closely, you can make out the word "fuck" in the very beginning of the song after Armstrong starts over for the second time. 

==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, (contracted; show full)
[[Category:1997 singles]]
[[Category:Green Day songs]]

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