American Idiot (Singolo) – Wikipedia

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American Idiot It is a single from the US musical group Green Day, published on August 31, 2004 as the first extracted from the album of the same name.

The title is a delightful cripple of American Idol , well -known television program broadcast in the United States of America [ten] .

The text is a controversy towards the then US president George W. Bush and his policy which, according to the group, is based on the media and alienation, trying a brainwashing of the people. [11] This can be seen by most of the lyrics of the song, for example “Don’t Wanna Be An American Idiot / Don’t Want A Nation Controlled by the Media” (“I don’t want to be an American idiot / I don’t want a nation controlled by the media “).

The video begins in a large open building, a warehouse, with the members of the band playing in front of a large American and white American flag. The video has important scenic effects due to the change of speed of the film.

When the guitar solo begins, the water containing a green coloring explodes from the speakers in large quantities, and the warehouse is flooded as well as the members of the band, which sound while the water falls on them. Towards the end of the video, the green color drips out of the flag, leaving it only white with stars and stripes.

The video was voted as the favorite of the public at MTV Video Music Awards 2005. [twelfth]

American Idiot It is the group’s first song that enters the Billboard Hot 100, the main US ranking of individuals; [13] All the previous successes of the Green Days had managed to rank only on Radio Songs or in the Bubbling Under Hot 100. [13] The single reached the first position in Canada, [13] the third in the United Kingdom, [14] The seventh in Australia and New Zealand, and the thirteenth in Italy. [15]

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The song was nominated for four Grammy Award: recording of the year, best rock performance of a duo or group, best rock song and best video clip.

In 2009 Rolling Stone He placed the song in 13th among the best singles of the decade. Always Rolling Stone He inserted it to the 432nd position on the list of the 500 best music songs ever. [16]

Promotional cd
  1. American Idiot – 2:56
Single CD – Part 1, 7 ”
  1. American Idiot
  2. Too Much Too Soon
Single CD – Part 2
  1. American Idiot
  2. Shoplifter
  3. Governator
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  2. ^ ( IN ) ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Singles . are Aria.com.au , Australian Recording Industry Association. URL consulted on May 14, 2018 (archived by URL Original July 27, 2020) .
  3. ^ ( AND ) American Idiot . are IFPI Denmark . URL consulted on October 23, 2019 .
  4. ^ ( And ) Green Day – American Idiot – Certification Search . are Recording Industry Association of Japan . URL consulted on March 2, 2021 .
  5. ^ ( IN ) Latest Gold / Platinum Singles . are radioscopop.net.nz , Radioscope. URL consulted on February 19, 2013 (archived by URL Original July 24, 2011) .
  6. ^ ( IN ) Green Day – American Idiot – Gold & Platinum . are Recording Industry Association of America . URL consulted on November 16, 2015 .
  7. ^ ( IN ) American Idiot – Gold/Platinum . are Music Canada . URL consulted on May 14, 2018 .
  8. ^ ( IN ) American Idiot . are British Phonographic Industry . URL consulted on 22 August 2022 .
  9. ^ American Idiot (certification), on Fimi . URL consulted on May 14, 2018 .
  10. ^ Tab on the album da jugo.it
  11. ^ Alessia Marinoni, 20 iconic songs from the 2000s . are Stone Music , 22 May 2021. URL consulted on March 29, 2022 .
  12. ^ ( IN ) Green Day Dominates MTV Video Music Awards . are billboard.com , Billboard, August 29, 2005. URL consulted on October 2, 2019 .
  13. ^ a b c d It is f g ( IN ) Green Day – Chart history . are Billboard . URL consulted on July 18, 2019 . Click on the arrow inside the black box to view the desired ranking.
  14. ^ a b ( IN ) Official Singles Chart Top 100: 19 September 2004 – 25 September 2004 . are Officialcharts.com , Official Charts Company. URL consulted on July 18, 2019 .
  15. ^ a b c d It is f g h i ( NL ) Green Day – American Idiot . are Ultratop.be , Ultratop. URL consulted on July 18, 2019 .
  16. ^ ( IN ) Rolling Stone Updates “500 Greatest Songs” List . are cbs2chicago.com , Rolling Stone. URL consulted on 29 May 2010 (archived by URL Original 1 June 2010) .
  17. ^ ( IN ) Database . are Irishcharts.ie , The Irish Chart. URL consulted on July 18, 2019 .
  18. ^ ( IN ) Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 19 September 2004 – 25 September 2004 . are Officialcharts.com , Official Charts Company. URL consulted on July 18, 2019 .

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