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“Dilemma” by Green Day
From the album Saviors (2024)
“Dilemma” by Green Day appears on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2024 and 2026. It was first released in 2024 on the album Saviors. Its best result is #1 on the 101X Most Requested and Most Played Songs of 2024, and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #9 alternative song of 2024, #6,987 alternative song of all time and #188 of the '20s.
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"Dilemma" sits fifth on Saviors, Green Day's 14th studio album, from 2024, and it finds Billie Joe Armstrong working through his struggles with alcohol addiction and mental health over a punk rock tune that has drawn comparisons to power pop and vintage rock and roll. Armstrong wrote the words, and the music is credited to him, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool: Armstrong on guitar and lead vocal, Dirnt on bass and backing vocals, Cool on drums and percussion. Rob Cavallo co-produced with the band and Chris Lord-Alge mixed.
Picked as the album's third single, it topped rock charts in the US and Canada, drew a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song, and critics singled it out as a standout. Ryan Baxley's video pulls the song's own trick, opening on a drunk Armstrong's seemingly fun night out before showing the uglier truth of it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2024 | 99 |
| 2024 | 79 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2024 | 88 |
| 2024 | 2 | 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, PA | WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2024 | 25 |
| 2024 | 1 | 93X Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN | 93X Top 24 Songs of 2024 | 24 |
| 2024 | 1 | 101X Austin, TX | 101X Most Requested and Most Played Songs of 2024 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 468 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 442 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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