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“J.A.R.” by Green Day

“J.A.R.” by Green Day appears on 34 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1995 and 2014. Its best result is #15 on the WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #41 alternative song of 1995, #1,035 alternative song of all time and #304 of the '90s.

34countdowns
13stations
#15best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1995–2014years charted

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Mike Dirnt wrote "J.A.R." about a friend who died in a car crash, and Green Day cut it during the Dookie sessions with Rob Cavallo producing, then left it in the can until the soundtrack to the movie Angus came calling in 1995. It's the bassist's song through and through, grief dressed up as pop-punk.

Modern rock radio grabbed it: in August 1995 it went to number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, where it spent 16 weeks, and it reached 22 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. It has kept resurfacing ever since, as the eighth track on the 2001 hits collection International Superhits!, on the band's 2011 live album, and on the 30th anniversary reissue of Dookie, paired with a cassette demo of the song.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 45 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 107
1995 29 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101
1995 70 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 100
1995 54 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 103
1995 30 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104
1995 36 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 95
1995 15 WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 254 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 296 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 471 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 347 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 490 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1269 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1269 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1273 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1272 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1727 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1257 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 242 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 415 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1258 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1258 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 670 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 266 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 228 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1134 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 419 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1042 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 390 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 973 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 928 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 957 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 992 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1003 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva); J.a.r. (jason Andrew Relva); JAR; J.a.r. Jason Andrew Relva.

Charting alongside it in 1995

Best songs of 1995 →
  1. 1You Oughta KnowAlanis Morissette
  2. 2LumpThe Presidents of the United States of America
  3. 3Lightning CrashesLive
  4. 4Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing Pumpkins
  5. 5NameGoo Goo Dolls
  6. 6My FriendsRed Hot Chili Peppers

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