Song · Green Day
“Kill the DJ” by Green Day
From the album ¡Uno! (2012)
“Kill the DJ” by Green Day appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2012. It was first released in 2012 on the album ¡Uno!. Its best result is #36 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #475 alternative song of 2012.
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Green Day hit the dance floor on "Kill the DJ", which followed "Oh Love" as the second single from ¡Uno!, their ninth studio album and part of the ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! & ¡Tré! trilogy. It dropped in August 2012 on Reprise and Warner Bros., and it's a real left turn for the band: dance-punk with a sneer, the kind of thing that drew comparisons to the Clash's Sandinista! and Combat Rock and to the Rapture.
They cut it at Jingletown Studios between February and June 2012 with Rob Cavallo producing; Billie Joe Armstrong wrote the words and shares the music credit with Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool. Built out of static and noise, it hauls images of waterboarding and torture right into the club. Samuel Bayer directed the video, and while the reviews came back mixed, the single charted around the world.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 36 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2012 | 40 |
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