Song · Green Day
“King For A Day” by Green Day
From the album nimrod. (1997)
“King For A Day” by Green Day appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1997 on the album nimrod.. Its best result is #497 on The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,203 alternative song of all time.
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"King for a Day" comes off nimrod., the fifth Green Day album, which Reprise released in October 1997 and which the band cut in Los Angeles at Conway Recording Studios, getting to work once a European tour was called off. Billie Joe Armstrong wrote the words, the music is credited to the whole band, and Rob Cavallo produced it with Green Day.
The plan for nimrod. was a pile of songs that each stand on their own rather than one unified statement, and the record roams from folk and hardcore to surf and ska. This is one of the tracks that calls in horns, played by Stephen Bradley and Gabrial McNair. Ken Allardyce recorded it, Tony Flores co-engineered, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 497 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
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