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“Last of the American Girls” by Green Day
From the album 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
“Last of the American Girls” by Green Day appears on 9 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2009 and 2010. It was first released in 2009 on the album 21st Century Breakdown. Its best result is #22 on the KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #123 alternative song of 2010.
"Last of the American Girls" sits tenth on 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day's eighth album, from 2009, and it became the record's fifth and last single on March 22, 2010, after the title track. Butch Vig produced it, the band wrote the music and Billie Joe Armstrong the words, which began as a song about his wife before he worked his own beliefs into them. It got its live debut on April 14, 2009, when the band slipped it into a secret show at the Fox Oakland Theatre with other new material.
It's pop-punk in B major that harks back to the Dookie and American Idiot days, and critics heard a college-rock streak in the manner of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "American Girl" above all, plus harmonies with a whiff of the Beach Boys. The single reached 26 on the US Alternative Airplay chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 93 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 104 Songs of 2009 | 104 |
| 2010 | 77 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 92 | 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY | 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 | 91 |
| 2010 | 22 | KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA | KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010 | 91 |
| 2010 | 46 | 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX | 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010 | 94 |
| 2010 | 72 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 | 103 |
| 2010 | 44 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2010 | 90 |
| 2010 | 91 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2010 | 99 |
| 2010 | 39 | FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI | FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 | 50 |
Also listed as: Last Of The American Girls.
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