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“She” by Green Day

From the album Dookie (1994)

“She” by Green Day appears on 51 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 1995 and 2026. It was first released in 1994 on the album Dookie. Its best result is #12 on the WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #38 alternative song of 1995, #469 alternative song of all time and #189 of the '90s.

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"She" sits eighth on Dookie, Green Day's third album, released in 1994, and behind the sugar rush is a small, sore breakup story. Billie Joe Armstrong wrote it for a former girlfriend who had shown him a feminist poem with the very same title; he answered with these lyrics and showed them to her. When she later broke it off and moved away to Ecuador, he took that as his cue to put the song on the album. She is also the subject of "Sassafras Roots" and "Chump", so this is one chapter of a longer story.

Armstrong sings it and plays guitar, Mike Dirnt plays bass and adds vocals, and Tré Cool drums; the three share the music credit, while the words are Armstrong's alone. Rob Cavallo produced with the band, Neill King engineered with help from Casey McCrankin', and the mix came from Cavallo, Jerry Finn and Green Day. It's pop-punk at its most compact, a sneer with a bruise under it.

It holds an odd spot in the band's catalog: it was Green Day's first promotional single, and it's among the handful of their singles that never had a video made.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 21 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 107
1995 34 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101
1995 33 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 100
1995 12 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104
1995 75 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 103
1995 38 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 95
1995 52 WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 54 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1999 137 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 130 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 87 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 324 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 1062 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 885 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2002 682 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 789 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2004 211 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 126 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 156 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 232 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 222 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 280 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 77 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1586 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 190 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1378 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 82 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 130 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 1117 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 82 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 867 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 784 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 734 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 704 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 251 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 238 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 371 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 216 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 356 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 59 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 251 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 75 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 812 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 76 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 328 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 90 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 87 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 377 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 280 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 406 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 428 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

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