''Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band'' is the second greatest hits album by American

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band

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, released on November 17, 2017.

Background

''God's Favorite Band'' features 20 of Green Day's previous hits, as well as 2 new songs: a new version of the ''

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'' track "Ordinary World", featuring country singer

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, and a previously unreleased song entitled "Back in the USA". The album includes songs from all of Green Day's studio albums, with the exception of ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. 10 of the tracks previously appeared on Green Day's 2001 greatest hits album ''

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''. Although he had returned to his previous role as the band's touring guitarist, Jason White participated in the recording for "Back in the USA". The album's title is a reference to a joke made by

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during the band's March 22, 2017 appearance on ''

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'', in which Colbert quipped that Green Day were "God's favorite band". Colbert's joke was in itself a reference to a comment made by Green Day drummer

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on the band's 2005 DVD ''

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'', in which Cool remarked that the rain clouds over the venue had cleared because "God wants to watch His favorite band again."

Track listing

All songs were produced by Green Day and

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except: "Know Your Enemy" and "21 Guns", which were produced by Green Day and

Butch Vig Bryan David "Butch" Vig (born August 2, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the drummer and co-producer of the alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of the diamond-selling Nirvana album ''Neve ...

; "2000 Light Years Away", which was produced by Green Day and

Andy Ernst Andy "Andro" Ernst is a music producer, engineer, musician, and songwriter from San Francisco. Artists he has worked with include: Green Day, AFI, Sway & King Tech, Rancid, Tiger Army, The Nerve Agents, Malo, Link 80, Screeching Weasel, Swingin ...

; and "Minority", "Warning", "Bang Bang", "Still Breathing", "Ordinary World", and "Back in the USA", which were produced by Green Day.

Personnel

Green Day *

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– electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals, harmonica, piano *

Mike Dirnt Michael Ryan Pritchard (born May 4, 1972), better known by his stage name Mike Dirnt, is an American rock musician who is the co-founder, bassist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and former guitarist of Green Day. He has also played in sev ...

– bass, backing vocals *

– drums, percussion, backing vocals, accordion on "Minority" Additional musicians *

Petra Haden Petra Haden (born October 11, 1971) is an American musician and singer. She is the daughter of the jazz bassist Charlie Haden, and is the triplet sister of bassist Rachel Haden (her bandmate in That Dog) and cellist Tanya Haden (married to sing ...

– violin on "Hitchin' a Ride" and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" *

Jason Freese Jason Freese is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist. As a professional studio musician he has performed on over 50 albums, including for artists Green Day, Dr. Dre, Pitbull, Avenged Sevenfold, Goo Goo Dolls, and Jewel. He is the son ...

– keyboards * Tom Kitt – string arrangement for "21 Guns" * David Campbell – string arrangement for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" *Miranda Lambert - featured vocals on "Ordinary World" * Jason White – rhythm guitar on "Oh Love" and "Back in the USA" Production *Green Day – production *

– production *

– production, engineering, mixing *Neill King – engineering *Kevin Army – engineering *Ken Allardyce – engineering *Doug McKean – engineering *

Chris Dugan Chris Dugan (born May 11, 1973) is an American Grammy-winning audio engineer, cinematographer, record producer, musician, and singer, best known as the drummer of the Effection and as an audio engineer for Green Day. In 2018, along with Green Da ...

– engineering *

Jerry Finn Jermone Gregory Finn (March 31, 1969 – August 21, 2008), sometimes credited as "Huckle" Jerry Finn, was an American record producer and mix engineer. He worked with numerous punk rock and pop-punk artists such as Blink-182, AFI, Sum 41, Alkal ...

– mixing *

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– mixing *

Jack Joseph Puig Jack Joseph Puig is an American audio engineer, A&R executive, and record producer. He has worked with Tonic, Hole, Jellyfish, The Black Crowes, John Mayer, Weezer, Fiona Apple, Roger Hodgson, Taxiride, Green Day, Counting Crows, No Doubt, Klaxo ...

– mixing *

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– mixing *John Golden – mastering *

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– mastering *Eric Boulanger – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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