She (Green Day song)
1995 promotional single by Green Day
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"She" is a song by the American rock band Green Day. It is the eighth track on their third album, Dookie, and was released as Green Day's first promotional single in their discography. The song was written by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong about a former girlfriend who showed him a feminist poem with an identical title.[5] In return, Armstrong wrote the lyrics of "She" and showed them to her.[5] She later dumped him and moved to Ecuador, prompting Armstrong to put "She" on the album. The same ex-girlfriend is the topic of the songs "Sassafras Roots" and "Chump".[5] It is one of the few Green Day singles that did not have a music video.
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| Promotional single by Green Day | ||||
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| Released | May 5, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
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| Length | 2:14 | |||
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Reception
The song has been frequently listed as one of Green Day's best songs. Kerrang! listed it as their second best song,[6] while Rolling Stone listed it as their seventh.[7] PopMatters listed "She" as the eighth best Green Day song, citing "'She' is sensitive without being soft; in between Armstrong's empathetic declarations of 'Scream at me / Until my ears bleed / I'm taking heed / Just for you', the band is hammering away at its instruments with amped-up intensity."[4]
Covers
In 2016, British-American band As It Is covered the song for the Green Day cover album American Superhits!.[8]
In 2018, Californian punk-ska band Mad Caddies covered the song with a reggae beat for their cover album Punk Rocksteady.
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from Apple Music.[9]
Green Day
- Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, lead guitar, composer
- Mike Dirnt – bass guitar, backing vocals, composer
- Tré Cool – drums, composer
Additional personnel
- Green Day – producer, mixing engineer
- Rob Cavallo - producer, mixing engineer
- Jerry Finn - mixing engineer
- Neill King - recording engineer
- Casey McCrankin - additional engineer
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[14] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||