Studio Album · No. 7
American Idiot Songwriting Credits by Green Day
Produced by Rob Cavallo, Green Day · Engineered by Doug McKean, Chris Lord-Alge, Ted Jensen
Holds writing credit on 13 of 13 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 13 / 13 documented
Scored across the 13 tracks with documented writers, by whether Green Day carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 13 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 7
American Idiot is Green Day's rock opera and its biggest critical and commercial triumph, yet the songwriting is still entirely the band's. Billie Joe Armstrong wrote the lyrics and the concept narrative, with the music credited to Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, and Rob Cavallo producing. The album's nine-minute suites such as Jesus of Suburbia show the band stretching its own writing into long-form composition without outside collaborators.
Green Day's seventh studio album, released September 21, 2004. A punk rock opera following the character of the 'Jesus of Suburbia', American Idiot revitalized the band's career and became one of the best-selling rock albums of the 2000s. It won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album and spawned a successful Broadway musical. Armstrong wrote all 13 tracks' lyrics as explicit commentary on post-9/11 American politics; all music is credited to Green Day.