The title track for the 12th album from Green Day, “Revolution Radio” was released as a single on Sept. 9th 2016.
It continues, in the same line as the previous single, “Bang Bang”, lashing out against social media, but this time in a much more positive and anthemic instance.
Lyrics such as ‘Legal...
[Verse 1]
Scream! With your hands up in the sky
Like you wanna testify
For the life that's been deleted
Scream! Like a rebel's lullaby
Under the stars and stripes
For the lost souls that were cheated
[Pre-Chorus]
We will be seen, but not be heard
[Chorus]
(We are) Revolution Radio
Operation "No Control"
And the headline (Headline)
"My love's bullet proof"
Gimme cherry bombs and gasoline
Debutantes in surgery
And the headline (Headline)
"Legalize the truth!"
[Verse 2]
(Gimme) Rage! Like there's tear gas in the crowd
Do you wanna live out loud?
But the air is barely breathin'
Rise! Of the slums to the obsolete
The dawn of the new airwaves
For the anti-social media
[Chorus]
(We are) Revolution Radio
Operation "No Control"
And the headline (Headline)
"My love's bullet proof"
Gimme cherry bombs and gasoline
Debutantes in surgery
And the headline (Headline)
"Legalize the truth!"
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
We will be seen, but not be heard
We are the songs of the disturbed
[Chorus]
(We are) Revolution Radio
Operation "No Control"
And the headline (Headline)
"My love's bullet proof"
Gimme cherry bombs and gasoline
Debutantes in surgery
And the headline (Headline)
"Legalize the truth!"
Revolution Radio was written by Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool & Billie Joe Armstrong.
Revolution Radio was produced by Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool & Billie Joe Armstrong.
Green Day released Revolution Radio on Tue May 16 2017.
In an interview with Rolling Stone Billie said that the idea came to him in New York two years ago when he ran into a Black Lives Matter protest; before he knew it, Armstrong had gotten out of his car and was walking up Eighth Avenue with the throng.
I was screaming, ‘Hands up, don’t shoot,’ I felt...
In an interview with Pandora the band said
[Mike:] We recorded at our alma-mater Gilmor St. in Barkley California. Great club, great song, great times.