The song's title is from a James Dean poster in which he is walking through New York with an overcoat on. Armstrong felt the song fit nicely with the album's story-line, which is about "going away and getting the hell out, while at the same time fighting their own inner demons. As shown in an MTV Making the Video special, Bayer used unorthodox techniques to achieve the aged look of the "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" video, including using rear projection as opposed to green screen and physically damaging the negative: scratching the film with razor blades, pouring coffee on it, and smudging cigarettes on it.
The song's lyrics were written by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, and composed by the band. The song was ranked the number one on Rolling Stone's Reader's Choice: Singles of the Decade list in and number 65 on the Best Songs of the Decade list in the same year.
The song was the ninth-highest-selling single of the decade with worldwide sales exceeding 5 million copies. The song spent 14 weeks at number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart staying there for 38 weeks. The track spent 16 weeks at number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart staying for 32 weeks. This was the first song to top the 4 charts altogether making this song a multi-chart success.
The track reached number two on the Billboard Hot , staying there for five weeks behind 50 Cent's "Candy Shop". This was the first Green Day song to reach the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number The band's name is also on the front of the hood in silver letters. As shown in an MTV Making the Video special, director Samuel Bayer used unorthodox techniques to achieve the aged look of the "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" video, including physical damage to the film: scratching the film with razor blades, pouring coffee on it, and smudging cigarettes on it.
The song's broad appeal was demonstrated by its performance on several less-publicized Billboard singles charts: it spent 14 weeks at 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks , 16 weeks at 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks , and was also successful on the Adult Top 40 charts.
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