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"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day, recorded for their seventh studio album ''American Idiot'' (2004). Reprise Records released "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" as the second single from ''American Idiot''. The song's lyrics were written by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, and composed by the band. Production was handled by Rob Cavallo and Green Day. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" remains one of Green Day's signature songs. The song speaks from the point of view of ''American Idiot''s main character, Jesus of Suburbia, and is a moderate midtempo song characterized by somber and bleak lyrics. This is in contrast to the previous track on the album, "Holiday", which illustrates Jesus of Suburbia's high of being in The City. MTV's ''Green Day Makes a Video'' described "Holiday" as a party, and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" as the subsequent hangover. It was ranked the number one on ''Rolling Stone''s Reader's Choice: Singles of the Decade list in 2009 and number 65 on the 100 Best Songs of the Decade list in the same year. As of 2010, it has sold 2,084,000 copies in the United States,. The single peaked at number two in the United States, making it Green Day's most successful song. The song was the ninth biggest selling single of the 2000-2009 decade with worldwide sales exceeding 5 million copies. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. ==Background== "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was written during a respite from pre-production on what would become the band's seventh album, ''American Idiot''. Hoping to clear his head and develop new ideas for songs, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong traveled to New York City alone for a few weeks, renting a small loft in the East Village of Manhattan.〔Spitz, 2006. pg. 150〕 He spent much of this time taking long walks and participating in jam sessions in the basement of Hi-Fi, a bar in Manhattan.〔Spitz, 2006. pg. 151〕 He began socializing with songwriters Ryan Adams and Jesse Malin. Armstrong wrote the song about his time in New York City, about "feeling alone" and trying to take power from that fact. Armstrong felt the song fit nicely with the album's storyline, which is about "going away and getting the hell out, while at the same time fighting their own inner demons." The song's title is from a James Dean poster in which he is walking through New York with an overcoat on.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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