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Discover the story of the song > Bang Bang – Green Day

Who sang Bang Bang?

Green Day released the song Bang Bang. Date of release: 2016.

Release date: 2016

Duration: 03:25

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The meaning of the song 'Bang Bang ', based on the lyrics

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🎶 Bang Bang song analysis

The song is about a person who wants to become famous and is obsessed with violence. He wants to be a hero and a celebrity, even if it means sacrificing his own life. The lyrics also mention the protagonist's upbringing, raised by a "psycho" mother and a "soldier" father, which suggests some sort of trauma or dysfunction in his past.

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Green Day is a highly influential rock band that formed in California in 1987 as a power trio consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and John Kiffmeyer, before Tré Cool replaced Kiffmeyer in 1990. The band was originally called Sweet Children and was part of the Bay Area punk scene, releasing its first songs on Lookout! Records. However, it was their debut album, Dookie, that marked their mainstream success, selling over 10 million copies in the United States. Green Day is often credited with helping to popularize interest in punk rock, along with other California punk bands.

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"Bang Bang" is an American rock song released as the first single from Green Day's twelfth studio album, Revolution Radio, on August 11, 2016. The song combines elements of the band's early punk rock days with themes from their later politically motivated albums. It is inspired by the events of mass shootings in the United States and is written from the perspective of a mass shooter.

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