WELCOME TO PARADISE
"Welcome to Paradise" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day. It is the fifth track from their third studio album, Dookie and was released as the second single from the album in October 1994. The original version of the song on their second studio album, Kerplunk. "Welcome to Paradise" is playable in the video game Green Day: Rock Band. (More from Wikipedia)
Like most, I was introduced to Green Day with Dookie. I imagine that I found out about them through their music videos on MTV and/or VH1, as the rock-video era was winding down. As Wikipedia notes: “Dookie produced five hit singles for the band: ‘Longview’, ‘When I Come Around’, ‘Basket Case’, a re-recorded version of ‘Welcome to Paradise’, and the radio-only single ‘She’.” The whole album rocks though, not just the hits.
(June 2017)
