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"Nice Guys Finish Last"
Single by Green Day
from the album Varsity Blues soundtrack and Nimrod
Released	March 23, 1999
Format	CD
Recorded	1997
Genre	Pop punk
Length	2:49
Label	Reprise
Writer(s)	Billie Joe Armstrong / Green Day
Producer	Rob Cavallo and Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"Redundant" (1998) "Nice Guys Finish Last" (1998) "Minority" (2000)

"Nice Guys Finish Last" is a song by Green Day, released as a single in March 1999, and appeared on their fifth studio album Nimrod. The song was the first track off the record, and was the last single from it to become a hit. The song also won an MTV movie award for best song from a movie in 1999.The CD isn't much of a single, but it is a rare EP.

[edit] Track list

AU Single:

1. "Nice Guys Finish Last"
2. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (Live)
3. "The Grouch" (Live)
4. "She" (Live)

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Music video

The music video features the band on a football field as a mock football team (parodying the Green Bay Packers with Green Day). They have a stage set up and in the middle, lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong is tackled by a fan, Mike Dirnt sprains his ankle when jumping, and a coach motivates them in a locker room midway during the song. This video was directed by Evan Bernard.

The set list taped onto Billie Joe's forearm is as follows:

• Nice Guys Finish Last
• Hitchin' a Ride
• The Grouch
• Geek Stink Breath
• 2000 Light Years Away
• Longview
• Welcome to Paradise
• Brain Stew
• Jaded
• Knowledge
• Basket Case
• She
• Redundant
• Scattered