"She"
Single by Green Day
from the album Dookie
Released	1995
Format	Promo CD
Recorded	1993
Genre	Punk rock, pop punk
Length	2:14
Label	WEA International, Reprise Records
Writer(s)	Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer	Rob Cavallo, Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"Basket Case" (1994) "She" (1995) "When I Come Around" (1995)

"She" is a single by Green Day from the album Dookie. The song was written by Armstrong about a former girlfriend who showed him a feminist poem with an identical title.^[1] In return, Armstrong wrote the lyrics of "She" and showed them to her.^[1] She later dumped him and moved to Ecuador, prompting Armstrong to put "She" on the album. The same ex-girlfriend is the topic of the songs "Sassafras Roots", "Chump" and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)".^[1] It is one of the few Green Day singles that did not have a music video. At a Green Day concert at Madison Square Garden in December 1994 Billie Joe Armstrong performed it naked. [1]

[edit] Other versions

• A live version on the "When I Come Around" single (recorded November 18, 1994 at Aragon Ballroom, Chicago).
• Another live version on Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking (recorded January 27, 1996 at Harumi Arena, Tokyo).
• Another live version on the "Waiting" single (recorded in Japan).
• This song can also be found on International Superhits!, the band's compilation CD of their singles up until Shenanigans.
• A live version during their Bullet in a Bible performance, which was omitted from the CD/DVD package.

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