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"Welcome to Paradise"
Single by Green Day
from the album Dookie and Kerplunk
Released	October 4, 1994
Format	CD, vinyl
Recorded	1993
Genre	Punk rock
Length	3:44
Label	WEA International, Reprise Records
Writer(s)	Billie Joe Armstrong / Green Day
Producer	Rob Cavallo and Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"Longview" (1994) "Welcome to Paradise" (1994) "Basket Case" (1995)

"Welcome to Paradise" is a song from Green Day's 1992 album Kerplunk and was re-recorded for their 1994 album Dookie. It went on to be released as the second single released from Dookie, after "Longview". The Dookie version was later included on their 2001 greatest hits album International Superhits!.

[edit] Tracklist

1. "Welcome to Paradise" – 3:45
2. "Chump" (live) – 2:44
3. "Emenius Sleepus" – 1:44

• (Track 2 recorded March 11, 1994 at Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, Florida)

[edit] Song meaning and composition

The song was written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool.

The song is based on the band's experience moving out of their parents' houses and into an abandoned house in Oakland, CA where the band members, along with several others, lived without paying rent. The house was quite broken-down but to them it became home, and this sentiment is described in the song.

Billie Joe Armstrong said this of the song:

The song is played with the guitar tuned a half-step down, as are all their Dookie songs.

Live versions of the song can be found on the Foot in Mouth EP, the Live Tracks EP, and the 21 Guns Live EP. The song is also featured in the movie Surf's Up.

[edit] Music video

A video was released for the song. It features the band playing live, while the studio version from the Dookie album is playing during the band's performance.

[edit] Chart positions