• The single was released on May 7th, 2005, written by Billie Joe Armstrong, produced by Green Day & Rob Cavallo, and was certified platinum by the RIAA
• The music video and song are a prelude to the song 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' which was released earlier in the year
• The single peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks & Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks charts
• The spoken bridge of the song references Nazi Germany, George W. Bush and France's refusal to support the 2003 invasion of Iraq 'Sieg Heil to the President Gasman/Bombs away is your punishment/Pulverize the Eiffel Towers/Who criticize your government'