10 Great Hard Rock Songs Under 2 Minutes Long
5. The Simpsons Theme - Green Day
In the canon of hit TV show The Simpsons, Green Day are dead.
At the start of the 2007 Simpsons Movie, Billie-Joe Armstorng, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool are playing a concert on a barge floating on Lake Springfield.
After trying to warn the townsfolk that the polluted water is dissolving their platform, they are pelted by projectiles as they slowly sink into the murky water. The next scene is their funeral.
The Simpsons killed Green Day, everyone! That's confirmed!
Before they perished in a watery grave, the band soundtracked the movie's opening with their own rendition of the show's iconic theme. Their version eventually got released as a single, presumably with the funds going to their grieving families.
There isn't really much to say about this track apart from that it's The Simpsons Theme in the style of Green Day. There are no lyrics, unless you count Billie-Joe going "DA DA DA DA DA" at the end, and it clocks in at just one minute and 23 seconds.
Still, people bought it! It cracked the top 20 in both the UK and the US. Such is the power of the yellow citizens.