# Dookie
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dookie
| type = studio
| artist = [Green Day](/source/Green_Day)
| cover = Green Day - Dookie cover.jpg
| border = yes
| alt = a cartoon picture of dogs throwing bombs and feces on people and buildings and a huge mushroom cloud explosion with the band's name on top of the cloud. A blimp on the left in the sky says "Bad Year" and on the right, a man sits on a cloud with a harp in hand.
| released = {{Start date|1994|2|1}}
| recorded = September–October 1993
| studio = *[Fantasy](/source/Fantasy_Studios) ([Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley%2C_California))
*Music Grinder ([Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California))
| genre = {{hlist|[Punk rock](/source/Punk_rock)|[pop-punk](/source/pop-punk)|[skate punk](/source/skate_punk)}}
| length = 39:35
| label = [Reprise](/source/Reprise_Records)
| producer = {{flatlist|
* [Rob Cavallo](/source/Rob_Cavallo)
* Green Day
}}
| prev_title = [Kerplunk](/source/Kerplunk_(album))
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = [Insomniac](/source/Insomniac_(Green_Day_album))
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Dookie
| type = Studio
| single1 = [Longview](/source/Longview_(song))
| single1date = February 1, 1994[{{cite magazine|title=As Reprise Set Rises, It's Easy Being Green Day|last=Borzillo|first=Carrie|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|volume=106|issue=15|page=72|date=April 9, 1994}}]
| single2 = [Basket Case](/source/Basket_Case_(song))
| single2date = August 1, 1994[{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)|page=25|date=July 30, 1994}}]
| single3 = [Welcome to Paradise](/source/Welcome_to_Paradise)
| single3date = October 17, 1994[{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)|page=27|date=October 15, 1994}}]
| single4 = [When I Come Around](/source/When_I_Come_Around)
| single4date = January 16, 1995[{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – Product Available from : 16/01/95: Singles|magazine=[The ARIA Report](/source/The_ARIA_Report)|issue=257|page=20|date=January 15, 1995}}]
}}
}}
'''''Dookie''''' is the third [studio album](/source/studio_album) and major-label debut by the American [rock](/source/Rock_music) band [Green Day](/source/Green_Day), released on February 1, 1994, by [Reprise Records](/source/Reprise_Records). The band's first collaboration with producer [Rob Cavallo](/source/Rob_Cavallo), it was recorded in 1993 at [Fantasy Studios](/source/Fantasy_Studios) in [Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley%2C_California). Written mostly by the singer and guitarist [Billie Joe Armstrong](/source/Billie_Joe_Armstrong), the album is largely based on his personal experiences and includes themes such as boredom, anxiety, relationships, and sexuality. It was promoted with four singles: "[Longview](/source/Longview_(song))", "[Basket Case](/source/Basket_Case_(song))", a re-recorded version of "[Welcome to Paradise](/source/Welcome_to_Paradise)" (which originally appeared on the band's second studio album, 1991's ''[Kerplunk](/source/Kerplunk_(album))''), and "[When I Come Around](/source/When_I_Come_Around)".
After several years of [grunge](/source/grunge)'s dominance in popular music, ''Dookie'' brought a livelier, more melodic rock sound to the mainstream and propelled Green Day to worldwide fame. Considered one of the [defining albums of the 1990s](/source/List_of_1990s_albums_considered_the_best) and of [punk rock](/source/punk_rock) in general, it was also pivotal in solidifying the genre's mainstream popularity. Its influence continued into the new millennium and beyond, being cited as an inspiration by many [punk rock](/source/punk_rock) and [pop-punk](/source/pop-punk) bands, as well as artists from other genres.
''Dookie'' received critical acclaim upon its release, although some early fans accused the band of being [sellouts](/source/Selling_out) for leaving its independent label ([Lookout! Records](/source/Lookout!_Records)) and embracing a more polished sound. The record won a [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) for [Best Alternative Album](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Alternative_Music_Album) at the [37th Annual Grammy Awards](/source/37th_Annual_Grammy_Awards) in 1995. It was a worldwide success, peaking at number two on the [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200) in the United States and reaching top ten positions in several other countries.
''Dookie'' was later certified [double diamond (20 times platinum)](/source/RIAA_certification) by the [Recording Industry Association of America](/source/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America) (RIAA). It has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, making it the band's best-selling album and one of the [best-selling albums of all time](/source/List_of_best-selling_albums). It has been labeled by critics and journalists as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s and one of the greatest punk rock and pop-punk albums of all time. ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' placed ''Dookie'' on all four iterations of its "[The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time](/source/Rolling_Stone's_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time)" list,[{{cite web| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/green-day-dookie-5-1062858/|year=2020| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| publisher=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)| access-date= September 28, 2020}}] and at number 1 on its "The 50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums" list in 2017.[{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-pop-punk-albums-122677/blink-182-enema-of-the-state-1999-123446/ | title=The 50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums | magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) | date=November 15, 2017 }}] In 2024, the album was selected for preservation in the United States [National Recording Registry](/source/National_Recording_Registry) by the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress) as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[{{Cite magazine |date=April 16, 2024 |title=The Notorious B.I.G., The Chicks, Green Day & More Selected for National Recording Registry (Full List) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-national-recording-registry-full-list-1235655213/ |access-date=April 16, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}]
==Background==
[[File:924 Gilman Street.JPG|thumb|left|The exterior of [924 Gilman Street](/source/924_Gilman_Street) in West Berkeley. Green Day played the venue until they were banned in September 1993 for signing with a major label.]]
With the success in the independent world of the band's first two albums, ''[39/Smooth](/source/39%2FSmooth)'' (1990) and ''[Kerplunk](/source/Kerplunk_(Green_Day_album))'' (1991), which sold 30,000 units each,{{sfn|Gaar|2009|p=79}}{{sfn|Spitz|2006|p=96}} a number of major record labels became interested in Green Day.[{{cite episode|author=Hildebrandt, Jason (narrator)|title=Ultimate Albums: Green Day's "Dookie" |series=Ultimate Albums|series-link=List of programs broadcast by VH1|season=1|number=2|network=[VH1](/source/VH1)|date=March 17, 2002}}] Among them were [Sony](/source/Sony), [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros._Records), [Geffen](/source/Geffen_Records) and [Interscope](/source/Interscope).{{sfn|Gaar|2009|p=79}}{{sfn|Spitz|2006|p=96}} Representatives of these labels attempted to entice the band to sign by inviting them for meals to discuss a deal, with one manager even inviting the group to [Disneyland](/source/Disneyland).[{{cite episode|network=VH1 |title=Green Day |date=July 15, 2001|series=[Behind the Music](/source/Behind_the_Music)|season=4|number=34}}] The band declined these advances; Armstrong believed that the labels were more than likely looking for something that resembled a [grunge](/source/grunge) band, namely "second- and third-rate [Nirvana](/source/Nirvana_(band))s and [Soundgarden](/source/Soundgarden)s",[{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=green day|bio=true}} |title=Green Day Biography |access-date=July 16, 2007 |magazine=Billboard}}][{{cite web|author=Anon.|publisher=Guitar Legends |url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/articles/guitarlegends/page8.jpg |title=What Happened Next... |access-date=September 26, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927120256/http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/articles/guitarlegends/page8.jpg |archive-date=September 27, 2006}}] After Green Day's September 3 gig at 924 Gilman Street,[{{cite book |last1=Ozzi |first1=Dan |title=Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) |date=2021 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |isbn=9780358244301 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqIPEAAAQBAJ&q=September%203,%201993 |access-date=December 29, 2022}}] the venue banned the group from entering or playing.[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TpfOvCPTHk| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/2TpfOvCPTHk| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Green Day {{!}} The Early Years {{!}} 2017| date=November 29, 2020|access-date=January 22, 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}] They would not return to the venue until 2015, when they played a benefit concert there.[{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |date=May 18, 2015 |title=See Green Day's Manic, Surprise Return to 924 Gilman |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-green-days-manic-surprise-return-to-924-gilman-62918/ |access-date=July 11, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}] Reflecting on this period in 1999, Green Day frontman [Billie Joe Armstrong](/source/Billie_Joe_Armstrong) told ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))'' magazine: "I couldn't go back to the punk scene, whether we were the biggest success in the world or the biggest failure [...] The only thing I could do was get on my bike and go forward."{{sfn|Smith|1999|p=146}}
==Recording and production==
[[File:StudioB.jpg|thumb|[Fantasy Studios](/source/Fantasy_Studios) in Berkeley, California, where most of ''Dookie'' was recorded]]
Following the band's last Gilman Street performance, Green Day [demoed](/source/demo_(music)) the songs "[She](/source/She_(Green_Day_song))", "Sassafras Roots", "Pulling Teeth" and "F.O.D." on Armstrong's four-track [tape recorder](/source/tape_recorder) and sent it to Cavallo. After listening to it, Cavallo sensed that "[he] had stumbled on something big."[{{cite magazine |author1=Fricke, David |author1-link=David Fricke |title='Dookie' at 20: Billie Joe Armstrong on Green Day's Punk Blockbuster |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dookie-at-20-billie-joe-armstrong-on-green-days-punk-blockbuster-241694/ |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |access-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305115958/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dookie-at-20-billie-joe-armstrong-on-green-days-punk-blockbuster-241694/ |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |date=February 3, 2014 |url-status=live}}] However, he recognized that the band members were struggling to play their best; he reasoned that they were anxious because the most time they had previously spent recording an album was three days while recording ''[Kerplunk](/source/Kerplunk_(album))''. To lighten the mood, he invited them to a Mexican restaurant and bar down the street from [Fantasy Studios](/source/Fantasy_Studios), even though the drummer [Tré Cool](/source/Tr%C3%A9_Cool) was not of legal drinking age at the time.{{sfn|Spitz|2006|p=113}} Armstrong confirmed the band's anxiety in an interview years later, describing the group feeling "like little kids in a candy store" and fearing that the band would lose money on work being scrapped by the label for not meeting standards. Despite this, they focused on making the most of the new production resources at their disposal; unlike their previous albums where the band had to rush to complete them to save money, the band took their time to perfect the quality of their output. Armstrong noted that he learned "how to [dial in](/source/Equalization_(audio)) good sounds, get the best guitar tones. I was able to take a little time doing vocals."[{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/ultimate_albums/58025/episode_interviews_int.jhtml?start=1 |title=Billie Joe: Confessions of a Basket Case
|access-date=July 16, 2007|publisher=VH1|author=Anon. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020809204426/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/ultimate_albums/58025/episode_interviews_int.jhtml?start=1 |archive-date=August 9, 2002}}] but the band found the result of this approach to be an unsatisfactory original mix. Cavallo agreed, and it was remixed at [Devonshire Sound Studios](/source/Devonshire_Sound_Studios) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles.[{{Cite AV media notes|title=Dookie 30th Anniversary Color Vinyl Box Set|others=Green Day|year=2023|type=liner notes|publisher=[Reprise Records](/source/Reprise_Records)|id=093624862789|location=Los Angeles, California}}] During the remixing process, the band took to Music Grinder Studio in Los Angeles to re-record the tracks "Chump" and "Longview" as the original recordings had been "plagued by an inordinate amount of [tape hiss](/source/tape_hiss)".[{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=Green Day share three Dookie outtakes from 30th anniversary reissue |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2235572/green-day-share-three-dookie-outtakes-from-30th-anniversary-reissue/music/ |website=[Stereogum](/source/Stereogum) |access-date= September 12, 2023 |date=September 8, 2023}}]
==Music and lyrics==
{{Quotebox
| quote = The formula was simple. Take a few [power chords](/source/power_chords), a catchy tune, some [tongue-in-cheek](/source/tongue-in-cheek) humor, and do it all fast so kids will want to jump up and down. This is hardly revolutionary; Green Day's sound and sense of [irony](/source/irony) was heavily borrowed from [The Ramones](/source/The_Ramones) and [the Sex Pistols](/source/the_Sex_Pistols)—lead singer [Billie Joe Armstrong](/source/Billie_Joe_Armstrong) even sings with a faint attempt at an [English accent](/source/English_accent). But Green Day differed from the [British punk scene](/source/British_punk_scene), by making punk a bratty ordeal free of [revolutionary political](/source/revolutionary_politics) pretensions, while retaining the [rebellion](/source/rebellion).
| source = Jason Chow of the ''[National Post](/source/National_Post)'' in the book ''[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die](/source/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die)'' (2005) [Chow, Jason (2005). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Universe Publishing. p. 751.]
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Stylistically, the album has been categorized primarily as [punk rock](/source/punk_rock),[{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dookie-mw0000107965 |title=Dookie – Green Day |publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=January 1, 2024 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316115031/https://www.allmusic.com/album/dookie-mw0000107965 |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |url-status=deviated}}][{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=Green Day – All About 'Dookie': "Burnout" |url=https://www.popmatters.com/116443-green-day-burnout-2496129129.html |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320111015/https://www.popmatters.com/116443-green-day-burnout-2496129129.html |archive-date=March 20, 2018 |date=November 24, 2009 |url-status=dead}}][{{cite web |last1=Griffith |first1=JT |title=Unwritten Law – Oz Factor |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/oz-factor-mw0000182188 |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305220531/https://www.allmusic.com/album/oz-factor-mw0000182188 |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |url-status=live}}] Additionally, ''[Loudwire](/source/Loudwire)'' stated that the album represented [scene music](/source/scene_music) in the 2023s.[{{Cite web|title=The Best-Selling Scene Albums Ever|url=https://loudwire.com/scene-albums-platinum/|website=Loudwire|date=2023-07-20|access-date=2026-02-01|language=en}}]
''[NME](/source/NME)'' characterized the album's sound by "crashing drums, razor-wire guitars, [and] a double helping of [fuck you](/source/wiktionary%3Afuck_you) attitude", and Arielle Gordon of ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'' stated that the album "made apathy sound apoplectic".[{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Andy |title=The Genius Of... Dookie by Green Day |url=https://guitar.com/reviews/album/the-genius-of-dookie-by-green-day/ |website=[Guitar](/source/NME) |access-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810144139/https://guitar.com/reviews/album/the-genius-of-dookie-by-green-day/ |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |url-status=live|date=November 23, 2022}}] Many of the album's tracks have brief runtimes; Fred Thomas of ''[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)'' noted, "the way the tracks fly by nervously in barrages of buzzing guitars and half-sung, half-sneered vocals from Billie Joe Armstrong intentionally aims to obscure how precise their [arrangements](/source/Arrangement) are."[{{Citation |title=Dookie - Green Day {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dookie-mw0000107965 |access-date=2025-04-16 |language=en}}] Jason Chow of the ''[National Post](/source/National_Post)'' characterized the tracks themselves as "furious but sweet melodies".[{{Cite web |last=Pitchfork |date=2022-09-28 |title=The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-albums-of-the-1990s/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}]
Lyrically, the album is characterized by its "[irreverent](/source/Irreverence) attitude",[{{Cite web |title=The Genius Of… Dookie by Green Day |url=https://guitar.com/reviews/album/the-genius-of-dookie-by-green-day/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Guitar.com {{!}} All Things Guitar |language=en-GB}}] ''[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)'' summarized the album's theme as "a record that speaks of the frustrations, anxieties, and apathy of young people".[{{cite tweet|number=35444154272202752|user=billiejoe|title=I wrote "having a blast" in cleveland...|access-date=February 12, 2011|date=February 9, 2011}}] The song revolves around a mentally ill character who plans to use explosives to kill himself and others. This was not regarded as a serious issue at the time, as the social climate could allow the song to be viewed as "mere cathartic fantasy", but later incidents such as the 1999 [Columbine High School massacre](/source/Columbine_High_School_massacre) have made the song the "most uncomfortable track" on the album.[{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=Green Day – All About 'Dookie': "Having a Blast" |url=https://www.popmatters.com/116517-green-day-having-a-blast-2496129549.html |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320112429/https://www.popmatters.com/116517-green-day-having-a-blast-2496129549.html |archive-date=March 20, 2018 |date=November 26, 2009 |url-status=dead}}] On "Chump", Armstrong takes the perspective of someone who shows prejudice, insulting another person without actually knowing them. At the end of the song, it is revealed that the disliked person in question matches Armstrong's description of himself.[{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=Green Day – All About 'Dookie': "Chump" |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/116576-green-day-chump |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124222844/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/116576-green-day-chump |archive-date=November 24, 2012 |date=November 29, 2009}}] "Chump" is also the first of three songs that allude to Amanda, a former girlfriend of Armstrong's.[{{cite magazine|first=Chris|last=Mundy|title=Green Day: Best New Band|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 26, 1995|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/green-day-best-new-band-246152/4/|access-date=April 6, 2023|quote=When Billie gave me a shuffle beat for "Longview," I was flying on acid so hard. I was laying up against the wall with my bass lying on my lap. It just came to me. I said, "Bill, check this out. Isn't this the wackiest thing you've ever heard?" Later, it took me a long time to be able to play it, but it made sense when I was on drugs.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406230131/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/green-day-best-new-band-246152/4/|archive-date=April 6, 2023}}] In an interview with ''[Guitar World](/source/Guitar_World)'' in 2002, Armstrong described the character in the song as based on himself when he lived in [Rodeo, California](/source/Rodeo%2C_California): "There was nothing to do there, and it was a real boring place."[{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=Green Day – All About 'Dookie': "Longview" |url=https://www.popmatters.com/116819-green-day-all-about-dookie-longview-2496133631.html |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612154844/https://www.popmatters.com/116819-green-day-all-about-dookie-longview-2496133631.html |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |date=December 4, 2009 |url-status=dead}}] To entertain himself, the character does nothing but watch television, smoke [marijuana](/source/cannabis_(drug)), and masturbate, and has little motivation to change these habits despite tiring of the same cycle of behaviors.[{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=Green Day – All About 'Dookie': "Welcome to Paradise" |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/116956-green-day-all-about-dookie-welcome-to-paradise/ |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101222523/https://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/116956-green-day-all-about-dookie-welcome-to-paradise/ |archive-date=November 1, 2012 |date=December 11, 2009}}] "Pulling Teeth", one of the album's slower songs, uses dark humor about [domestic violence](/source/domestic_violence). The typical victim and perpetrator are reversed; the male narrator is at the mercy of his female partner.{{sfn|Gaar|2009|pp=85–86}} The band's inspiration for this song came from a pillow fight between Dirnt and his girlfriend that ended with the bassist breaking his elbow.{{sfn|Egerdahl|2010|p=47}}{{sfn|Spitz|2006|pp=110–112}} The second single, "[Basket Case](/source/Basket_Case_(song))", which appeared on many singles charts worldwide,[{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=green day|chart=all}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119202441/https://www.billboard.com/artist/green-day/chart-history/ |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |title=Green Day single chart history |access-date=July 16, 2007 |magazine=Billboard |url-status=dead }}][{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com |title=UK album chart archives |access-date=July 16, 2007 |publisher=everyhit.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717022953/http://www.everyhit.com/ |archive-date=July 17, 2007 }}] was also inspired by Armstrong's personal experiences. The song deals with Armstrong's panic attacks and feelings of "going crazy" before being diagnosed with a [panic disorder](/source/panic_disorder).[{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=Green Day – All About 'Dookie': "Basket Case" |url=https://www.popmatters.com/117953-green-day-all-about-dookie-basket-case-2496142692.html |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=August 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320110920/https://www.popmatters.com/117953-green-day-all-about-dookie-basket-case-2496142692.html |archive-date=March 20, 2018 |date=December 30, 2009 |url-status=dead}}] In the second verse, "Basket Case" mentions soliciting a male prostitute; Armstrong said, "I wanted to challenge myself and whoever the listener might be. It's also looking at the world and saying, 'It's not as black and white as you think. This isn't your grandfather's prostitute – or maybe it was.'"[{{cite web|author=Buskin, Richard |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb11/articles/classic-tracks-0211.htm |title=Green Day: 'Basket Case' |publisher=Sound on Sound|access-date=October 30, 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101221818/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb11/articles/classic-tracks-0211.htm |archive-date=November 1, 2013 }}]
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| description = Sample of "Basket Case", the third single from ''Dookie'', which was about [Armstrong](/source/Billie_Joe_Armstrong)'s panic attacks.
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}}
===Songs 8–14===
"[She](/source/She_(Green_Day_song))" was written about Amanda, who showed him a feminist poem entitled "She".[{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=All About 'Dookie': "She" |url=https://www.popmatters.com/118198-green-day-all-about-dookie-she-2496145342.html |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=August 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020006/https://www.popmatters.com/118198-green-day-all-about-dookie-she-2496145342.html |archive-date=March 22, 2018 |date=January 12, 2010 |quote=Armstrong tenderly paints the scenario of a girl unsatisfied with the predetermined life she's trapped in.|url-status=dead}}] Amanda is also referenced in the next track, "Sassafras Roots".[{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=All About 'Dookie': Sassafras Roots |url=https://www.popmatters.com/118218-green-day-all-about-dookie-sassafras-roots-2496145433.html |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=August 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322015826/https://www.popmatters.com/118218-green-day-all-about-dookie-sassafras-roots-2496145433.html |archive-date=March 22, 2018 |date=January 13, 2010 |url-status=dead}}] The tenth track, "[When I Come Around](/source/When_I_Come_Around)", was the album's final single. It was inspired by Adrienne Nesser, Armstrong's girlfriend and eventual wife. Following a dispute between the couple, Armstrong left Nesser to spend some time alone.[{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=All About 'Dookie': When I Come Around |url=https://www.popmatters.com/119442-green-day-all-about-dookie-when-i-come-around-2496154536.html |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=August 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630105625/https://www.popmatters.com/119442-green-day-all-about-dookie-when-i-come-around-2496154536.html |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |date=January 27, 2010 |url-status=dead}}]
The song "Coming Clean" deals with Armstrong's coming to terms with his [bisexuality](/source/bisexuality) as a teenager. At the time, he was still looking for himself sexually and had no well-defined sexual orientation.{{sfn|Gaar|2009|pp=85–86}} In his interview with ''[The Advocate](/source/The_Advocate_(LGBT_magazine))'' magazine, he said that although he has never had a relationship with a man, his sexuality has been "something that comes up as a struggle in me".[{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/html/stories/822/822_greenday672_3.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309020312/http://www.advocate.com/html/stories/822/822_greenday672_3.asp |archive-date=March 9, 2005|title=Interview with The Advocate magazine|work=The Advocate|author=Wieder, Judy|access-date=July 27, 2007}}] "Emenius Sleepus", written by Dirnt, is about two old friends who meet by chance, and the narrator realizes that they have both changed a lot as people.{{sfn|Gaar|2009|pp=85–86}} Played in a quick [staccato](/source/staccato)-styled rhythm,[{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=All About 'Dookie': In the End |url=https://www.popmatters.com/120333-green-day-all-about-dookie-in-the-end-2496161212.html |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=August 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101005930/https://www.popmatters.com/120333-green-day-all-about-dookie-in-the-end-2496161212.html |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |date=February 11, 2010 |url-status=dead}}] Armstrong wrote the song "In the End" about his mother and stepfather, and the reproach Armstrong felt toward his mother for choosing his stepfather as a partner.{{sfn|Gaar|2009|pp=85–86}} "F.O.D.", an acronym for "Fuck Off and Die", begins calmly with Armstrong alone on acoustic guitar, before the band suddenly arrives in a louder, full-force fashion. The theme of the song centers around the singer's grudge for another individual, and wishing misfortune upon them.[{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=AJ |title=All About 'Dookie': F.O.D. and All By Myself |url=https://www.popmatters.com/green-day-all-about-dookie-f-o-d-and-all-by-myself-2496171075.html |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |access-date=August 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630105257/https://www.popmatters.com/green-day-all-about-dookie-f-o-d-and-all-by-myself-2496171075.html |date=February 27, 2010 |archive-date=June 30, 2018|url-status=dead}}]
A [hidden track](/source/hidden_track), "All By Myself", with vocals and guitar by Cool, plays after "F.O.D." ends, and is about masturbation.[{{cite web |last1=Pearlman |first1=Mischa |title=The 11 best hidden tracks in rock history |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-11-best-hidden-tracks-in-rock-history |website=[Kerrang!](/source/Kerrang!) |access-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122031318/https://www.kerrang.com/the-11-best-hidden-tracks-in-rock-history |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |date=January 6, 2021}}]
==Title and artwork==
thumb|right|Telegraph Avenue in downtown Berkeley, circa 2010. The street is the setting of the album cover artwork, drawn by East Bay artist Richie Bucher.[{{cite web|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-22020-wheres-angus.html |title=Where's Angus? |author=Cizmar, Martin |date=February 18, 2014 |work=[Willamette Week](/source/Willamette_Week) |access-date=October 14, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019054902/http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-22020-wheres-angus.html |archive-date=October 19, 2016 }}] The cover depicts [Patti Smith](/source/Patti_Smith) showing off her armpit as shown on the cover of her album ''[Easter](/source/Easter_(Patti_Smith_Group_album))'' (1977), a shootout surrounding [Black Panther Party](/source/Black_Panther_Party) co-founder [Huey P. Newton](/source/Huey_P._Newton), the woman on [Black Sabbath](/source/Black_Sabbath)'s [self-titled debut album](/source/Black_Sabbath_(album)), [Angus Young](/source/Angus_Young) of [AC/DC](/source/AC%2FDC), and the [Sather Tower](/source/Sather_Tower). Friends of the band members are among the foreground figures on whom dogs and monkeys throw their excrement. A dog pilots the plane that drops bombs with the words Dookie written on them, while the name of the group is written in brown in the center of the explosion. Oil refineries in Rodeo, California, can be seen in the distance.{{sfn|Gaar|2009|pp=93–94}}{{sfn|Spitz|2006|p=113}}[{{cite magazine|title=As Reprise Set Rises, It's Easy Being Green Day|last=Borzillo|first=Carrie|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|volume=106|issue=15|page=72|date=April 9, 1994|quote=The single and videoclip were serviced Feb. 1, simultaneous with the album's street date.}}] Despite promising demand from the quick depletion of the album's initial supply, it initially resulted in modest total sales as strategies were adjusted to meet demand, and only after the music video for "Longview" debuted on [MTV](/source/MTV) on February 22 did the album begin to attract stronger attention, first entering the ''[Billboard 200](/source/Billboard_200)'' rankings at number 127.{{sfn|Gaar|2009|pp=93–94}}
In March, the group made appearances on ''[Late Night with Conan O'Brien](/source/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien)'', ''[The Jon Stewart Show](/source/The_Jon_Stewart_Show)'' and ''[120 Minutes](/source/120_Minutes)'' on ''MTV''.{{sfn|Gaar|2009|pp=93–94}}{{sfn|Spitz|2006|pp=129–135}} Sales for ''Dookie'' rose greatly following these performances, peaking at number two on the [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200) in the United States.[{{cite web |title=VMAs 1994 |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/1994 |website=[MTV](/source/MTV) |access-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617224354/https://www.mtv.com/vma/1994 |archive-date=June 17, 2016 |date=September 8, 1994 |url-status=dead}}] In October, Warner proposed "Welcome to Paradise" to be the third single, noting potential to make good sales. However, Armstrong refused because the song evoked a part of his life and he did not feel capable of promoting it with a music video. The song was ultimately only broadcast on the radio domestically, being met with great success despite not being sold to the public.{{sfn|Spitz|2006|pp=125–126}} An exclusive United Kingdom single release for the song did proceed on October 17.[''Billboard'' 1994, p. 2] The band had been nominated in four Grammy Award categories: [Best Alternative Music Album](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Alternative_Music_Album), [Best New Artist](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Artist), [Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rock_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group_with_Vocal) with "Basket Case", and [Best Hard Rock Performance](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Hard_Rock_Performance) with "Longview". They won only the former of the categories.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/37th-annual-grammy-awards |title=37th Annual GRAMMY Awards |date= March 1, 1995 |publisher=GRAMMY Awards |access-date=September 26, 2023}}] In the meantime, "When I Come Around" had been quickly climbing the charts; it held the top of the ''Billboard'' [Modern Rock Chart](/source/Alternative_Songs) for seven weeks and peaked at number six of the [Hot 100 Airplay](/source/Radio_Songs_(chart)) chart,{{sfn|Myers|2005|p=111}}[{{cite magazine |title=Green Day |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/green-day/chart-history/hsb/ |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |access-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117154738/https://www.billboard.com/artist/green-day/chart-history/hsb/ |archive-date=November 17, 2021}}] becoming the band's most successful single from the album.[{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/green-day-39-album-dookie-20-years-old-182200607.html |title=Green Day's Album 'Dookie' Is 20 Years Old Today |date=February 1, 2014 |access-date=October 3, 2014 |last=Adam |first=Chandler |website=[Yahoo! Music](/source/Yahoo!_Music) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006122226/https://news.yahoo.com/green-day-39-album-dookie-20-years-old-182200607.html |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}][{{cite web|url=http://www.mstarz.com/articles/18338/20130823/green-day-dookie-set-billie-joe-armstrong-rockers-perform-1994-album-in-entirety-for-london-show-watch.htm |title=Green Day 'Dookie' Set: Billie Joe Armstrong & Rockers Perform 1994 Album In Entirety For London Show [WATCH] : Music News |publisher=Mstarz|author=Galbraith, Alex|date= August 23, 2013|access-date=September 2, 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017050444/http://www.mstarz.com/articles/18338/20130823/green-day-dookie-set-billie-joe-armstrong-rockers-perform-1994-album-in-entirety-for-london-show-watch.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2015}}] By 2024, the RIAA had certified it 20× platinum — double diamond — for twenty million copies sold in the United States alone.[{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dookie-mw0000107965 |title=Dookie – Green Day |publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=May 25, 2025 |last=Thomas |first=Fred |author-link=Fred Thomas (rock musician)}}]
| rev2 = ''[Alternative Press](/source/Alternative_Press_(magazine))''
| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}[{{cite magazine |url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/dookie |title=Green Day – Dookie |magazine=[Alternative Press](/source/Alternative_Press_(magazine)) |date=June 22, 2010 |access-date=August 22, 2015 |last=Raub |first=Jesse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829201325/http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/dookie |archive-date=August 29, 2010 |url-status=dead}}]
| rev3 = ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/green-days-dookie-at-20-classic-track-by-track-review-5893819/ |title=Green Day's 'Dookie' at 20: Classic Track-By-Track Review |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |date=February 1, 2014 |access-date=August 22, 2015 |last=Payne |first=Chris}}]
| rev4 = ''[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times)''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[{{cite news |url=https://chicagosuntimes.newsbank.com/doc/news/0EB4219A34FE4FC9 |title=Green Day, 'Dookie' (Warner Bros.) |newspaper=[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times) |date=February 20, 1994 |access-date=September 24, 2015 |last=DeRogatis |first=Jim |author-link=Jim DeRogatis |url-access=subscription}}]
| rev5 = ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/03/03/green-daydookie-reprise-starstarstar-12hard-core-bands-from/ |title=Green Day: Dookie (Reprise) |newspaper=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune) |date=March 3, 1994 |access-date=September 24, 2015 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot}}]
| rev6 = ''[NME](/source/NME)''
| rev6score = 7/10[{{cite magazine |title=Green Day: Dookie |magazine=[NME](/source/NME) |date=March 5, 1994 |last=Sutherland |first=Mark |page=53}}]
| rev7 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| rev7score = 8.7/10[{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23226-dookie/ |title=Green Day: Dookie |website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) |date=May 7, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2017 |last=Hogan |first=Marc |author-link=Marc Hogan}}]
| rev8 = ''[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)''
| rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}[Catucci 2004, p. 347]
| rev9 = ''[Spin Alternative Record Guide](/source/Spin_Alternative_Record_Guide)''
| rev9score = 8/10[Eddy 1995, pp. 170–171]
| rev10 = ''[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)''
| rev10score = A−[{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1094-94.php |title=Consumer Guide |newspaper=[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice) |date=October 18, 1994 |access-date=August 22, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}]
}}
''Dookie'' was released to critical acclaim. In early 1995, [Jon Pareles](/source/Jon_Pareles) of ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' wrote, "Punk turns into pop in fast, funny, catchy, high-powered songs about whining and channel-surfing; apathy has rarely sounded so passionate."[{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/05/arts/the-pop-life-591095.html |title=The Pop Life |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=January 5, 1995 |access-date=July 21, 2007 |last=Pareles |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Pareles}}] ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)''{{'}}s Paul Evans described Green Day as "convincing mainly because they've got punk's snotty anti-values down cold: blame, self-pity, arrogant self-hatred, humor, narcissism, fun".[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/dookie-19980202 |title=Green Day Dookie|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Evans, Paul|date=February 2, 1998|access-date=February 14, 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917021338/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/dookie-19980202|archive-date=September 17, 2012}}] Jesse Raub, writing for ''[Alternative Press](/source/Alternative_Press_(magazine))'', praised "Burnout" for immediately opening with a "huge, polished production value without abandoning their scrappy, loose punk playing" which consistently shines through the rest of the album's tracks.[{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/25-seminal-albums-from-1994-and-what-nme-said-at-the-time-1422155 |title=25 Seminal Albums From 1994 – And What NME Said At The Time |magazine=[NME](/source/NME) |date=January 29, 2014 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |last=Barker |first=Emily |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709215720/http://www.nme.com/photos/25-seminal-albums-from-1994-and-what-nme-said-at-the-time/330128 |archive-date=July 9, 2015 |url-status=live}}] A 2017 review from ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''{{'}}s [Marc Hogan](/source/Marc_Hogan) summarized the album's material as "buzzing, hook-crammed tracks that acted like they didn't give a shit", but resounded so well with its audience because in truth "on a compositional and emotional level they were actually gravely serious", praising the album's outlandish artwork for helping ease the tense nature of the music.[{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/05/arts/pop-view-has-success-spoiled-green-day.html?pagewanted=1 |title=Pop View; Has Success Spoiled Green Day? |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=February 5, 1995 |access-date=July 21, 2007 |last=Strauss |first=Neil |author-link=Neil Strauss}}] The band did not respond initially to these comments, but later claimed that they were "just trying to be themselves" and that "it's our band, we can do whatever we want".[{{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2014/01/green-day-dookie-20-years |title=Green Day's 'Dookie' Turns 20: Musicians Revisit the Punk Classic – Features – Fuse |work=Fuse|author=Nassiff, Thomas|date=January 31, 2014 |access-date=February 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223080343/http://www.fuse.tv/2014/01/green-day-dookie-20-years |archive-date=February 23, 2015 }}]
==Legacy==
Green Day's ''Dookie—''along with [the Offspring](/source/the_Offspring)'s ''[Smash](/source/Smash_(The_Offspring_album))'', released two months later���has been credited for helping bring [punk rock](/source/punk_rock) back into mainstream music culture.[{{cite news|author=Crain, Zac |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-10-23/music/green-day-family-values/ |title=Green Day Family Values – Page 1 – Music – Miami |newspaper=Miami New Times |date=October 23, 1997|access-date=September 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522215802/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-10-23/music/green-day-family-values/ |archive-date=May 22, 2014}}][{{cite web|author=D'Angelo, Joe |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1491001/how-green-days-dookie-fertilized-a-punk-rock-revival/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508205918/http://www.mtv.com/news/1491001/how-green-days-dookie-fertilized-a-punk-rock-revival/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 8, 2014 |title=How Green Day's Dookie Fertilized A Punk-Rock Revival |publisher=[MTV](/source/MTV) |date=September 15, 2004|access-date=June 17, 2014}}][{{cite magazine |last1=Bienstock |first1=Richard |title=The Offspring's 'Smash': The Little Punk LP That Defeated the Majors |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-offsprings-smash-the-little-punk-lp-that-defeated-the-majors-189742/ |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |access-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324180917/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-offsprings-smash-the-little-punk-lp-that-defeated-the-majors-189742/ |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |date=April 8, 2014 |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |last1=Romano |first1=Andrew |title=How Green Day's 'Dookie' Defined the 1990s and Changed Music Forever |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-green-days-dookie-defined-the-1990s-and-changed-music-forever |website=[The Daily Beast](/source/The_Daily_Beast) |access-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102093030/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-green-days-dookie-defined-the-1990s-and-changed-music-forever |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |date=July 12, 2017}}] ''NME'' argues, "''Dookie''{{'}}s success proved to record label, film and TV [executives] that the teen rock revolution they had been witnessing for much of the early '90s didn't have to be all gloomy nihilism and angsty sonics. ''Dookie'' made rock fun again."[{{cite web |last1=Horner |first1=Al |title=10 albums that wouldn't exist without Green Day's 'Dookie' |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-albums-that-wouldnt-exist-without-green-days-dookie-768209 |website=[NME](/source/NME) |access-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228045245/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-albums-that-wouldnt-exist-without-green-days-dookie-768209 |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |date=October 31, 2019}}] [Stephen Thomas Erlewine](/source/Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine) of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) described ''Dookie'' as "a stellar piece of modern punk that many tried to emulate but nobody bettered".[{{cite web |last1=Pattison |first1=Louis |title=Green Day – Rank The Albums |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/green-day-rank-the-albums-763704 |website=[NME](/source/NME) |access-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102093033/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/green-day-rank-the-albums-763704 |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |date=April 16, 2012}}][{{Cite book |last=Chow |first=Jason |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |publisher=Universe Publishing |year=2005 |pages=751}}]
In 2014, its twentieth anniversary, the album received several list accolades. In April 2014, ''Rolling Stone'' placed the album at No. 1 on its "1994: The 40 Best Records From Mainstream Alternative's Greatest Year" list, ahead of [Nine Inch Nails](/source/Nine_Inch_Nails)' ''[The Downward Spiral](/source/The_Downward_Spiral)'' and [Weezer](/source/Weezer)'s [self-titled debut](/source/Weezer_(Blue_album)).[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/1994-the-40-best-records-from-mainstream-alternatives-greatest-year-20140417/green-day-dookie-19691231|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419223450/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/1994-the-40-best-records-from-mainstream-alternatives-greatest-year-20140417/green-day-dookie-19691231 |title=1994– The 40 Best Records From Mainstream Alternative's Greatest Year – Rolling Stone |date=April 17, 2014|archive-date=April 19, 2014 |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |author=Harris, Keith|access-date=May 23, 2014}}] A month later, ''[Loudwire](/source/Loudwire)'' placed ''Dookie'' at No. 1 on its "10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1994" list.[{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/best-hard-rock-albums-1994/ |title=10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1994 |date=May 20, 2014 |work=[Loudwire](/source/Loudwire)|author=Childers, Chad |access-date=May 23, 2014}}] ''[Guitar World](/source/Guitar_World)'' ranked ''Dookie'' at number thirteen in their list "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" that July.[{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994 |title=Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994 |date=July 14, 2014 |work=[Guitar World](/source/Guitar_World) |access-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715053900/http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 }}] ''Rolling Stone'' cited it as one of the greatest punk rock albums of all time in 2016,[{{Cite web |last=Barker |first=Emily |date=2014-01-29 |title=25 Seminal Albums From 1994 - And What NME Said At The Time |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/25-seminal-albums-from-1994-and-what-nme-said-at-the-time-1422155 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}] NME also listed "Welcome to Paradise" as a top-50 song for the year.[{{cite web |title=NME's best albums and tracks of 1994 |url=https://www.nme.com/features/1994-2-1045370 |website=[NME](/source/NME) |access-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410025923/https://www.nme.com/features/1994-2-1045370 |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |date=October 10, 2016}}]
A 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of the album, released on September 29, 2023, includes outtakes, demos, and two live concert recordings.[{{cite magazine |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |date=August 17, 2023 |title=Green Day Celebrating 30th Anniversary of 1994 Breakthrough With Massive 'Dookie' Deluxe Edition |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/green-day-30th-anniversary-dookie-deluxe-edition-box-set-1235394473/ |access-date=August 18, 2023 |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))}}] On October 9, 2024, the band announced ''Dookie Demastered'', a collaboration with the Los Angeles–based art studio [BRAIN](/source/BRAIN_(studio)) where each song on the album was ported onto an "obscure, obsolete and otherwise inconvenient" format, such as a [wax cylinder](/source/Phonograph_cylinder) and a [Teddy Ruxpin](/source/Teddy_Ruxpin); those who won in a drawing would be eligible to purchase each item.[{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Green Day 'Dookie Demastered' Features Re-Recordings on Doorbell, Toothbrush, Game Boy, Teddy Ruxpin & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/green-day-dookie-demastered-rerecorded-doorbell-toothbrush-game-boy-teddy-ruxpin-1235796754/ |access-date=October 9, 2024 |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))}}][{{Cite web |last=Dunworth |first=Liberty |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Listen to Green Day's "demastered" version of 'Dookie' – set for release on Gameboy, toothbrushes, teddy bears and more |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-green-days-demastered-version-of-dookie-set-for-release-on-gameboy-toothbrushes-teddy-bears-and-more-3801203 |access-date=October 9, 2024 |website=[NME](/source/NME)}}]
In September 2025, ''[Collider](/source/Collider_(website))'' placed Dookie fifth on its list of "10 Pop-Punk Albums That Are Amazing From Start to Finish".[{{Cite web |last=Sheetz |first=Janelle |date=2025-09-02 |title=10 Pop-Punk Albums That Are Amazing From Start to Finish |url=https://collider.com/pop-punk-albums-amazing-zero-skips/ |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Collider |language=en}}]
===Accolades===
[[File:Sum41 Deryck Whibley.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[Deryck Whibley](/source/Deryck_Whibley) and his band [Sum 41](/source/Sum_41) are said to have been influenced by ''Dookie''.]]
''Dookie'' has appeared on many prominent "must have" lists compiled by the music media, including:
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Publication
! Country
! Accolade
! Year
! Rank
|-
| Robert Dimery
| rowspan="10" | United States
| ''[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die](/source/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die)''[Dimery, Robert – ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''; page 855]
| 2005
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)''
| ''[The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time](/source/Rolling_Stone's_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time)''[{{cite magazine | url=http://archive.rollingstone.com/Desktop?s=2003121144#/20031211/83| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120012459/http://archive.rollingstone.com/Desktop?s=2003121144#/20031211/83| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 20, 2013|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|access-date=July 16, 2007 |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 10, 2003}}{{Subscription required}}][{{cite magazine|title=Rocklist.net....Rolling Stone (USA) End of Year Lists |url=https://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rolling.htm |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628073126/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/rolling.htm |archive-date=June 28, 2011 }}]
| 1994
| 1
|-
| ''40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time''[{{cite magazine |title=40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/40-greatest-punk-albums-of-all-time-75659/green-day-dookie-1994-2-172575/ |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 6, 2016|access-date=March 23, 2022 }}]
| 2016
| 18
|-
| ''1994: The 40 Best Records From Mainstream Alternative's Greatest Year''[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-nineties-20110427/green-day-dookie-19691231 |title=100 Best Albums of the Nineties: Green Day, 'Dookie' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 27, 2011 |access-date=August 3, 2011}}]
| 2010
| 30
|-
| ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))''
| 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005[{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/covers/2005/06/0507_cover_greatest_albums | title=Spin Magazine – 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005 | access-date=July 16, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811111119/http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/covers/2005/06/0507_cover_greatest_albums | archive-date=August 11, 2007}}]
| 2005
| 44
|-
| ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s[{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-albums-of-the-1990s/ | title=The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s | website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) | date=September 28, 2022 | access-date=September 28, 2022}}]
| 2022
| 111
|-
| ''[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame](/source/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame)''
| The Definitive 200[{{cite web | url=http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php | title=The Definitive 200 | access-date=August 18, 2007 | publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070813004137/http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php| archive-date = August 13, 2007}}]
| 2007
| 50
|-
| ''[Kerrang!](/source/Kerrang!)''
| United Kingdom
| 51 Greatest Pop Punk Albums Ever[{{cite journal|title=51 Greatest Pop Punk Albums Ever|pages=18–25|date=September 16, 2015|journal=[Kerrang!](/source/Kerrang!)|issue=1586}}]
| 2015
| 2
|-
| ''[Revolver](/source/Revolver_(magazine))''
| United States
| 50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time[{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/50-greatest-punk-albums-all-time#13-green-day-%E2%80%94-dookie |website=[Revolver](/source/Revolver_(magazine)) |access-date=May 20, 2022 |date=May 24, 2018}}]
| 2018
| 13
|-
| ''[LouderSound](/source/LouderSound)''
| United Kingdom
| The 50 Best Punk Albums of All Time[{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-punk-albums-of-all-time/4 |website=[Louder](/source/Metal_Hammer)|access-date=May 20, 2022 |date=March 15, 2018}}]
| 2018
| 11
|-
| ''[LA Weekly](/source/LA_Weekly)''
| United States
| Top 20 Punk Albums in History: The Complete List[{{cite web |last1=Bourque |first1=Zach |title=50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time |url=https://www.laweekly.com/top-20-punk-albums-in-history-the-complete-list/ |website=[LA Weekly](/source/LA_Weekly) |access-date=May 20, 2022 |date=July 10, 2013}}]
| 2013
| 13
|-
| ''[Loudwire](/source/Loudwire)''
| United States
| The Best Hard Rock Album of Each Year Since 1970[{{Cite web |date=4 December 2024 |title=The Best Hard Rock Album of Each Year Since 1970 |url=https://loudwire.com/best-hard-rock-album-each-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250803131410/https://loudwire.com/best-hard-rock-album-each-year/ |archive-date=August 3, 2025 |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=[Loudwire](/source/Loudwire) |series=[Townsquare Media](/source/Townsquare_Media) |language=en }}]
| 2024
| 1
|}
==Live performances==
In mid-1993, while recording and mixing the album, Green Day [opened](/source/Opening_act) for several [Bad Religion](/source/Bad_Religion) concerts, allowing them to play new songs to a live audience.{{sfn|Gaar|2009|p=88}}{{sfn|Spitz|2006|p=116}}{{sfn|Myers|2005|p=85}} However, unlike their previous shows, the band was now playing before audiences of two to three thousand people.{{sfn|Spitz|2006|pp=114–118}} Two weeks after the release of ''Dookie'', the band embarked on an international tour. In the United States, they traveled between shows in a [bookmobile](/source/bookmobile) belonging to [Tré Cool](/source/Tr%C3%A9_Cool)'s father.[{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Keir |title=Woodstock 94: How Green Day's performance turned into a muddy riot |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/green-day-woodstock-1994-mud-fight-broken-teeth-dookie |website=[LouderSound](/source/LouderSound) |date=August 13, 2018 |access-date=April 29, 2023}}]
Further controversy followed the band only weeks later at a free concert in [Boston](/source/Boston). Alternative radio station [WFNX](/source/WBWL_(FM)) hosted a free Green Day concert at the [Hatch Memorial Shell](/source/Hatch_Memorial_Shell) concert venue on September 9, 1994. However, the promoters were accustomed to hosting [reggae](/source/reggae) and acts of similar softness that drew smaller crowds, and were unprepared for the audience of 70,000 to 100,000 people. The fans in attendance were already chanting for Green Day during the show's opening act. After several calls for calm, including some from Armstrong, the group began their performance, but the singer let himself be carried away by the energy of the audience and jumped into the middle of it during "Longview", the seventh song of the set. The security forces, overwhelmed and fearing that the lighting fixtures would collapse, forcibly ended the concert by cutting off the power. A riot ensued and spilled into the streets, leading to numerous arrests and injuries.{{sfn|Spitz|2006|pp=129–135}}{{sfn|Egerdahl|2010|p=58}}{{sfn|Myers|2005|p=99}} The [Massachusetts State Police](/source/Massachusetts_State_Police) were called. Roughly 100 people were injured and 31 were arrested in the aftermath of the concert. In 2006, the ''[Boston Phoenix](/source/The_Phoenix_(newspaper))'' would list the Green Day Hatch Shell "riot" concert as the sixth-greatest concert in Boston history.[{{cite web |title=The 40 greatest concerts in Boston history: 6 |url=https://thephoenix.com/boston/music/25543-40-greatest-concerts-in-boston-history-6/ |website=[The Boston Phoenix](/source/The_Phoenix_(newspaper)) |access-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301165749/https://thephoenix.com/boston/music/25543-40-greatest-concerts-in-boston-history-6/ |date=October 25, 2006 |url-status=dead|archive-date=March 1, 2016}}]
When the band returned to Europe in October 1994, the venues in which they played were much larger, and the band was met with much more enthusiasm. Despite their new notoriety for live performances, the trio continued to sell tickets at affordable prices: $5 to $20 (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|5|1994}} to ${{Inflation|US|20|1994|r=-1}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}{{Inflation/fn|US}}).{{sfn|Myers|2005|p=100}} Warner proposed several groups to play as opening acts on this tour, but the band rejected these; instead, the band invited German punk band [Die Toten Hosen](/source/Die_Toten_Hosen) and the American [queercore](/source/queercore) group [Pansy Division](/source/Pansy_Division) to join their shows. Following the European shows, the band returned home for one last show at the [Z100](/source/WHTZ) Acoustic Christmas at [Madison Square Garden](/source/Madison_Square_Garden) in New York. An AIDS benefit show, Armstrong performed the song "[She](/source/She_(Green_Day_song))" naked, using his guitar to cover himself.{{sfn|Egerdahl|2010|p=61}}{{sfn|Spitz|2006|pp=127, 129–135}}{{sfn|Myers|2005|pp=100, 103}}
In 2013, the band played ''Dookie'' in its entirety at some European dates as a celebration of the album's upcoming 20th anniversary.[{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/green-day/72222 |title=Green Day play 'Dookie' during Reading Festival 2013 headline show|publisher=NME|date=August 23, 2013|access-date=February 25, 2014}}] On October 19, 2023, at the Fremont Country Club in Las Vegas, ''Dookie'' was played in its entirety as part of the evening's 29-song set, including "All by Myself". The album was played in celebration of its upcoming 30th anniversary and announcement of the 2024 tour.[{{Cite web |title=Green Day announce 2024 tour with the Smashing Pumpkins |url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/10/23/green-day-tour-announcement-smashing-pumpkins |access-date=October 25, 2023 |website=[The Fader](/source/The_Fader) |language=en}}][{{cite magazine |last1=Sheckells |first1=Melinda |title=Inside Green Day's Las Vegas Club Gig Saluting 30 Years of 'Dookie': Best Moments |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/green-day-las-vegas-club-concert-dookie-recap-best-moments/dookie-in-its-entirety/ |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |access-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029133940/https://www.billboard.com/lists/green-day-las-vegas-club-concert-dookie-recap-best-moments/dookie-in-its-entirety/ |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |date=October 20, 2023}}]
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_lyrics = [Billie Joe Armstrong](/source/Billie_Joe_Armstrong), except where noted
| all_music = Green Day
| headline = Original compact disc release
| title_width = 100
| title1 = Burnout
| length1 = 2:07
| title2 = Having a Blast
| length2 = 2:44
| title3 = Chump
| length3 = 2:53
| title4 = [Longview](/source/Longview_(song))
| length4 = 3:59
| title5 = [Welcome to Paradise](/source/Welcome_to_Paradise)
| length5 = 3:44
| title6 = Pulling Teeth
| length6 = 2:30
| title7 = [Basket Case](/source/Basket_Case_(song))
| length7 = 3:02
| title8 = [She](/source/She_(Green_Day_song))
| length8 = 2:13
| title9 = Sassafras Roots
| length9 = 2:37
| title10 = [When I Come Around](/source/When_I_Come_Around)
| length10 = 2:57
| title11 = Coming Clean
| length11 = 1:34
| title12 = Emenius Sleepus
| note12 = lyrics by [Mike Dirnt](/source/Mike_Dirnt)
| length12 = 1:43
| title13 = In the End
| length13 = 1:46
| title14 = F.O.D.
| note14 = includes [hidden track](/source/hidden_track) "All by Myself" written and performed by [Tré Cool](/source/Tr%C3%A9_Cool){{refn|group=note|name=abm|"F.O.D." ends at 2:52, followed by [hidden track](/source/hidden_track) "All by Myself" which starts at 4:09. Digital editions and certain vinyl pressings list a distinct track 15.}}
| length14 = 5:46
| total_length = 39:35
}}
==Personnel==
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true|refname=ARIA peak}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|4|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|13|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|13|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|1|chartid=2714|rowheader=true|access-date=August 2, 2021|refname=Canada RPM}}
|-
!scope="row"| Danish Albums ([Hitlisten](/source/Tracklisten))[{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-06-24.pdf|title=Top National Sellers: Denmark|work=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)|page=16|date=June 24, 1995|access-date=September 22, 2021|archive-date=May 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519201951/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-06-24.pdf|url-status=live}}]
| 6
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|5|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true|refname=Netherlands}}
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([European Top 100 Albums](/source/European_Top_100_Albums))[{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-09-23.pdf|title=Eurochart Top 100 Albums – September 23, 1995|magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)|volume=12|issue=38|page=17|date=September 23, 1995|access-date=November 18, 2021}}]
| 3
|-
{{album chart|Finland|5|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true|refname=IFPI Finland}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany|4|id=1992|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true|refname=Germany peak}}
|-
!scope="row"|Greek Albums ([IFPI](/source/IFPI_Greece))[{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617220108/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm|archive-date=June 17, 2006|title=Top 50 Ξένων Άλμπουμ: Eβδομάδα 11-17/6/2006|publisher=[IFPI Greece](/source/IFPI_Greece)|access-date=February 7, 2021|language=greek}}]
| 33
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|8|year=1995|week=25|rowheader=true|access-date=November 25, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland2|38|artist=Green Day|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|Italian Albums ([FIMI](/source/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana))[{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/archivio-classifiche-settimanali/archivio-classifiche-per-settimana/?tipo=2&anno=1995&settimana=12|title=Classifica settimanale WK 12 (dal 17.03.1995 al 23.03.1995)|publisher=[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana](/source/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana)|language=it}}]
| 10
|-
!scope="row"| [Japanese Albums](/source/Oricon_Albums_Chart) ([Oricon](/source/Oricon))[{{cite web|title=Japan - Top Albums Chart |publisher=Oricon|date=June 25, 1994 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?types=cd&search_string=Green+day+dookie |access-date=September 10, 2022 }}]
| 32
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true|refname=NZ peak}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|9|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true|refname=Norway peak}}
|-
!scope="row"|Portuguese Albums ([AFP](/source/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Fonogr%C3%A1fica_Portuguesa))[{{cite magazine|title=Top National Sellers – Portugal|magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-07-01.pdf|date=July 1, 1995|page=68}}]
|align="center"|4
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|17|date=19950205|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spanish Albums ([AFYVE](/source/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a))[{{cite magazine|title=Hits of the World – Spain|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Green+Day+Dookie&pg=PA69|date=May 13, 1995|page=68}}]
|align="center"|6
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|3|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true|refname=Sweden peak}}
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{{album chart|Switzerland|6|artist=Green Day|album=Dookie|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true|refname=Swiss peak}}
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{{album chart|UK2|13|date=19950205|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|UKRock|1|date=1995-02-12|rowheader=true|access-date=April 20, 2026}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Green Day|access-date=April 13, 2021|rowheader=true|refname=Billboard}}
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{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|1|artist=Green Day|access-date=June 1, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCatalog|10|artist=Green Day|access-date=June 1, 2021|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|BillboardVinyl|9|artist=Green Day|access-date=June 1, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|}
{{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts ===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+1994 year-end chart performance for ''Dookie''
! Chart (1994)
! Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')[{{Cite web | url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2686&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0 | work = [RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine)) | access-date = June 6, 2021 | title = RPM Top 100 Albums of 1994 | date = December 12, 1994 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130621105554/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2686&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0 | archive-date = June 21, 2013 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}]
|align="center"|32
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994|magazine=Billboard|page=20|access-date=April 13, 2021}}]
|align="center"|24
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+1995 year-end chart performance for ''Dookie''
! Chart (1995)
! Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)[{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1995/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1995|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=April 13, 2021}}]
|align="center"|10
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1995|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1995|website=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=April 13, 2021}}]
|align="center"|4
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 1995 – Albums|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=April 13, 2021}}]
|align="center"|36
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 1995 – Albums|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=April 13, 2021}}]
|align="center"|28
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')[{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2839&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2839.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2839|title=Top Albums/CDs – Volume 62, No. 20, December 18 1995|work=RPM|date=December 18, 1995|access-date=February 8, 2021}}]
|align="center"|2
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1995&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1995|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=April 13, 2021}}]
|align="center"|32
|-
!scope="row"|European Top 100 Albums (''[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)'')[{{cite magazine |date=December 23, 1995 |title=Year End Sales Charts – European Top 100 Albums 1995 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/95/MM-1995-12-23-OCR-Page-0014.pdf#search= |magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media) |page=14|access-date=July 29, 2018}}]
|align="center"|7
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1995 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|publisher=[GfK Entertainment](/source/GfK_Entertainment)|access-date=August 13, 2018|language=de}}]
|align="center"|6
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1995-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1995|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=May 23, 2021}}]
|align="center"|4
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818120257/http://www.anuariossgae.com/1999/pdfs/grabada/grabada%20anexos.pdf#page=9|archive-date=August 18, 2012|url=http://www.anuariossgae.com/1999/pdfs/grabada/grabada%20anexos.pdf#page=9|title=LOS 50 TÍTULOS CON MAYORES VENTAS EN LAS LISTAS DE VENTAS DE AFYVE EN 1995|language=es|publisher=Anuarios SGAE|access-date=May 31, 2023}}]
|align="center"|26
|-
!scope="row"|Swedish Albums & Compilations (Sverigetopplistan)[{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=1995&dspp=1|title=Årslista Album (inkl samlingar), 1995|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=May 23, 2021}}]
|align="center"|26
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1995/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1995|publisher=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=April 13, 2021}}]
|align="center"|5
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)[{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19951231/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1995|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=April 13, 2021}}]
|align="center"|53
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 13, 2021}}]
|align="center"|7
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+2001 year-end chart performance for ''Dookie''
! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)[{{cite web|url=https://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf|title=The Official UK Albums Chart – Year-End 2001|work=UKchartsplus.co.uk|publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|page=6|access-date=May 31, 2021}}]
| style="text-align:center;"|199
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+2002 year-end chart performance for ''Dookie''
!Chart (2002)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040902000408/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html|archive-date=September 2, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002|website=[Jam!](/source/Jam!)|access-date=March 28, 2022}}]
|align=center|159
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812035533/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|archive-date=August 12, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|title=Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002|website=[Jam!](/source/Jam!)|access-date=March 23, 2022}}]
|align=center|79
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+2005 year-end chart performance for ''Dookie''
! scope="col"| Chart (2005)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)[{{cite web|url=https://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK2005.pdf|title=The Top 200 Artist Albums of 2005|work=Chartwatch: 2005 Chart Booklet|publisher=Zobbel.de|pages=40–41|access-date=June 29, 2021}}]
|style="text-align:center;"|154
|}
=== Decade-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Decade-end chart performance for ''Dookie''
!Chart (1990–1999)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200[Mayfield 1999, p. 20]
| style="text-align:center;"|33
|}
{{col-end}}
==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|title=Dookie|artist=Green Day|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|certref=[{{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=green+day&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|title=Discos de Oro y Platino - Green Day|publisher=[Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas](/source/C%C3%A1mara_Argentina_de_Productores_de_Fonogramas_y_Videogramas)|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531185556/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=green+day&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archive-date=May 31, 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=September 6, 2019}}]}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Platinum|number=5|certyear=2011|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Austria|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Platinum|certyear=1995|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Belgium|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Gold|certyear=1995|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Brazil|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Gold|certyear=1996|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Diamond|certyear=1995|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Denmark|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1994|certyear=2020|id=9718|access-date=November 18, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Finland|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Gold|salesamount=35,205|certyear=1995|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Gold|certyear=1998|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Gold|number=3|certyear=2005|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Ireland|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=2005|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|nocert=true|salesamount=250,000|salesref=[{{cite web|author1=Adnkronos |url=https://www.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1996/03/18/Spettacolo/ROCK-DA-DOMANI-GREEN-DAY-IN-TOUR-IN-ITALIA_180800.php|title=Rock: Da Domani Green Day In Tour in Italia|work=Adnkronos |date=March 18, 1996|publisher=[Adnkronos](/source/Adnkronos)|language=it|access-date=April 5, 2023}}]|note=sales in 1995}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Italy|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Platinum|certyear=2021|note=sales since 2009|relyear=1994|access-date=August 2, 2021|id=8801}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Japan|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Platinum|certmonth=5|certyear=1997|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|nocert=yes|salesamount=50,000|salesref=[{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pc5EAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA18&article_id=6874,1751659|title=¡Vaya con esta Gente!|date=December 8, 1995|access-date=29 February 2024|language=es|page=18|newspaper=[La Opinión](/source/La_Opini%C3%B3n_(Argentina)) }}]}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Netherlands|artist=Greenday|title=Dookie|award=Gold|certyear=1995|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1994|certyear=2020|source=radioscope|access-date=December 31, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Poland|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Gold|certyear=1996|relyear=1994|date=December 30, 1996|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|type=album|relyear=1994|certyear=1995|region=Spain|award=Platinum|id=-720|access-date=October 13, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Sweden|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Gold|certyear=1995|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Switzerland|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Gold|certyear=1995|relyear=1994|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2008|relyear=1994|id=1919-2001-2|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Green Day|title=Dookie|award=Diamond|number=2|certyear=2024|relyear=1994|access-date=September 16, 2024|refname=RIAA}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|title=Dookie|artist=Green Day|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=1996|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}
==References==
=== Notes ===
===Citations===
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
===Sources===
{{refbegin|30em}}
* {{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Woodstock 94|magazine=Billboard|date=December 3, 1994|volume=106|issue=49|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwgEAAAAMBAJ&q=When+I+come+around%7B%7BBare+url+inline%7Cdate%3DDecember+2022%7D%7D&pg=PA2}}
* {{cite book |last=Catucci |first=Nick |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/347/mode/2up |chapter=Green Day |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=[Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster) |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}
* {{cite book |last1=Dimery |first1=Robert |title=Les 1001 albums qu'il faut avoir écoutés dans sa vie |date=2006 |publisher=Groupe Flammarion |isbn=2-0820-1539-4 |language=French}}
* {{cite book |last=Eddy |first=Chuck |author-link=Chuck Eddy |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |chapter=Green Day |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=[Vintage Books](/source/Vintage_Books) |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8}}
* {{cite book |last1=Egerdahl |first1=Kjersti |title=Green Day: A Musical Biography |date=2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0313365973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UfMAtvcbex4C}}
* {{cite book |last1=Gaar |first1=Gillian |title=Green Day: Rebels With a Cause |date=2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0857120595|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bbkSCgAAQBAJ}}
* {{cite magazine| author = Mayfield, Geoff | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA4 | title = 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade – The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s | magazine=Billboard| date = December 25, 1999|volume=111|issue=52|issn=0006-2510}}
* {{cite book |last1=Myers |first1=Ben |author-link=Ben Myers|title=Green Day – American Idiots & The New Punk Explosion |date=2005 |publisher=Independent Music Press|location=London|isbn=0953994295|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JSa3DwAAQBAJ}}
* {{cite book |last1=Salaverri |first1=Fernando |title=Sólo éxitos: año año: 1959–2002 |date=2005 |publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales |isbn=8480486392 |language=Spanish}}
* {{cite journal|last=Smith |first=RJ |title=Top 90 Albums of the 90's |journal=Spin|date=September 1999|volume=15|issue=9|issn=0886-3032|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGjsvmNt8UgC&pg=PA146}}
* {{cite book |last1=Spitz |first1=Marc|author-link=Marc Spitz |title=Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day |date=2006 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=1401309127|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2xrAwAAQBAJ}}
* {{cite book |last1=Verlant |first1=Gilles|author1-link=Gilles Verlant |last2=Caussé |first2=Thomas |title=La Discothèque parfaite de l'odyssée du rock |date=2009 |publisher=Hors collection |isbn=978-2-2580-8007-2 |language=French}}
{{refend}}
==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=A Brief History of Album Covers|first=Jason|last=Draper|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|location=London|year=2008|pages=314–315|isbn=9781847862112|oclc=227198538}}
*{{Cite news |last=Siegel |first=Alan |date=2024-05-16 |title=Welcome to Paradise: The Oral History of Green Day's 'Dookie' |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2024/5/16/24157483/green-day-dookie-oral-history-saviors-tour |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}
==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo6aG-353CqlOo6Z5QV5jhqQbCsMrcF-Q ''Dookie''] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
* ''[http://www.discogs.com/Green-Day-Dookie/master/33170 Dookie]'' at [Discogs](/source/Discogs){{Album citation|Album name=Dookie|Album code=green_day/dookie/|site=RYM}}
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