Green Day originally wrote one of their hit songs for 5 Seconds Of Summer
nme.comBillie Joe Armstrong has revealed that he almost gave a Green Day fan favourite track to 5 Seconds Of Summer.Armstrong spoke to People magazine about Green Day’s biggest hits throughout their career ahead of the release of upcoming album, ‘Saviors’.
When the interview approached their 2016 full-length ‘Revolution Radio’, Armstrong spoke about ‘Still Breathing’, which he admitted was a song originally written for Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds Of Summer.“There’s a band called 5 Seconds of Summer who wanted me to write a song for them,” he stated. “All of a sudden I was writing the lyrics, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, there’s no fucking way I’m giving these guys this song.’ There’s all those [lyrics] where it’s the last moment of someone’s life — it’s so intense.
It’s just a song [‘Revolution Radio’] about being a survivor.”Elsewhere in the interview, Armstrong touched on songs including ‘Basket Case’, ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’, ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ and ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’.
On ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’, he touched on the song’s themes of loneliness, stating: “It’s just about loneliness. Anytime that I would be writing songs for a record, you feel like a sense of isolation.”“At that time, I went to New York by myself.
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