Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band

Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band is the second greatest hits album by American rock band Green Day, released on November 17, 2017.

Background

God's Favorite Band features 20 of Green Day's previous hits, as well as two new songs: a new version of the Revolution Radio track "Ordinary World", featuring country singer Miranda Lambert, and a previously unreleased song entitled "Back in the USA". The album includes songs from all of Green Day's studio albums, with the exception of 39/Smooth, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!. 10 of the tracks previously appeared on Green Day's 2001 greatest hits album, International Superhits!. Jason White participated in the recording for "Back in the USA", marking his first studio appearance with the band since the ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! trilogy.
The album's title is a reference to a joke made by Stephen Colbert during the band's March 22, 2017, appearance on The Late Show, in which Colbert quipped that Green Day were "God's favorite band". Colbert's joke was in itself a reference to a comment made by Green Day drummer Tré Cool on the band's 2005 DVD Bullet in a Bible, in which Cool remarked that the rain clouds over the venue had cleared because "God wants to watch his favorite band again."

Track listing

All songs were produced by Green Day and Rob Cavallo except: "Know Your Enemy" and "21 Guns", which were produced by Green Day and Butch Vig; "2000 Light Years Away", which was produced by Green Day and Andy Ernst; and "Minority", "Warning", "Bang Bang", "Still Breathing", "Ordinary World", and "Back in the USA", which were produced by Green Day.

Personnel

Green Day

Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica, piano
Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
Tré Cool – drums, percussion, backing vocals, accordion on "Minority"

Additional musicians

Petra Haden – violin on "Hitchin' a Ride"
Conan McCallum – violin on "Good Riddance "
Rob Cavallo – piano
Jason Freese – piano
Tom Kitt – string arrangement for "21 Guns"
David Campbell – string arrangement for "Good Riddance "
Miranda Lambert – featured vocals on "Ordinary World"
Jason White – guitar on "Oh Love" and "Back in the USA"

Production

Green Day – production
Rob Cavallo – production
Butch Vig – production
Andy Ernst – production, engineering, mixing
Neill King – engineering
Kevin Army – engineering
Ken Allardyce – engineering
Doug McKean – engineering
Chris Dugan – engineering
Jerry Finn – mixing
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
Jack Joseph Puig – mixing
Andrew Scheps – mixing
John Golden – mastering
Ted Jensen – mastering
Eric Boulanger – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart	Peak position
Greek Albums	26

Year-end charts

Chart	Position
Australian Albums	76

Chart	Position
Australian Albums	49
UK Albums	87
US Top Rock Albums	90

Chart	Position
Australian Albums	42
UK Albums	55

Chart	Position
Australian Albums	63