• The single was released on January 11th, 2005, was written by members of Green Day, produced by Green Day and Rob Cavallo, and certified gold by the RIAA
• The song was a mainstream hit peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and topping the Billboard Pop 100, Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks, & Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts
• The title of the song was based on the famous Gottfried Helnwein painting of the same title (2005 VH1 Storytellers, Billie Joe Armstrong)
• Noel Gallagher of Oasis 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' uses the same chord progression as Oasis' hit single 'Wonderwall'
• The music video was directed by Samuel Bayer and is a continuation of their music video for 'Holiday'