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Shenanigans
A spray tag of the band on a white brick wall.
Compilation album by
Green Day
ReleasedJuly 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)
Recorded1993–2002
Genre
Length33:23
LabelReprise
Producer
Green Day chronology
International Superhits!
(2001) 		Shenanigans
(2002) 		American Idiot
(2004)
Singles from Shenanigans
  1. "Ha Ha You're Dead"
    Released: 2002[1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Alternative Press7/10[4]
Blender[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
NME7/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]

Shenanigans is the second compilation album by American rock band Green Day. It was released on July 2, 2002, by Reprise Records. The album contains B-sides, rarities, covers, and the previously unreleased track "Ha Ha You're Dead". "Espionage", a spy-themed instrumental, was featured on the soundtrack for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and "Tired of Waiting for You", their cover of the Kinks song of the same name, was featured on the soundtrack for the 1997 film Private Parts.

Shenanigans peaked at number 27 on the US Billboard 200 upon its release and has sold 280,000 units as of September 2010.[10] Even though the original cover does not feature a title, several retailers fixed confusion over it by designing a sticker which was plastered on the front. In a September 2009 interview by Fuse on Demand, when asked who designed the cover for the group's eighth studio album 21st Century Breakdown (2009), Billie Joe Armstrong said that Chris Bilheimer designed it as well as the last four album covers.

The album was supposed to include a track titled "D.U.I." (written and sung by Tré Cool), but was removed. It was only available on unmastered copies of the album.

Musical style and composition

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Shenanigans been described musically as a mix of punk rock,[6][9] skate punk,[7] and hardcore punk.[9]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong, except where noted; all music is composed by Green Day, except where noted

No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
1."Suffocate""Good Riddance" and Australian editions of Nimrod (1997)2:54
2."Desensitized""Good Riddance" and Japanese and Australian editions of Nimrod (1997)2:47
3."You Lied""Good Riddance" and Australian editions of Nimrod (1997)2:26
4."Outsider" (written by Dee Dee Ramone; originally performed by the Ramones)"Warning" (2000)2:17
5."Don't Wanna Fall in Love"Previously unreleased song from Dookie (1994) but later re-recorded as a B-side for "Geek Stink Breath" (1995)1:38
6."Espionage" (instrumental)"Hitchin' a Ride" (1997) and the Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack (1999)3:23
7."I Want to Be on T.V." (written by Sam McBride, Tom Flynn; originally performed by Fang)"Geek Stink Breath" and Japanese editions of Insomniac (1995)1:17
8."Scumbag" (lyrics written by Mike Dirnt)"Warning" (2000) and the American Pie 2 soundtrack (2001)1:46
9."Tired of Waiting for You" (written by Ray Davies; originally performed by The Kinks)"Basket Case" (1994) and the Private Parts soundtrack (1997)2:34
10."Sick of Me""Hitchin' a Ride" (1997)2:07
11."Rotting""Good Riddance" (1997)2:52
12."Do Da Da""Brain Stew / Jaded" (1996) and Australian editions of Nimrod (1997)1:30
13."On the Wagon""Basket Case" (1994)2:48
14."Ha Ha You're Dead" (lyrics written by Mike Dirnt)Previously unreleased3:07
Total length:33:23

Personnel

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Green Day

Production

  • Rob Cavallo – producer
  • Green Day – producers
  • Jerry Finn – mixing on "You Lied", "Don't Wanna Fall in Love", "I Want to Be on T.V.", "Tired of Waiting for You", "Rotting", "Do Da Da", "On the Wagon"
  • Kevin Army – engineer on "You Lied", "Don't Wanna Fall in Love", "I Want to Be on T.V.", "Rotting", "Do Da Da"
  • Neill King – engineering on "Tired of Waiting for You", "On the Wagon", mixing on "Sick of Me"
  • Ken Allardyce – engineering on "Suffocate", "Desentitized", "Espionage", "Sick of Me"
  • Chris Dugan – engineering on "Ha Ha You're Dead"
  • Casey McKrankin – additional engineering on "Tired of Waiting for You" and "On the Wagon"
  • Willie Samuels – engineering on "Outsider", "Scumbag", "Ha Ha You're Dead"
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing on "Suffocate", "Desentitized", "Espionage", "Sick of Me"
  • Steve Hall – mastering on "Suffocate", "Desentitized", "Espionage", "Sick of Me"
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering on "You Lied", "Don't Wanna Fall in Love", "I Want to Be on T.V.", "Rotting", "Do Da Da"
  • Robert Vosgein – mastering on "Outsider", "Scumbag", "Ha Ha You're Dead"

Artwork

  • Chris Bilheimer – cover art

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for Shenanigans
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 110
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 33
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 100
Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 27
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[15] 30
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 32
US Billboard 200[17] 27
Uruguayan International Albums (CUDISCO)[18] 2

Year-end charts

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2002 year-end chart performance for Shenanigans
Chart (2002) Position
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[19] 175

Certifications and sales

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Certifications and sales for Shenanigans
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[20] Gold 100,000^
South Korea — 5,610[21]
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Ha Ha You're Dead (track listing). Green Day. Reprise Records. 2002. PCS-580.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "Reviews for Shenanigans By Green Day". Metacritic. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  3. ^ AllMusic review
  4. ^ Anon. (August 2002). "Music Reviews". Alternative Press. Vol. 17, no. 169. p. 78.
  5. ^ Blender review [dead link‍]
  6. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  7. ^ a b "Green Day : Shenanigans". NME. July 9, 2002.
  8. ^ Mark Kemp (2002-07-30). "Shenanigans | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  9. ^ a b c Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Green Day". The Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 347. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. ^ [1] Archived 2010-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Green Day ARIA chart history (albums) to 2024". ARIA. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  12. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Green Day – Shenanigans" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  13. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Green Day – Shenanigans" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  14. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Green Day". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  15. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved June 5, 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Shenanigans".
  16. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  17. ^ "Green Day Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  18. ^ "RANKING DE ARTISTAS INTERNACIONALES" (in Spanish). CUDISCO. Archived from the original on October 10, 2003. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  19. ^ "Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 2, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  20. ^ "Japanese album certifications – Green Day – Shenanigans" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved June 6, 2021. Select 2002年7月 on the drop-down menu
  21. ^ "2002.07월 - POP 음반 판매량" (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. July 2002. Archived from the original on October 16, 2004. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  22. ^ "British album certifications – Green Day – Shenanigans". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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