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{{Short description|1997 single by Green Day}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
| cover         = Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) cover.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Green Day]]
| album         = [[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]
| B-side        = * "Desensitized"
* "Rotting"
| released      = {{start date|1997|12|2}}
| recorded      = 
| studio        = [[Conway Recording Studios|Conway]] (Hollywood, California)
| venue         = 
| genre         = * [[Alternative rock]]
* [[Folk music|folk]]
* [[folk punk]]
* [[acoustic rock]]
| length        = * 2:34 (album version)
* 2:28 (music video)
| label         = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| lyricist      = [[Billie Joe Armstrong]]
| composer      = Green Day
| producer      = * [[Rob Cavallo]]
* Green Day
| prev_title    = [[Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song)|Hitchin{{'-}}a Ride]]
| prev_year     = 1997
| next_title    = [[Redundant (song)|Redundant]]
| next_year     = 1998
| misc          = {{external music video|{{youTube|CnQ8N1KacJc|"Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"}}}}
}}

"'''Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)'''" (or "'''Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)'''") is a [[ballad]] by American rock band [[Green Day]], released in December 1997 as the second single from their fifth studio album, ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]'' (1997). It is one of their most popular songs and has also become a staple of their concerts, usually played as the final song.

"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" became a chart hit, peaking at number 11 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100 Airplay]] chart and reaching the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Iceland, and the United Kingdom. As of November 2022, the song had sold over five million copies and is [[Music recording certification|certified]] quintuple platinum in the United States, sextuple platinum in Canada, triple platinum in New Zealand, and double platinum in both Australia and the United Kingdom, making it the band's most commercially successful single.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Jack |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Green Day's 'Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)' Certified 5× Platinum In US |url=https://rocksound.tv/news/green-days-good-riddance-time-of-your-life-certified-5x-platinum-in-us |access-date=November 21, 2022 |website=Rock Sound |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121145004/https://rocksound.tv/news/green-days-good-riddance-time-of-your-life-certified-5x-platinum-in-us |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RIAA"/><ref name="MC"/><ref name="ARIA"/><ref name="BPI"/><ref name="RMNZ"/>

==Background==
[[Billie Joe Armstrong]] wrote "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" in 1993 about his girlfriend named Amanda who moved to Ecuador, with him naming the song "Good Riddance" to show his anger towards her. He did not show the song to his bandmates until the ''[[Dookie]]'' recording sessions later the same year.<ref name="Spitz131">{{Cite book |last=Spitz |first=Marc |url=https://archive.org/details/nobodylikesyouin00spitz |title=Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day |publisher=Hyperion |year=2006 |isbn=978-1401309121 |page=[https://archive.org/details/nobodylikesyouin00spitz/page/131 131] |url-access=registration}}</ref> During the sessions, however, the song was determined to be too different from the rest of the songs on ''Dookie'', and producer [[Rob Cavallo]] was unsure of how to structure the recording.<ref name="Spitz131" />

An early version of the song (in a different key, with a faster tempo and sparer arrangement) simply titled "Good Riddance" appeared as a B-side to the European single for "[[Brain Stew/Jaded]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Green Day - Brain Stew / Jaded |url=https://www.discogs.com/Green-Day-Brain-Stew-Jaded/release/556012 |website=Discogs |date=November 26, 1996 |access-date=July 9, 2019 |archive-date=August 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819045815/https://www.discogs.com/Green-Day-Brain-Stew-Jaded/release/556012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

When the time came to record ''Nimrod'', Armstrong decided to record the song again, and Cavallo suggested they add strings to the track. He sent the band to play [[foosball]] in another room while he recorded the strings, which took "like fifteen, twenty minutes, maybe a half an hour at the most".<ref name="Spitz131" /> Cavallo reflected on his decision to add the strings: "I knew we had done the right thing. It was a hit the second I heard it."<ref name="Spitz131" />

==Composition==
In comparison to previous Green Day material, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" features more mellow, contemplative lyrics with acoustic music. Band member [[Mike Dirnt]] said that the release of this song was probably the "most punk" thing they could have done.<ref>VH1 Top 100 Songs of the '90's: "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"</ref>

The song has been labelled [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2017 |title=The 79 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1997 |url=https://www.spin.com/featured/best-alternative-rock-songs-1997/2/ |access-date=July 13, 2019 |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427175934/https://www.spin.com/featured/best-alternative-rock-songs-1997/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Richin |first=Leslie |date=January 12, 2017 |title=20 Alternative Rock Hits Turning 20 in 2017 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/1997-alternative-rock-songs-turning-20-2017-7640665/ |access-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210209094912/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7640665/1997-alternative-rock-songs-turning-20-2017/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[folk music|folk]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kot |first=Greg |date=October 2, 1997 |title=Green Day - "Nimrod" |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/nimrod-184781/ |access-date=October 13, 2020 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |quote="Redundant," with its chiming, Byrds-ian guitars and soaring vocals, and "Walking Alone," with its plaintive harmonica, are persuasive midtempo pop songs, while "Good Riddance" is a surprisingly sweet folk anthem buoyed by strings. |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920052447/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/nimrod-184781/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="brown">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Ed |title=''Nimrod'' showcased Green Day at their most authentically eclectic |url=https://www.treblezine.com/green-day-nimrod-authentically-eclectic/ |website=Treble |access-date=January 9, 2023 |date=October 13, 2022 |archive-date=January 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109233338/https://www.treblezine.com/green-day-nimrod-authentically-eclectic/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[folk punk]],<ref name="cinquemani">{{cite web |last1=Cinquemani |first1=Sal |title=MUSIC Review: Green Day, ''International Superhits!'' |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/green-day-international-superhits/ |website=[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]] |access-date=April 16, 2022 |date=November 11, 2021 |quote=The album’s new offering, “Poprocks & Coke,” dishes out more of the maturated, acoustic-filled folk-punk that began with “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” and Warning (the most notable selection from that album, “Macy’s Day Parade,” aptly closes Superhits!). |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705074922/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/green-day-international-superhits/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Acoustic music|acoustic rock]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Acoustic Nation |date=August 12, 2015 |title=Best Acoustic Rock Song of All Time Poll: "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)" Vs. "Jack & Diane" |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/best-acoustic-rock-song-all-time-poll-good-riddance-time-your |access-date=July 13, 2019 |website=[[Guitar World]] |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713095702/https://www.guitarworld.com/news/best-acoustic-rock-song-all-time-poll-good-riddance-time-your |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Album version==
The album version of the song begins with Armstrong messing up the opening chords twice, muttering "fuck" under his breath before starting over and getting it right, thus starting the song. The mistakes were deliberately kept to add a lighthearted introduction to a song with emotionally deep lyrics. Radio versions and the music video omitted Armstrong's second attempt with the expletive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day - Songfacts |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/green-day/good-riddance-time-of-your-life |website=www.songfacts.com |access-date=July 9, 2019 |archive-date=July 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710214023/https://www.songfacts.com/facts/green-day/good-riddance-time-of-your-life |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Music video==
The music video was directed by Mark Kohr in [[Los Angeles]] in November 1997, and is based on a concept by Armstrong.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2438 |website=Song Facts |access-date=February 2, 2016 |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413041147/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2438 |url-status=live }}</ref> The video features Armstrong singing and playing an acoustic guitar in an apartment (filmed in LA's [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]]), intercut with "pull-in" shots of various people involved in mundane activities. All of the subjects are shown seemingly staring into space absent-mindedly. Dirnt and [[Tré Cool]] make cameo appearances in the video as a person pumping gas (Dirnt), and an injured bike rider being attended by paramedics (Tré). When the video came out, the name of the song was inverted, hence the video's title is "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)". This title was also used on the single cover.

In 1998, Green Day won their first [[MTV Video Music Award]] for Best Alternative Video for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" and they were also nominated for Viewer's Choice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rock On The Net: 1998 MTV Video Music Awards |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/mtvvmas.htm |website=www.rockonthenet.com |access-date=October 4, 2006 |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904085546/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/mtvvmas.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

The video can be found on their music video compilation DVD, ''[[International Supervideos!]]''

==Legacy==
To the band's surprise, the song became a hit at [[prom]] dances.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwartz, Terri |date=May 8, 2013 |title=The Best Prom Songs of the '80s, '90s and '00s |url=http://www.ivillage.com/best-prom-songs-80s-90s-and-00s/1-a-534691 |access-date=October 30, 2013 |publisher=iVillage |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101102817/http://www.ivillage.com/best-prom-songs-80s-90s-and-00s/1-a-534691 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=CBS Local |date=April 30, 2012 |title=Top 10 Prom Songs |url=http://kyxy.cbslocal.com/2012/04/30/top-10-prom-songs/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101102316/http://kyxy.cbslocal.com/2012/04/30/top-10-prom-songs/ |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |access-date=October 30, 2013 |publisher=[[CBS]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamb, Bill |date=c. 2006 |title=Top 10 Prom Songs 2006 |url=http://top40.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/promsongs2006.htm |access-date=October 30, 2013 |publisher=Top 40 / Pop |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101070715/http://top40.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/promsongs2006.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Atlantic Coast Entertainment |title=Popular Prom Songs |url=http://www.atlanticcoastentertainment.com/prom_music.htm |access-date=October 30, 2013 |publisher=Atlantic Coast Entertainment |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101072358/http://www.atlanticcoastentertainment.com/prom_music.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Because of the song's lyrics, which many graduating seniors interpret as nostalgic and reflective of their time in high school, it has become a staple song at proms. Armstrong remarked that, in retrospect, the lyrics make sense when viewed that way. "The people that you grew up and braved the trials of high school with will always hold a special place. Through all the BS of high school, you hope that your friends had the time of their life, and that's what the song is talking about".<ref name="auto" />

The song is featured in the season nine episode of ''[[Seinfeld]]'', titled "[[The Chronicle (Seinfeld)|The Chronicle]]" (also known as "The Clip Show"). The song plays in the closing minutes of the episode, which feature a series of [[blooper]]s, behind-the-scenes production, and a montage. It is the second-to-last episode of ''Seinfeld'' before [[The Finale (Seinfeld)|the show's series finale]] in 1998. The song was also featured in the ending credits of ''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]'', playing with a montage of scenes and behind-the-scenes footage of several film adaptions, most noticeably from the [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film series]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=Z_vpTreAkHg |title=Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - 20th Century Fox's Marvel Movies Tribute Credit Scene (FULL VERSION) |date=2024-11-11 |last=DRAXTER + |access-date=2025-01-27 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

The song was played on ITV in 1998, when the England National Football Team was knocked out of the [[France 98]] tournament, losing to Argentina.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

On May 28, 2015, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" as one of the 20 Best Graduation Songs of the Past 20 Years (1995–2015).<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rolling Stone |date=May 28, 2015 |title=The 20 Best Graduation Songs Of The Past 20 Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-graduation-songs-of-the-last-20-years-20150528/green-day-good-riddance-time-of-your-life-20150528 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=May 31, 2015 |archive-date=May 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531014309/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-graduation-songs-of-the-last-20-years-20150528/green-day-good-riddance-time-of-your-life-20150528 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On August 14, 2024, [[All Elite Wrestling]] used the song in a video package on [[AEW Dynamite|Dynamite]], looking back on [[Bryan Danielson]]'s 24+ years of wrestling (excluding [[WWE]]) ahead of his [[Title vs. Career match]] with [[Swerve Strickland]] at [[All In (professional wrestling)|All In: Wembley II]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}

==Personnel==
===Credits===
* Billie Joe Armstrong – acoustic guitar, vocals
* [[David Campbell (composer)|David Campbell]] – string arrangement
* Conan McCallum – first violin

===Additional credits===
* Billie Joe Armstrong – lyrics
* Green Day – music
* Rob Cavallo and Green Day – production

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline        = CD
| total_length    = 15:51
| title1          = Good Riddance
| note1           = album version
| length1         = 2:34
| title2          = Suffocate
| note2           = non-LP track
| length2         = 2:47
| title3          = You Lied
| note3           = non-LP track
| length3         = 2:25
| title4          = Good Riddance
| note4           = clean remix
| length4         = 2:28
| title5          = Desensitized
| note5           = non-LP track
| length5         = 2:47
| title6          = Rotting
| note6           = non-LP track
| length6         = 2:50
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = European CD
| total_length    = 8:05
| title1          = Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
| note1           = clean album remix
| length1         = 2:28
| title2          = Desensitized
| note2           = non-LP track
| length2         = 2:47
| title3          = Rotting
| note3           = non-LP track
| length3         = 2:50
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = Australian CD
| total_length    = 11:41
| title1          = [[Redundant (song)|Redundant]]
| length1         = 3:18
| title2          = Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
| note2           = album version
| length2         = 2:34
| title3          = Redundant
| note3           = video
| length3         = 3:20
| title4          = Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
| note4           = video
| length4         = 2:29
}}

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+1997–1998 weekly chart performance for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
!scope="col"|Chart (1997–1998)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|44|artist=Green Day|song=Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)|rowheader=true|access-date=November 13, 2016}}
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{{single chart|Australia|2|artist=Green Day|song=Redundant / Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)|rowheader=true|note=with "[[Redundant (song)|Redundant]]"|access-date=November 13, 2016|refname=aus2}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|5|chartid=3469|rowheader=true|access-date=November 13, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|24|chartid=3473|rowheader=true|access-date=July 27, 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadarock|7|chartid=3442|rowheader=true|access-date=November 13, 2016}}
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=February 7, 1998 |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-02-07.pdf |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=15 |issue=6 |page=9 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320020044/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-02-07.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|35
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 6, 1998 |title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (5.2. – 12.2. 1998) |language=is |page=26 |work=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]] |url=https://timarit.is/page/2965265#page/n7/mode/2up |access-date=October 3, 2019 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628133013/https://timarit.is/page/2965265#page/n7/mode/2up |url-status=live }}</ref>
|5
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{{single chart|Ireland2|30|artist=Green Day|song=Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)|rowheader=true|access-date=January 24, 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|40|artist=Green Day|song=Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)|rowheader=true|access-date=November 13, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|9|date=19980131|rowheader=true|access-date=May 12, 2018}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spain Airplay (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-02-14.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay|magazine=Music & Media|page=25|date=February 14, 1998|access-date=January 8, 2024}}</ref>
|7
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{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|11|artist=Green Day|artistid=17908|rowheader=true|access-date=April 12, 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|UK [[The Network Chart Show|Network Singles]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-02-07.pdf|title=The Network Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=February 7, 1998|page=32|access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
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{{single chart|Billboardradiosongs|11|artist=Green Day|rowheader=true|access-date=November 13, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|4|artist=Green Day|rowheader=true|access-date=November 13, 2016}}
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{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|11|artist=Green Day|rowheader=true|access-date=November 13, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|2|artist=Green Day|rowheader=true|access-date=November 13, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|7|artist=Green Day|rowheader=true|access-date=November 13, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|13|artist=Green Day|rowheader=true|access-date=November 13, 2016}}
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2015 weekly chart performance for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
!scope="col"|Chart (2015)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Billboarddigitalsongs|50|artist=Green Day|rowheader=true|access-date=May 12, 2018}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Rock Digital Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Green Day Chart History (Rock Digital Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/green-day/chart-history/rkt/ |access-date=May 12, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016033328/https://www.billboard.com/artist/green-day/chart-history/rkt/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|30
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2021 weekly chart performance for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
!Chart (2021)
!Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Digital Song Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/green-day/chart-history/cns/|title=Green Day Chart History (Canadian Digital Song Sales)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 3, 2024|archive-date=May 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504174832/https://www.billboard.com/artist/green-day/chart-history/cns/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 26
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
!scope="col"|Chart (1998)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1998 |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1998/singles-chart |access-date=April 12, 2021 |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129100809/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1998/singles-chart |url-status=live }}</ref><br/>{{small|''with "Redundant"''}}
|8
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!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 14, 1998 |title=RPM's Top 100 Hit Tracks of '98 |url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+68-No.+12-December+14%2C+1998.pdf |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume=63 |issue=12 |page=20 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091139/http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+68-No.+12-December+14%2C+1998.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|51
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!scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 2, 1999 |title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 100 – Vinsælustu Lögin '98 |url=https://timarit.is/page/2978871?iabr=on#page/n29/mode/2up |language=is |page=34 |newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir |access-date=February 8, 2020 |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418182732/https://timarit.is/page/2978871?iabr=on#page/n29/mode/2up |url-status=live }}</ref>
|39
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!scope="row"|US Hot 100 Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 26, 1998 |title=The Year in Music 1998: Hot 100 Singles Airplay |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=52 |page=YE-46}}</ref>
|19
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!scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 26, 1998 |title=The Year in Music 1998: Hot Adult Top 40 Singles & Tracks |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=52 |page=YE-96}}</ref>
|9
|-
!scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref name="usrockye">{{Cite magazine |date=December 26, 1998 |title=The Year in Music 1998 |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=52 |page=YE-84}}</ref>
|30
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!scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 25, 1998 |title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 1998|magazine=Airplay Monitor |volume=6 |issue=52 |page=45}}</ref>
|40
|-
!scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref name="usrockye"/>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|US Triple-A (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 25, 1998 |title=Best of '98: Most Played Triple-A Songs |magazine=Airplay Monitor |volume=6 |issue=52 |page=35}}</ref>
|33
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===Decade-end charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Decade-end chart performance for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
!scope="col"|Chart (2010–2019)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|US Top Airplay Audience ([[Nielsen Music]])<ref name="TopAirplayDecade2010-2019" />
|6
|-
!scope="row"|US Top Airplay Spins (Nielsen Music)<ref name="TopAirplayDecade2010-2019">{{Cite web |title=Nielsen Year-End Music Report US 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreportUS.pdf |access-date=January 24, 2019 |publisher=[[Nielsen Music]] |pages=40–41 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=January 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110212845/https://www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreportUS.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|4
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|relyear=1997|certyear=1998|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|refname="ARIA"}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)|artist=Green Day|type=single|award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=2023|relyear=1997|refname="MC"|access-date=October 18, 2023}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=Time of Your Life|artist=Green Day|type=single|award=Gold|id=11862|certyear=2022|relyear=2006|access-date=November 22, 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)|artist=Green Day|type=single|award=Platinum|certyear=2023|relyear=1997|access-date=December 6, 2023|id=11717}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|relyear=1997|certyear=2024|title=Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)|artist=Green Day|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|source=radioscope|access-date=January 27, 2025|refname="RMNZ"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|relyear=1997|certyear=2024|title=Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)|artist=Green Day|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=August 2, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|relyear=1997|certyear=2023|title=Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)|artist=Green Day|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|id=11574-2001-1|access-date=May 30, 2023|refname="BPI"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|relyear=1997|certyear=2023|title=Good Riddance|artist=Green Day|type=single|award=Platinum|number=5|access-date=January 28, 2023|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable"
|+Release dates and formats for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|United States
|December 2, 1997
|[[Contemporary hit radio]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 28, 1997 |title=New Releases |magazine=[[Radio & Records]] |issue=1225 |page=41}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Japan
|December 15, 1997
|CD
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/64982/products/307014/1/ |title=タイム・オブ・ユア・ライフ {{!}} グリーン・デイ |trans-title=Time of Your Life {{!}} Green Day |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=ja |access-date=September 22, 2023 |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204094728/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/64982/products/307014/1/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|January 19, 1998
|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 17, 1998 |title=New Releases: Singles |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=35}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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