Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billie Joe Armstrong
Guitar
Mike Dirnt
Background Vocals
Tré Cool
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billie Joe Armstrong
Songwriter
Michael Pritchard
Songwriter
Frank Edwin III Wright
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer
Mike Dirnt
Producer
Tré Cool
Producer
Chris Dugan
Engineer
Reto Peter
Assistant Engineer
Brian "Dr. Vibb" Vibberts
Assistant Engineer
Dmitar "Dim-E" Krnjaic
Assistant Engineer
Jimmy Hoyson
Assistant Engineer
Joe Brown
Assistant Engineer
Doug McKean
Engineer
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer
Chris Lord-Alge
Mixing Engineer
Rob Cavallo
Producer
Greg Burns
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind-fuck America
[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
In television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
[Verse 2]
Well, maybe I'm the faggot, America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia
[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
In television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
[Verse 3]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of hysteria
It's calling out to idiot America
[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
In television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Written by: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool