set at Milton Keynes Bowl. Accolades "American Idiot" was ranked the number 13 Single of the Decade by Rolling Stone magazine in 2009. VH1 also placed the song at number 13 on its Top 100 Songs of the 2000s in 2011. Rolling Stone ranked it number 432 of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2010, the only Green Day song on the list. The song is certified Gold in the United Kingdom for sales of 400,000. Use as a protest song In advance of Donald Trump's visit to the UK in July 2018, a campaign to get "American Idiot" to the top of the UK song charts was launched. On the Official UK Charts dated 13 July 2018, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at 25 and the UK Singles Downloads Chart at number 2. Track listing 7-inch picture disc Personnel Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Governator" Tré Cool – drums, backing vocals Production Rob Cavallo; Green Day – producers Chris Dugan; Doug McKean – engineer Brian "Dr. Vibb" Vibberts; Greg "Stimie" Burns; Jimmy Hoyson; Joe Brown; Dmitar "Dim-e" Krnjaic; Reto Peter – assistant engineers Chris Lord-Alge – mixing Ted Jensen – mastering Chris Bilheimer – cover art Charts and certifications Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history See also List of anti-war songs References 2004 songs 2004 singles American Idiot Anti-war songs Cultural depictions of American people Cultural depictions of George W. Bush Green Day songs Music videos directed by Samuel Bayer Protest songs Reprise Records singles Song recordings produced by Rob Cavallo Songs about the media Songs about the United States Songs of the Iraq War Songs written by Billie Joe Armstrong Spike Video Game Award winners