▁prop elling ▁Green ▁Day ▁to ▁world wide ▁fame . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁cert ified ▁diam ond ▁by ▁the ▁R I AA , ▁and ▁has ▁sold ▁over ▁ 2 0 ▁million ▁copies ▁world wide ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁band ' s ▁best - s elling ▁album . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁placed ▁Do ok ie ▁at ▁number ▁ 1 9 3 ▁on ▁their ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁" 5 0 0 ▁Great est ▁Albums ▁of ▁All ▁Time ", ▁maintain ing ▁the ▁rating ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁re vised ▁list . ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁recording ▁Following ▁the ▁under ground ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁band ' s ▁second ▁studio ▁album ▁Ker pl unk ▁( 1 9 9 2 ), ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁major ▁record ▁labels ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁Green ▁Day . ▁Representatives ▁of ▁these ▁labels ▁attempted ▁to ▁ent ice ▁the ▁band ▁to ▁sign ▁by ▁inv iting ▁them ▁for ▁me als ▁to ▁discuss ▁a ▁deal , ▁with ▁one ▁manager ▁even ▁inv iting ▁the ▁group ▁to ▁Disney land . ▁The ▁band ▁decl ined ▁these ▁adv ances ▁until ▁meeting ▁producer ▁and ▁Re prise ▁representative ▁Rob ▁Caval lo . ▁They ▁were ▁im pressed ▁by ▁his ▁work ▁with ▁fellow ▁Californ ian ▁band ▁The ▁M uff s , ▁and ▁later ▁remarked ▁that ▁Caval lo ▁" was ▁the ▁only ▁person ▁we ▁could ▁really ▁talk ▁to ▁and ▁connect ▁with ". ▁ ▁Event ually , ▁the ▁band ▁left ▁their ▁independent ▁record ▁label , ▁Look out ! ▁Records , ▁on ▁friendly ▁terms