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J.A.R.

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Performed by: Green Day
Written by: Billie Joe Armstrong; Michael Pritchard; Frank E., Iii Wright

Credits: Armstrong, Billie Joe (Songwriter); Pritchard, Michael (Songwriter); Wright, Frank E., Iii (Songwriter); GREEN DAZE MUSIC (Publisher); WB MUSIC CORP. (Publisher)

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"J.A.R."
Single by Green Day
from the album Angus: Music from the Motion Picture
Released 1995
Format CD
Recorded 1995
Genre Punk rock
Length 2:51
Label Reprise
Writer(s) Mike Dirnt
Producer Rob Cavallo and Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"When I Come Around"
(1995)
"J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)"
(1995)
"Geek Stink Breath"
(1995)

"J.A.R." is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. The song is featured on the Angus motion picture soundtrack. The acronym stands for 'Jason Andrew Relva', a childhood friend of Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt. Jason Relva died at the age of 19 on April 18, 1992 as the result of injuries sustained from a car accident. Mike Dirnt wrote the song in remembrance of his friend. The song reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1995.

The song was featured in the end credits of the movie Angus. It is also a B-side to the album Insomniac and is track eight on Green Day's 2001 greatest hits collection International Superhits!.

Trivia

Preceded by
"You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
August 26, 1995
Succeeded by
"Tomorrow" by Silverchair

 
 

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