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"Nice Guys Finish Last" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It is the opening track and the fourth and final single released from their fifth studio album, Nimrod (1997). The use of the song in the movie Varsity Blues helped propel it to hit status and earned it a nomination for an MTV Movie Award for best song from a movie in 1999.[1][2]

This article is about the Green Day song. For the phrase, see nice guy. For the Cobra Starship song, see Hot Mess.
"Nice Guys Finish Last"
Single by Green Day
from the album Nimrod and Varsity Blues soundtrack
ReleasedMarch 23, 1999
Recorded1997
Genre
  • Pop punk
  • punk rock
Length2:48
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Rob Cavallo
  • Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"Redundant"
(1998)		 "Nice Guys Finish Last"
(1999)		 "Minority"
(2000)
Music video
"Nice Guys Finish Last" on YouTube

Track list


AU single/Japanese EP:

  1. "Nice Guys Finish Last"
  2. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (live)
  3. "The Grouch" (live)
  4. "She" (live)

Tracks 2-4 were recorded live at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


Reception


PopMatters listed "Nice Guys Finish Last" as the tenth best Green Day song, commenting "Blessed with a driving insistency and an acerbic, infectious chorus, "Nice Guys Finish Last" should've been way bigger than it actually was."[3]


Music video


The music video features the band as a mock football team (parodying the Green Bay Packers with Green Day). The stage set up for them is portrayed as analogous to a football playing field, and in the video, a number of concert scenes are shown in ways that simulate football game action; lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong is tackled by a fan, Mike Dirnt sprains his ankle when jumping, and a coach motivates them in a locker room midway during the song. The video itself, directed by Evan Bernard, humorously extends the analogy with a voice-over emulating that of legendary NFL Films narrator John Facenda.


Chart positions


Chart (1999) Position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 80
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[5] 31

References


  1. "MTV Movie + TV Awards (1999)". IMDb. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  2. "Green Day - Nice Guys Finish Last". Desitara. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  3. AJ Ramirez. "Nice Guys Finish Last: The Top 15 Green Day Songs". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  5. "Green Day Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2016.

На других языках

- [en] Nice Guys Finish Last

[es] Nice Guys Finish Last

«Nice Guys Finish Last» es el cuarto y último sencillo del álbum Nimrod, de la banda estadounidense de Punk rock, Green Day. Fue la canción número uno dentro del álbum. Además, apareció en la banda sonora de la película Varsity Blues, lo cual la hizo acreedora a un premio MTV por "Mejor canción en una película".[1][2]


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