What was the first single released from Dookie?

“Longview” was the first single released from Green Day’s Dookie. It served as the album’s lead single and introduced the band’s major-label era to a much wider audience in 1994.

The song was serviced to U.S. radio on February 1, 1994, the same day Dookie was released, and received a physical release later that year. Its memorable bass line, restless lyrics and music video helped establish Green Day on alternative radio and MTV. “Longview” became the band’s first single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

The other choices were also associated with Dookie, which makes this question easy to mix up. “Basket Case” followed as a major single, while “When I Come Around” became one of the album’s biggest later hits. “Welcome to Paradise” had originally appeared on Kerplunk before being re-recorded for Dookie.

“Longview” is therefore the first single chronologically, not merely the album’s opening track or most commercially successful song.