Which Green Day album features the song “Nice Guys Finish Last”? The answer is Nimrod.
“Nice Guys Finish Last” opens Green Day’s fifth studio album, Nimrod, released by Reprise Records on October 14, 1997. It was also issued as the album’s fourth and final single, following “Hitchin’ a Ride,” “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” and “Redundant.”
Nimrod showed the band broadening its sound beyond the rapid punk of Dookie and Insomniac. Alongside the punchy “Nice Guys Finish Last,” the album includes the acoustic ballad “Good Riddance,” the ska-influenced “King for a Day,” and the darker “Reject.”
A common mix-up comes from Green Day’s closely connected album run: Dookie preceded Nimrod, while Warning followed it. “Nice Guys Finish Last” belongs specifically to Nimrod and appears as its opening track, not on any of those neighboring releases.