Which Green Day song is cited as one of Armstrong and Dirnt's first songs together?

“Best Thing in Town” is cited as one of the first songs Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt wrote together.

The song belongs to Green Day’s earliest creative period, when Armstrong and Dirnt were developing their partnership before the band became internationally famous. The pair first met as children and bonded over music; by 1987, they had formed a band with other local teenagers. Their early songwriting helped establish the fast, concise punk style that later defined Green Day.

“Best Thing in Town” appeared on 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, the 1991 compilation that brought together the band’s first album, 39/Smooth, and the 1,000 Hours and Slappy EPs. It is sometimes confused with “At the Library,” “Paper Lanterns,” or “Going to Pasalacqua,” because all are early Green Day songs from the same formative era. Those tracks are important parts of the band’s early catalog, but “Best Thing in Town” is the song specifically identified in the band’s history as one of Armstrong and Dirnt’s first songs together.