Which major label released Green Day's 1994 album Dookie?

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Which major label released Green Day’s 1994 album Dookie? The answer is Reprise Records.

Dookie was released by Reprise Records on February 1, 1994. It was Green Day’s third studio album and their major-label debut, following the independent releases 39/Smooth and Kerplunk on Lookout! Records.

Green Day signed a five-album deal with Reprise in 1993 after attracting the attention of producer and A&R executive Rob Cavallo. The move caused controversy in parts of the punk scene, where some longtime fans viewed the band’s switch from Lookout! to a major label as a betrayal.

Those concerns were overtaken by Dookie’s success. Recorded in 1993 and produced by Cavallo and Green Day, the album turned songs such as “Longview,” “Basket Case” and “When I Come Around” into international hits. Lookout! remained associated with the band’s earlier catalog, which is why it is a common wrong answer, but Dookie itself was a Reprise release.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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