Who released the hit "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" in 2004?

Green Day released the hit “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” in 2004. The song became one of the defining tracks from the American punk-rock band’s seventh studio album, American Idiot, a politically charged rock opera released during a period of intense public debate in the United States.

“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” was written by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, with the music credited to the band. Its bleak lyrics and midtempo arrangement contrast with the album’s louder punk songs, portraying the isolation and uncertainty of the fictional “Jesus of Suburbia” character as he moves through the album’s story.

The track was released as a single in late 2004 and became a major international success. It later won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 2006 ceremony, helping American Idiot reach an audience far beyond Green Day’s established punk-rock fan base.

Listeners sometimes confuse it with the similarly titled “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” a song associated with the 1930s film Moulin Rouge. Green Day’s version is a separate composition, although its title draws on the same expression of loneliness and disillusionment.