# The Best Green Day Guitar Solos > The 16 best Green Day guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Jesus of Suburbia (2004), then Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Holiday. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Green Day built their sound on hooks rather than shred, but Billie Joe Armstrong's compact, melody-first leads became a template for how punk bands could use a solo without abandoning economy. The rock-opera era of American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, and the unabashed soloing on Saviors, showed him stretching out while keeping every break singable. Informed by: [Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/news/billie-joe-armstrong-solos-saviors), [Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-saviors-interview), [Guitar.com](https://guitar.com/news/music-news/billie-joe-armstrong-returning-to-soloing-for-saviors/) 1. [Jesus of Suburbia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-jesus-of-suburbia/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2004 2. [Boulevard of Broken Dreams](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-boulevard-of-broken-dreams/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2004 3. [Holiday](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-holiday/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2004 4. [American Idiot](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-american-idiot/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2004 5. [Wake Me Up When September Ends](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-wake-me-up-when-september-ends/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2004 6. [21 Guns](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-21-guns/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2009 7. [Homecoming](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-homecoming/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2004 8. [Know Your Enemy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-know-your-enemy/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2009 9. [21st Century Breakdown](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-21st-century-breakdown/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2009 10. [She](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-she/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 1994 11. [Basket Case](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-basket-case/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 1994 12. [When I Come Around](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-when-i-come-around/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 1994 13. [Letterbomb](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-letterbomb/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2004 14. [Oh Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-oh-love/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2012 15. [The American Dream Is Killing Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-the-american-dream-is-killing-me/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2024 16. [Dilemma](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-dilemma/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2024 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)