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“Wake Me Up When September Ends” is a song by the American rock band Green Day and the fourth single from their seventh studio album, American Idiot (2004). Written by the band’s front man Billie Joe Armstrong, the song is about the death of Armstrong’s father in September 1982 and his life since. The song’s lyrics have also been interpreted in other ways, including as a song about the victims and survivors of the September 11 attacks. The song is a rock ballad, starting with an acoustic guitar and later introducing an electric guitar and bells. It was recorded at Ocean Way Recording.

The song was released as a single on June 13, 2005, through Reprise Records.