J.A.R.

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For other meanings, see Jar (disambiguation).
"J.A.R."
Single by Green Day
from the album Angus: Music from the Motion Picture & International Superhits!
Released July 10, 1995
Format Promo CD, vinyl
Recorded April 1995
Genre Punk rock
Length 2:51
Label Reprise
Writer(s) Mike Dirnt / Green Day
Producer(s) Rob Cavallo, Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"She"
(1995)		 "J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)"
(1995)		 "Geek Stink Breath"
(1995)

"J.A.R." is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Angus in 1995. The acronym stands for 'Jason Andrew Relva', a childhood friend of Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt. Jason Relva was born on November 16, 1972 and died at the age of 19 on April 18, 1992 as the result of injuries sustained from a car accident. Mike Dirnt wrote the song in remembrance of him. In August 1995, the song reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and spent 16 weeks on it.[1] This song was originally scrapped from the Dookie sessions. The song peaked at number 22 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.[2]

The song was also featured as the eighth track on Green Day's 2001 greatest hits collection International Superhits!, and on their 2011 live album Awesome as Fuck.

Jason Relva is thanked in the liner notes of 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Kerplunk!.

Track listing

Promo
No. Title Length
1. "J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)"   2:51

Vinyl Box Set

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)"   2:51
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Emenius Sleepus"   1:44

Reception

PopMatters listed "J.A.R." as the ninth best Green Day song, commenting "It's a winner in its own right, and in a sense, its bubbling bass, buzzing chord crashes, and Tre Cool’s killer chorus drum beat is the Platonic ideal of a Green Day song."[3]

References

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Preceded by Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
August 26, 1995		 Succeeded by
"Tomorrow" by Silverchair
Preceded by
Tomorrow by Silverchair
 Canadian RPM Alternative 30 number-one single
September 11, 1995		 Succeeded by
"Comedown" by Bush X


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