On December 9, 2018, lead vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that he was writing new songs for an upcoming Green Day album.

Armstrong wrote the full album title on the arm, but obscured the word "motherfuckers" with a drawing of a unicorn.

[20] The song takes its title and samples the chorus from Joan Jett's cover of "Do You Wanna Touch Me", originally sung by Gary Glitter.

Acknowledging the latter's sexual abuse history and multiple convictions, the band mentioned they would donate their royalties from the sales of "Oh Yeah!"

[23] Initially planned for March 2020, the tour began on July 24, 2021, following the cancellation of shows in Asia and Oceania, and delays to the North American and European dates due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

magazine rated the album four out of five stars, saying, "Father of All Motherfuckers is just another sign of a band who have always done things their way refusing to do what's expected of them.

[5] Reviewing for Rolling Stone, critic Jon Dolan also gave album four out of five stars, naming it one of Green Day's most fun albums, and writing, "Father of All... is a bountiful act of recovered rock memory, an effortlessly affirming argument that the first mosh pit or car radio contact high you get when you’re 13 years old can be enough to sustain you long into life.

[40] MusicOMH, in a 1-star review, criticized the use of the Glitter sample, while stating they "become the very thing they once despised: buck-chasin’ mild boys of mayonnaise corporate rock".

[41] Father of All Motherfuckers debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 with 48,000 album-equivalent units, including 42,000 pure album sales.

[42] To promote the release of the album, Green Day announced on September 10, 2019 during the Kevin and Bean show at KROQ that they would hold a surprise performance at the Whisky A Go Go that night.