Still Breathing (Green Day song)

"Still Breathing" is a song by American rock band Green Day from their twelfth studio album, Revolution Radio (2016).

A lyric video for "Still Breathing" was released on September 23, 2016, and Reprise Records made the song available for digital download the same day as the third single for Revolution Radio.

The music video for the song, directed by P. R. Brown and released on November 7, 2016, depicts Billie Joe Armstrong walking solemnly through streets while Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool practice in a warehouse.

[3] Armstrong had previously written "Still Breathing" for the Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer, but deemed the song too intense.

[1] "Still Breathing" was released on September 23, 2016 as the third single of Revolution Radio[a] through a lyric video published on YouTube, and was made available for digital download the same day.

[9] The video features shots of Armstrong walking solemnly through streets while Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool practice in a warehouse, culminating in the band's reunification.

[10] Between scenes, various people, including a farmer, a child, and a military veteran, stare pensively as they "find simple salvation in the beauty of nature".

[34] Critics lauded "Still Breathing" as a return to form for the band,[7][27] with Uproxx's Chris Morgan praising its "Green Day sound" despite being "slightly less snotty and brash as some of their earlier tracks".

Loudwire's Graham Hartmann called the song the "poppiest cut from the album", yet noted it "maintain[ed] that classic Green Day feel".

[25] Pitchfork's Ivy Nelson praised the song for having "Armstrong's most convincing lyrics" on Revolution Radio, despite being "restricted to the traditional designs of pop-punk".

[51] Critics generally praised the performance, calling it “hard-hitting”[52] and “ear-pummeling”,[53] but Zac Gelfand of Uproxx noted that Armstrong's vocals sounded “strained” due to the Revolution Radio Tour.

[55] On May 19, 2017, the band performed the song in Central Park as part of their setlist for Good Morning America’s televised “Summer Concerts” series.