J.A.R.
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"J.A.R." (alternatively titled "J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)") is a song by the American rock band Green Day. Written by bassist Mike Dirnt about a friend who committed suicide in a car crash, the song was a previously unreleased track from the Dookie sessions but it was later featured on the soundtrack to the movie Angus in 1995. In August 1995, the song reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and spent 16 weeks on it. The song peaked at number 22 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. The song was featured as the eighth track on Green Day's 2001 greatest hits collection Internati
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- Song.name
- J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)
- Song.cover
- Green Day J.A.R. 7-inch single.jpg
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- yes
- Song.type
- promotional single
- Song.artist
- Green Day
- Song.album
- Angus: Music from the Motion Picture and International Superhits!
- Song.genre
- Punk rock
- Song.length
- 2:51
- Song.label
- Reprise
- Song.lyricist
- Mike Dirnt
- Song.composer
- Green Day
- Song.producer
- Rob Cavallo Green Day
- Song.prev_title
- When I Come Around
- Song.prev_year
- 1995
- Song.next_title
- Geek Stink Breath
- Song.next_year
- 1995
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"J.A.R." (alternatively titled "J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)") is a song by the American rock band Green Day. Written by bassist Mike Dirnt about a friend who committed suicide in a car crash, the song was a previously unreleased track from the Dookie sessions but it was later featured on the soundtrack to the movie Angus in 1995. In August 1995, the song reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and spent 16 weeks on it. The song peaked at number 22 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. The song was featured as the eighth track on Green Day's 2001 greatest hits collection International Superhits!, on their 2011 live album Awesome as Fuck, and on the 30th anniversary reissue of Dookie alongside a cassette demo of the song.
==Background== The acronym stands for Jason Andrew Relva, a childhood friend of Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt. 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 crash. Dirnt wrote the song in remembrance of him. Relva is thanked in the liner notes of 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Kerplunk.
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