Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown": Hear the Album and Read the Rolling Stone Review

In exactly one week, Green Day unleash their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown. Since you'll have to wait until July 3rd to catch them live on their summer tour (or May 19th if you're one of the lucky fans who score a ticket to their MySpace show in New York), how about some instant gratification — right now. Over at Rhapsody, you can hear 21st Century Breakdown in its entirety, and the Rolling Stone review — four and a half stars — which appears in our current issue is also available on RollingStone.com.

We'll have much more from Green Day as they hit the ground with 21st Century Breakdown, but for now, take a look back at the band's history and the making of their latest punk opera:

• Green Day Swing for the Fences on 21st Century Breakdown
• Green Day Bring 21st Century Breakdown to Life at Stunning Oakland Gig
• Green Day's Hometown Throwdown: Photos From Oakland

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Song Stories

“I'm Yours”

Jason Mraz | 2008

Jason Mraz re-emerged after his disappointing second album with this lead single, a Jack Johnson-esque ditty about giving yourself fully to someone else. The success of the reggae-tinged song (it earned two Grammy nods and a spot on the Billboard singles chart for well over a year) was something the folk-pop singer never predicted when he wrote it in 15 minutes at home. "I played a happy-hippie chord progression that would probably work without 50 different Bob Marley songs," he told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'It's too novelty. This is a nursery rhyme,'" concluding that "you can never guess what's gonna be a hit."

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