green day jesus

"Jesus of Suburbia" is the fifth and final single to be released from Green Day's seventh studio album, American Idiot. The song starts with a riff borrowed from the David Bowie song "Moonage Daydream" and also bears likeness to Bowie's "The Buddha of Suburbia," possibly a reference to Bowie. The single was released on October 25, 2005. The original song ran just over 9 minutes, which was considered to be unfriendly for radio appeal, so it was cut down to around 6½ minutes for the radio edit. The long version was still played on many album rock and alternative rock radio stations.