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good riddance

1. A welcome relief from someone or something undesirable or unwanted.

2. An American punk rock band

3. A well known song by popular american punk/pop/punk rock (whatever you consider them) band Green Day. Many consider it one of the band's better songs but other fans would rather choose less hyped songs.
1. "get outa my town ya'l hear. good riddance!"
2. "wow Good Riddance ROCK! i love their music!"
3. "yea lyk i <3 green day && im lyk totally the biggest fan bcoz i <3 dat song "good riddance" its fair awsum!!!"
by Ashi... May 10, 2006
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A: The Bitch got booted out of Big Brother UK
B: Good riddance
by mawire March 5, 2017
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good riddance

It's something unpredictable,
But in the end it's right,
I hope you had the time of your life
by GreenDayIsTheBest April 16, 2004
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good riddance

the only green day song that i can't stand because:
a) it's overplayed
b) green day didn't even fucking write it, so it can't be that good
c) a lot of times it's the only green day song that people know, which is a problem because if one song exemplifies green day, it's probably something more like longview than this sappy piece of crap
can we please not sing "good riddance" for graduation like every other fucking class in every other fucking school? if we were having a TRUE green day graduation, no one would show up 'cause they'd be too busy smoking pot at home.
by a TRUE green day fan November 27, 2004
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Good riddance

Hell yeah if they say this they def be fuckin, “Good riddance we def fuckin”
by Blosclassiest December 25, 2020
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Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

A great acoustic song from Californian Pop-Punk/Alternative Rock band Green Day.

Released on their fifth album, Nimrod, it has also been included on the albums International Superhits! and Bullet In A Bible.

Alternate titles for it include Good Riddance, Time of Your Life, and Time of Your Life (Good Riddance).

Billie Joe Armstrong said about the song:

"At the time I wrote Good Riddance, I was breaking up with a girl that was moving to Ecuador, and I was trying to be as understanding about it as I could. I wrote the song as kind of a bon voyage. I was trying not to be bitter, but I think it came out a little bit bitter anyway... I thought that calling the song "Time of Your Life" was just a little too level-headed for me, so I had to come up with something different."

At the beginning of the album version, Billie Joe Armstrong messes up, tries again, makes the same mistake, then says "fuck." In between the tries, you can hear the faint sound of a digital metronome.

The song has been covered many times, and has also appeared in various other media. It has also been used many times as a graduation song.
Lyrics to Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life):

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
Hang them on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos and memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
by Lucio Soph October 25, 2010
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good riddance a bitch

to rid the area of a bitch or unwanted person
“Becky is being really annoying lately...i’m ready to good riddance a bitch
by dumbbitch5000 June 7, 2019
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