Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So!
{{Infobox album
| name = Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So!
| type = studio
| artist = The Network
| cover = "Money Money 2020 Part II, We Told Ya So!" album cover.jpeg
| alt =
| released = December 4, 2020
| recorded = 2020
| studio = OTIS
| genre = {{hlist|Pop punk|new wave{{Cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/12/13/reviews/album-review-the-network-money-money-2020-part-ii-told-ya-so/|title=Album Review: The Network – Money Money 2020 Part II: Told Ya So!|website=Mxdwn}}}}
| length = 54:43
| label =
- Warner
- Joe Robot
| producer = The Network
| prev_title = Trans Am
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{singles
| name = Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So!
| type = Studio
| single1 = Trans Am
| single1date = November 20, 2020
}}
}}
Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So! is the second studio album by American new wave band The Network, a side-project featuring the members of Green Day. It was released on December 4, 2020, and was their first new album after seventeen years, following several weeks of subtle teases by the band via social media and several music videos from the promotional EP, Trans Am.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/green-day-the-network-ivankkka-is-a-nazi-new-song/|title=Green Day Re-Emerges as Secret New Wave Band The Network}}{{Cite web|date=November 4, 2020|first=Chad|last=Childers|title=Mystery Band The Network Resurfaces With 'Ivankkka Is a Nazi'|url=https://loudwire.com/the-network-ivankkka-is-a-nazi/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Loudwire|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Non-Green Day band The Network releases new EP, 'Trans Am' - Music News - ABC News Radio|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/11/20/non-green-day-band-the-network-releases-new-ep-trans-am.html|access-date=2020-12-04|website=abcnewsradioonline.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-11-27|title=Non-Green Day Band The Network Share New Video For 'Fentanyl'|url=https://genreisdead.com/the-network-fentanyl-video/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=GENRE IS DEAD!|language=en-US}}
Background
The Network gained a small cult following among Green Day fans during their brief initial period of activity. They released their debut album Money Money 2020, as well as playing a few small club shows in 2003 before becoming inactive until October 2005 where they opened for Green Day as part of their American Idiot World Tour.
The band would then go on a fifteen-year hiatus, re-emerging in October 2020 with a YouTube video entitled "The Prophecy".{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIscsRBqgdQ|title=The Network - The Prophecy|via=www.youtube.com}} In the weeks following, a music video was released for the lead single "Ivankkka Is a Nazi." On November 19, 2020, the band released an EP entitled Trans Am, which would feature four songs from the then-upcoming album.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-20|title=Listen to 'Trans Am', the new EP from Green Day's 'secret' side project The Network|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-network-trans-am-ep-green-day-secret-side-project-2821502|access-date=2020-12-04|website=NME {{!}} Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News|language=en-GB}} Following the EP's release, the band would reveal the album's title and artwork.{{Cite Instagram |user=thenetwork |postid=CIOm61GBLaw |date=30 November 2020 |title=If you believe one thing, believe this is the best album of 2020. |access-date=21 April 2024}} In the week leading to the album's release, the band uploaded a video each day to their social media accounts, featuring a snippet of each of the album's songs. Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So! was released on all streaming platforms on December 4, 2020, along with a pre-order for the album on vinyl and CD as well.{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Damian |title=Listen to ‘Money Money 2020 Part II: Told Ya So!’, the new album from Green Day’s ‘secret’ side project The Network |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-money-money-2020-part-ii-told-ya-so-the-new-album-from-green-days-secret-side-project-the-network-2831972 |website=NME {{!}} Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News |access-date=21 April 2024}}
Promotion
Members of Green Day started reporting via social media accounts that their accounts were being hacked by members of the Network in October 2020, with the Church of Lushotology logos being posted on their accounts, and that of Billie Joe Armstrong's side project The Longshot (band). Green Day would continue their denial of being involved with the Network over the next few weeks while social media accounts for the Network started to appear and post teasers.
On February 27, 2021, The Network would perform their song "Threat Level Midnight" on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Emily |title=Watch The Network's wild performance of Threat Level Midnight on Jimmy Fallon |url=https://www.kerrang.com/watch-the-networks-wild-performance-of-threat-level-midnight-on-jimmy-fallon |website=Kerrang! |access-date=22 April 2024}} While announced as the Network, Jimmy Fallon and Questlove would repeatedly hint at the band being Green Day during the show.
Track listing
The vocals for all songs are performed by their respective writer's alter ego: Billie Joe Armstrong as Fink, Mike Dirnt as Van Gough, and Tré Cool as The Snoo, except for "Pizzagate", which is instrumental, and "Cancer Is the New Black", where both Armstrong and Dirnt perform the vocals.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sesac.com/repertory/search |title=SESAC Repertory |date=2022-05-16}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = The Prophecy
| writer1 = Mike Dirnt
| length1 = 1:39
| title2 = Theory of Reality
| writer2 = Billie Joe Armstrong
| length2 = 1:38
| title3 = Trans Am
| writer3 = Dirnt
| length3 = 1:59
| title4 = Asphyxia
| writer4 = Tré Cool
| length4 = 1:56
| title5 = Fentanyl
| writer5 = Armstrong
| length5 = 2:58
| title6 = Ivankkka Is a Nazi
| writer6 = Armstrong
| length6 = 3:03
| title7 = Digital Black
| writer7 = Dirnt
| length7 = 3:19
| title8 = Flat Earth
| writer8 = Cool
| length8 = 2:16
| title9 = Degenerate
| writer9 = Armstrong
| length9 = 2:24
| title10 = Pizzagate
| note10 = instrumental
| writer10 = Cool
| length10 = 0:47
| title11 = Carolina's Ultimate Netflix Tweet
| writer11 = Armstrong
| length11 = 1:29
| title12 = Respirator
| writer12 = Cool
| length12 = 1:54
| title13 = Squatter
| writer13 = Cool
| length13 = 0:54
| title14 = That's How They Get You
| writer14 = Cool
| length14 = 2:25
| title15 = Tarantula
| writer15 = Dirnt
| length15 = 1:46
| title16 = Cancer Is the New Black
| writer16 = Armstrong
| length16 = 3:00
| title17 = The Stranger
| writer17 = Cool
| length17 = 1:37
| title18 = Hey Elon
| writer18 = Cool
| length18 = 1:17
| title19 = Popper Punk
| writer19 = Armstrong
| length19 = 2:58
| title20 = Jerry Falwell's Pool Party
| writer20 = Armstrong
| length20 = 3:24
| title21 = Heard Immunity
| writer21 = Dirnt
| length21 = 2:01
| title22 = Time Capsule
| writer22 = Dirnt
| length22 = 2:03
| title23 = Threat Level Midnight
| writer23 = Armstrong
| length23 = 2:15
| title24 = Amnesia Vagabond
| writer24 = Dirnt
| length24 = 2:08
| title25 = Art of the Deal with the Devil
| writer25 = Armstrong
| length25 = 3:33
| total_length = 54:43
}}
Personnel
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