Welcome to Paradise

{{Short description|1991 song by Green Day (re-recorded 1994)}}

{{Other uses|Welcome to Paradise (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Welcome to Paradise

| cover =

| type = song

| artist = Green Day

| album = Kerplunk

| released = {{start date|1991|12|17}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UfMAtvcbex4C&q=On+December+17%2C+1991%2C+Green+Day+got+the+%EF%AC%81rst+%EF%AC%81nished+copies+of+Kerplunk%21+At+the+moment%2C+the+bandmates+were+in+Southampton%2C+in+southern+England%2C+gettin&pg=PA36|title=Green Day: A Musical Biography|last=Egerdahl|first=Kjersti|date=2010-01-01|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-36597-3|language=en}}

| recorded =

| genre =

• Punk rock{{cite web|url=http://www.auto.com/content/top-5-punk-songs-to-jam-in-your-ride|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141208222053/http://www.auto.com/content/top-5-punk-songs-to-jam-in-your-ride|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2014|title=Top 5 Punk Songs to Jam in Your Ride|website=Chicago Automotive Magazine |access-date=December 8, 2014}}
  - {{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2021/08/best-punk-songs-list/|title=50 Best Punk Songs Of All Time|website=Consequence of Sound|date=August 17, 2021|access-date=March 9, 2022}}
• pop punk{{cite web|url=http://sabotagetimes.com/music/the-10-greatest-green-day-songs/|title=The 10 Songs Green Day Should Play At Brixton Next Week|work=Sabotage Times|author=Chicago Automotive Magazine|date=May 14, 2013|access-date=December 8, 2014|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010060808/http://sabotagetimes.com/music/the-10-greatest-green-day-songs/|archive-date=October 10, 2014}}
  - {{cite news|last=Smith|first=Troy|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/03/the-100-greatest-pop-punk-songs-of-all-time.html|title=The 100 greatest pop punk songs of all time|work=Cleveland.com|date=March 7, 2022|access-date=March 9, 2022|archive-date=March 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303183529/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/03/the-100-greatest-pop-punk-songs-of-all-time.html|url-status=live}}

| length =

• 3:30

| label = Lookout{{cite book | first=Marc | last=Spitz | author-link=Marc Spitz | year=2006 | title=Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day | publisher=Hyperion Books | isbn=9781401302740 | url=https://archive.org/details/nobodylikesyouin00spitz | url-access=registration }}

| lyricist = Billie Joe Armstrong

| composer = Green Day

| producer =

• Andy Ernst
• Green Day}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Welcome to Paradise

| cover = Green Day - Welcome to Paradise cover.jpg

| type = single

| artist = Green Day

| album = Dookie

| released = October 17, 1994

| recorded =

| genre =

• Punk rock{{cite web|url=http://www.auto.com/content/top-5-punk-songs-to-jam-in-your-ride|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141208222053/http://www.auto.com/content/top-5-punk-songs-to-jam-in-your-ride|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2014|title=Top 5 Punk Songs to Jam in Your Ride|website=Chicago Automotive Magazine |access-date=December 8, 2014}}
  - {{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2021/08/best-punk-songs-list/|title=50 Best Punk Songs Of All Time|website=Consequence of Sound|date=August 17, 2021|access-date=March 9, 2022}}
• pop punk{{cite web|url=http://sabotagetimes.com/music/the-10-greatest-green-day-songs/|title=The 10 Songs Green Day Should Play At Brixton Next Week|work=Sabotage Times|author=Chicago Automotive Magazine|date=May 14, 2013|access-date=December 8, 2014|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010060808/http://sabotagetimes.com/music/the-10-greatest-green-day-songs/|archive-date=October 10, 2014}}
  - {{cite news|last=Smith|first=Troy|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/03/the-100-greatest-pop-punk-songs-of-all-time.html|title=The 100 greatest pop punk songs of all time|work=Cleveland.com|date=March 7, 2022|access-date=March 9, 2022|archive-date=March 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303183529/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/03/the-100-greatest-pop-punk-songs-of-all-time.html|url-status=live}}

| length = 3:44

| label =

• Reprise
• WEA International

| lyricist = Billie Joe Armstrong

| composer = Green Day

| producer =

• Rob Cavallo
• Green Day

| prev_title = Basket Case

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = When I Come Around

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|OR7R9Kuw2fY|"Welcome to Paradise"}}}}

}}

"Welcome to Paradise" is a song by the American rock band Green Day. It first appeared as the third track on the band's second studio album, Kerplunk (1991). It was re-recorded and rereleased as the fifth track on the band's third studio album, Dookie (1994), and released as the album's third single. Its physical release was exclusive to the United Kingdom on October 17, 1994, though the song still saw radio airplay in the United States. The song peaked at number 56 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. The Dookie version is more popular{{Citation needed|date=June 2022|reason=Please specify which metric you are using, and substantiate}} and was later included on the band's 2001 compilation album International Superhits!.