Green Day Debuts Winehouse Tribute Song

During their show last week in California, Green Day not only premiered new music, but also played a tribute song for Amy Winehouse, simply titled “Amy.” The track is stripped down and the lyrics are presented as a letter to Winehouse herself. Billie Joe Armstrong cries out the sincere chorus, “Amy don’t you go / I want you around / Singin’ woah please don’t go / Do you wanna be a friend of mine?”

The song was part of a set the trio played at the Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Other new tracks that premiered that night were “Nuclear Family,” “Sweet 16” and “Carpe Diem.”

Green Day is one of the countless number of bands to write a song in Winehouse’s memory, cover one of her songs, or dedicate a gig to the late singer since her passing in late July.

Check out “Amy” below.