Green Day to release 'Simpsons' song

Yahoo! Music, May 29, 2007 3:00 pm PDT
Green Day are set to release their own version of The Simpsons theme tune.

As previously reported, the band make an apperance in The Simpsons Movie, which is out in July.

Three different companies in the U.S. will release the group's rendition of the famous theme tune on July 24. Warner Bros. Records will put out the single in the U.S., Fox Music will make a digital score album available through foxmusic.com, and Extreme Music will release 25,000 doughnut cases to U.S. retailers.

The band recently performed their version of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" on the finale of American Idol.

For more on Green Day, check out their NME.com page.

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