«Иисус из Пригорода» Green Day: История песни и клипа

Punk rock
pop punk Despite its commercial success, the song is the only hit single from the American Idiot album not to be included on the band's greatest hits album God's Favorite Band.

Two versions of the "Jesus of Suburbia" music video exist, directed by Samuel Bayer (who also directed the music videos for the first four singles released from the American Idiot album). The official music video premiered on October 14, 2005 in the UK and on October 25, 2005 on the MTV network for viewers in the US. One version is a 12 minute edit, complete with a plot and dialogue; the other is a nine and a half minute director's cut, inclusive solely of the music itself and devoid of additives. The twelve minute version is censored, whereas the nine minute version is not. The video starred Lou Taylor Pucci as Jesus. Jesus' love interest (Whatsername) was played by Kelli Garner. Jesus' mother was portrayed by Canadian actress Deborah Kara Unger. Although Armstrong was originally tipped to provide the acting role of the main character, this was altered during pre filming. The plot of the video essentially follows that of the song. Despite the fact it is the second track, the video reveals Jesus' and Whatsername's relationship before it is revealed in the story. The video pays homage to "1979" by Smashing Pumpkins—it also made use of the SnorriCam which created the video's notable up close shots in the convenience store and party scenes.

"Jesus of Suburbia" has been played at most of the group's concerts since its release. At many concerts on the 21st Century Breakdown World Tour, the band picked an audience member from the crowd to play guitar to the song. The song holds the record of the longest performance on the UK television programme Top of the Pops, at 9 minutes and 10 seconds on November 6, 2005.

Since its release, "Jesus of Suburbia" has received universal critical acclaim. People magazine called the song "epic" and a "magnificent nine minute rock opera." It is often recognized as one of Green Day's greatest songs. It was voted the greatest Green Day song of all time in a Rolling Stone readers poll in September 2012. Magnet considered the song underrated, saying "the five movement, nine plus minute song bobs and weaves its way through standard issue pop punk (“Jesus Of Suburbia”), a piano laced interlude (“City Of The Damned”), the slobbering, thundering middle section (“I Don’t Care”), [and] acoustic mid tempo connective tissue (“Dearly Beloved”)."