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Billie Joe wrote about the title of the song back in February on Twitter:

[quote]Our friend/roadie Kaz Hope, suggested we call our song Longview because the 1st time we played was in Longview Washington in spring 1992[/quote]

The band had written the song before the tour, but hadn't given it a name. Since they debuted it in Longview, WA, the name stuck. You can see the music video or find lyrics and information [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/music/song/39/]about the song here[/turl], or visit our page for [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/music/dookie/]Dookie[/turl].