Green Day's "Coming Clean" off Dookie has been included in Music Times.com's list of 8 Great LGBT Themed Songs. Green Day is listed first, other artists on the list include Lou Reed, Frank Ocean and The Smiths.

Though there appears to be a gay joke in the lyrics to Green Day's "Basketcase" ("I went to a whore, he said my life's a bore..."), there's actually some truth behind this line. Billie Joe Armstrong may never have actually visited a male prostitute, but he did struggle to come to terms with his bisexuality, something that he sings about in "Coming Clean" from Dookie.


The full list is available at MusicTimes.com.

Lyrics for "Coming Clean".


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