Foreverly

Foreverly
Released	November 25, 2013
Recorded	2013 at Magic Shop Studio, New York City
Genre	Folk
Length	45:23
Label	Reprise
Producer	Green Day, Rob Cavallo
Billie Joe Armstrong chronology
¡Tré! (2012) Foreverly (2013) Demolicious (2014)
Singles from Foreverly
1. "Long Time Gone" Released: October 2013

Foreverly is a collaborative album by Billie Joe Armstrong and jazz/pop singer-songwriter Norah Jones released on November 25, 2013, through Reprise Records.

Foreverly is a collection of traditional songs, and is a reinterpretation of the 1958 album Songs Our Daddy Taught Us  by The Everly Brothers. It was promoted by the lead single "Long Time Gone". A lyric video for the song was released on November 13, 2013, and was followed by the release of a music video for "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" five days later.

Background

In an interview with Stereogum, Armstrong said: "It all started with Stevie Wonder. [laughter] We sang together with Stevie Wonder and his band and a whole bunch of people, that’s how Norah and I first met. Then … well, I got into the Everly Brothers’ record a couple years ago and I thought it was just beautiful. I was listening to it every morning for a while off and on. I thought it would be cool to remake the record because I thought it was sort of an obscure thing and more people should know about it, but I really wanted to do it with a woman singing because I thought it would take on a different meaning — maybe broaden the meaning a little bit — as compared to hearing the songs being sung by the two brothers. And so my wife said, 'Why don’t you get Norah Jones to do it?' and I was like, 'Well, I kinda know her.' Well, I mean, we had Stevie Wonder in common. And so I called her and she said yes. So it was kinda like a … well, I keep saying it was kinda like a blind date."

Track Listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Roving Gambler"	traditional	4:08
2.	"Long Time Gone"	Frank Hartford, Tex Ritter, traditional	3:28
3.	"Lightning Express"	Bradley Kincaid	5:00
4.	"Silver Haired Daddy of Mine"	Gene Autry, Jimmy Long	3:15
5.	"Down in the Willow Garden"	Charlie Monroe, traditional	4:32
6.	"Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?"	traditional	2:56
7.	"Oh So Many Years"	Frankie Bailes	3:03
8.	"Barbara Allen"	traditional, Susan Urban	4:48
9.	"Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rockin' Chair)"	Bob Miller	3:00
10.	"I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail"	Karl Davis, Harty Taylor	4:19
11.	"Kentucky"	Karl Davis	3:26
12.	"Put My Little Shoes Away"	Samuel N. Mitchell, Charles E. Pratt	3:28
Total length:			45:23

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	59
Canadian Albums (Billboard)	19
Croatian International Albums (HDU)	3
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)	40
French Albums (SNEP)	176
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	77
Irish Albums (IRMA)	37
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)	62
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	16
UK Albums (OCC)	63
US Billboard 200	19
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)	4
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
US Billboard 200	172
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)	37

Personnel

Musicians

• Billie Joe Armstrong – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pump organ
• Norah Jones – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 6 string banjo, chimes, pump organ, piano
• Tim Luntzel – bass
• Dan Rieser – drums, percussion
• Charlie Burnham – violin, mandolin, harmonica
• Jonny Lam – pedal-steel guitar

Production

• Chris Dugan – engineering and mixing
• Kabir Hermon – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering