Green Day’s song “Wake Me Up When September Ends” was released on June 13, 2005, as the fourth single from the band’s seventh studio album, American Idiot (2004). The title lyric of the song has sparked a series of time-specific jokes in which people remind each other every September that vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong is sleeping and must be awakened on October 1st.
Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong wrote “Wake Me Up When September Ends” about his father, who died of esophageal cancer when Armstrong was 10 years old. Later, it became synonymous with Hurricane Katrina, which hit the United States Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, three days before the start of September.
Although, Green day fans appeal every year to the ones who are posting jokes about why doing so may be bad form for obvious reasons but in 2020, Billie Joe Armstrong did share a Family Guy-inspired meme on Instagram. Can’t say if Billie is jumping on the bandwagon or mocking the others but you can’t deny his sense of humor.
Best Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes
1. Are you one of them?
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Green Day Fans Meme](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Green-Day-Fans-Meme.jpg)
2. Wake him now!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Waking Up Billie Joe Armstrong Meme](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Waking-Up-Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Meme.jpg)
3. When you see a lot of these memes!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Billie Joe Armstrong Meme on September 30](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Meme-on-September-30.jpg)
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4. Spooktober is here as well!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Spooktober Meme on Green Day Singer](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Spooktober-Meme-on-Green-Day-Singer.jpg)
5. Sad noises!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Green Day Meme on Spooktober](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Green-Day-Meme-on-Spooktober.jpg)
6. So who wins?
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Wake Me Up When September Ends Meme on Skeletons](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Wake-Me-Up-When-September-Ends-Meme-on-Skeletons.jpg)
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7. All September vs October 1st!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Billie Joe Armstrong Meme on October 1st](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Meme-on-October-1st.jpg)
8. Please do not wake up anyone before September ends!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Dont Wake Me Up Before September Ends Meme on Green Day Band](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Dont-Wake-Me-Up-Before-September-Ends-Meme-on-Green-Day-Band.jpg)
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9. Quick Lois!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Wake Up Green Day Meme on Family Guy](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Wake-Up-Green-Day-Meme-on-Family-Guy.jpg)
10. You know what day it is!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Wake Up Green Day Meme](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Wake-Up-Green-Day-Meme.jpg)
11. Still asleep!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Green Day Meme on Sleep](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Green-Day-Meme-on-Sleep.jpg)
12. September 30 vs October 1st!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes September 30 Vs October 1 Meme on Billie Joe Armstrong](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/September-30-Vs-October-1-Meme-on-Billie-Joe-Armstrong.jpg)
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13. Fight mode!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes September Is Over Meme](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/September-Is-Over-Meme.jpg)
14. Even coma couldn’t stop him!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes End Of September Meme on Coma](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/End-Of-September-Meme-on-Coma.jpg)
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15. Do you always forget too? Set this up as wallpaper!
![15 Funny Wake Me Up When September Ends Memes Wake Me up When September Ends Meme on Crying Lady](https://humornama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Wake-Me-up-When-September-Ends-Meme-on-Crying-Lady.jpg)
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