Popsugar Entertainment Green Day "American Idiot" Rises on UK Charts Before Trump's Visit LOL, Green Day's "American Idiot" Is Rising on the Charts Ahead of Trump's Visit to the UK 10 July 2018 by Victoria Messina Image Sources: Getty / Todd Plitt and Getty / Chip Somodevilla It looks like we Brits aren't exactly going to be welcoming US President Donald Trump with open arms for his first visit to the UK. There's an impassioned campaign afoot to make Green Day's hit song "American Idiot" the No. 1 single on English charts by the time the POTUS touches down on UK soil, and — *spoiler alert* — it's working. Since the movement began, many Brits have been smashing download buttons for the 2004 jam on various music-streaming platforms. As of July 10, "American Idiot" nabbed the No. 1 spot both on Amazon's UK bestseller list and on Google Play's Top Songs list in the UK, as well as the No. 18 spot on Britain's Official Singles Chart. The campaign also has its own Facebook page, aptly titled "Get American Idiot to No.1 for Trump's UK Visit," which has more than 20,000 followers who fervently track the song's chart-climbing progress. Read on to learn more about this entertaining campaign, and click here to help the Brits peacefully protest before being faced with the real namesake of Green Day's "American Idiot." The Song Topped the Google Play Charts Hit No.1 on Google Play...This is working. Keep going!Links: https://t.co/ATx90lu88S#MAIGA #trump pic.twitter.com/BgGJUtu8Vh— American Idiot For UK No.1 When Trump Visits (@TrumpIdiotNo1) July 10, 2018 1 / 12 And the Amazon Best-Sellers List, Too! We’ve hit #1 on Amazon...great work everyone! Now please bring some friends along to help us keep it there! #MAIGA #FuckTrump #TrumpVisit @greenday @billiejoe pic.twitter.com/BESKOBVlpl— American Idiot For UK No.1 When Trump Visits (@TrumpIdiotNo1) July 6, 2018 2 / 12 It Made an Appearance in the iTunes Top 10 We’ve crept up into the iTunes Top 10 (AND another version at #17 too!) and still at #1 on Amazon! Keep sharing to others what we are all doing! #MAIGA pic.twitter.com/4wuuElNwrC— American Idiot For UK No.1 When Trump Visits (@TrumpIdiotNo1) July 7, 2018 3 / 12 Even Multiple Versions Started Creeping In If you see more than one version in any of the individual digital charts (this example is iTunes) then don’t worry. ALL versions get counted towards one total at the end of the week https://t.co/ATx90lu88S pic.twitter.com/5sL684uCrU— American Idiot For UK No.1 When Trump Visits (@TrumpIdiotNo1) July 9, 2018 4 / 12 Green Day's Bassist, Mike Dirnt, Showed Support For the Movement Let’s do this! 🤘🏽 Protestors want to get Green Day's American Idiot to No. 1 for Trump's UK visit https://t.co/ULZ1cDtOER— Mike Dirnt (@MikeDirnt) April 28, 2018 5 / 12 Here Are Some of the Twitter Reactions Remember that petition to get American Idiot to the top of UK music charts in time for when Trump arrives there? Yeah it’s at number 18 now. IT’S ACTUALLY SUCCEEDING HAHAHA I LOVE THE WORLD SOMETIMES— Madi (@madisonjcullen) July 10, 2018 6 / 12 As an American, I bought a copy too. Embarrassed he’s our president #goodluck #maiga— debi (@DebiLesko) July 9, 2018 7 / 12 14 years later after it was released, Green Day’s song called “American Idiot” is back on the music charts and a UK campaign is striving to get it #1 ahead of Carrot Caligula’s visit to the UK. Well done, Brits. Well done.— Pablo Kutter (@Mossimo77) July 10, 2018 8 / 12 Hearing that #GreenDay's 'American Idiot' has climbed the UK charts in response to #Trump's visit has made my day. 😂— Rachel Morgan (@RachelMorganMFL) July 10, 2018 9 / 12 What are you doing this week?Alexa, play American Idiot by Green DayAlexa, play American Idiot by Green Day againAlexa, play American Idiot by Green Day againAlexa, play American Idiot by Green Day againAlexa, play American Idiot by Green Day again#AmericanIdiot— Nolene Dougan #TrustAllWomen #NowForNI (@NoleneDougan) July 9, 2018 10 / 12 Petition to change the US national anthem to American Idiot by Green Day— Bucky Isotope (@BuckyIsotope) July 8, 2018 11 / 12 The UK making the #BabyTrump blimp and getting 'American idiot' to #1 in the music charts makes me so proud.— Sam (@GenuineCovfefe) July 9, 2018 12 / 12 Green DayMusicDonald Trump