You always hear the joke that we need to wake up Billie Joe Armstrong at the end of the ninth month of the year — based as know on Green Day’s song, “Wake Me Up When September Ends.”  But to every joke, there is a truth.

AltPress is reporting that YouTube views of that track spiked 135% this week as September came to an end — double the average amount of views the rest of the year.  Whether or not the meme artificially inflated those numbers or fans just naturally flock to the song to ring in October has yet to be determined.  Maybe somebody can commission a study or launch an investigation — or whatever.

In the meantime, let’s see if we can’t jack up the numbers just a little more.  —- [eric]