During the 80s, Green Day took a break from the punk rock scene to take on new challenges in the 1980s pop genre. I don't know how successful they were though, I wasn't born back then.

Instrumental version on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4C8cDy...

Soundcloud:   / green-day-boulevard-of-broken-dreams-80s-v...  
My solo project on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6r4rR...