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Goo
Goo Dolls
appear on:
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 - The Singles
City Of Angels soundtrack
No Alternative compilation
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- The Goo Goo Dolls formed in
1986 in Buffalo, New York, and consists of Johnny
Rzeznik (vocals and guitar), Robby Takac (bass
and vocals), and Mike Malinin (who replaced
George Tutuska on drums). With a blend of pop,
rock and alternative, the trio found success in
the 90s. It took the band nearly a decade to hit
it big with a pop ballad, and then only to find
some fans and critics accusing the boys of
selling out by hitting the mainstream. Rzeznik,
orphaned and on his own at the age of 15, played
with various local bands in Buffalo while
attending vocational school where he studied
plumbing. It was the band, the Sex Maggots, which
he joined with Takac and Tutuska, that eventually
became the Goo Goo Dolls. Takac had played with a
band named the Monarchs before hooking up with
his friend, Tutuska. The band's name was taken
from an ad found in True Detective
magazine (after a venue promoter said he would
book them if they changed their original name).
- The newly named Goo Goo Dolls spent
$750 on their first independent release, First
Release (later released as Goo
Goo Dolls).
- February 23: The Goo Goo Dolls
released Superstar
Car Wash and the band's popularity began to
increase with tracks such as "We Are The
Normal" and "Fallin' Down." Alternative
Press wrote of the band, "...even
though they've smoothed out a bit, you can still
get drunk and fall over to them..."
- Tutuska was asked to
leave the group at the beginning of the year.
- March 14: The Goo Goo Dolls
released A
Boy Named Goo and hit the charts for the
first time with the Top 5 hit, "Name." Rzeznik said the single
"introduced us to a broader audience because
there are so many different radio formats that
are playing it... but we're definitely not moving
into that neighborhood... we're just driving
through." Alternative Press said of
the LP, "...the Goo Goo Dolls again churn
out a workmanlike mix of catchy, angst-ridden
retro-Replacements and driving,
straight-ahead rock..."
- October 7: The Goo Goo Dolls topped
the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 4
weeks with "Name."
- March 20: The Goo Goo Dolls hit big
with a song from the City
Of Angels soundtrack called "Iris" that went to #1 during the
summer. Rzeznik conquered a bout of writer's
block by watching the film, writing "Iris," and eventually writing more
songs for a new LP. Rzeznik admitted that he even
sought counseling advice for his songwriting
problems: "I had to talk to a counselor who
deals with musicians and writers and
artists."
- March 24: The Goo Goo Dolls could
also be found on the ~ Fleetwood
Mac tribute LP, Legacy:
A Tribute To Rumours, with their version of "I
Don't Want To Know."
- July 4: The Goo Goo Dolls topped
the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 5
weeks with "Iris."
- July 25: The Goo Goo Dolls topped
the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 18 weeks
and the Top 40 Mainstream chart for 4 weeks with
"Iris."
- September: The Goo Goo Dolls
reportedly decided not to appear on The
Howard Stern Radio Show after hearing about
his demands (performing while wearing sailor
suits), and as a result K-Rock Radio (who
produces Stern's radio show) banned the band from
their airwaves. But a few days later, the band
said they would be performing on the show (which
led many to speculate that the controversy was a
publicity ploy to improve embarrassing television
ratings). K-Rock had been playing a promo which
stated: "We guarantee not to play the Goo
Goo Dolls on K-Rock until the band agrees to
perform (with Stern) in a sailor suit and (a show
writer) in a thong and throngs of gay men
parading around..." The National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force also spoke against Stern's
comments: "I don't know what sounding 'gay'
is... I don't know what Howard Stern means by
sounding 'gay,' but clearly he meant it in a
derogatory way." The band later decided to
play on the show.
- September 10: The video for "Iris" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film.
- September 22: The Goo Goo Dolls
released Dizzy
Up The Girl and they kicked off their North
American tour in California.
- November: It was announced that the
band would open for the Rolling
Stones in March of '99. Rzeznik told MTV
that returning to an open-act status will only be
temporary: "We wanna go out and play on our
own because when you're an opening band, people
throw things at you. I don't mind when somebody
who loves my band throws a shoe at me, y'know,
because it's with love..."
- April: The Goo Goo Dolls had to
cancel a few concert dates due to lead singer
Johnny Rzeznik's injured vocal chords.
- October: The Goo Goo Dolls
announced they would be headlining MP3.com's
Music & Technology Tour.
- December: The Goo Goo Dolls found
some airplane travel problems in Sicily when
their plane skidded off the runway. None of the
passengers were injured.
- December 31: The Goo Goo Dolls topped
the Billboard Year-End
Chart-Toppers as the Top Hot Top 40, Top Adult
Top 40 Artist, Artist and with the Top Hot Top 40
Track and Top Adult Top 40 Single & Track
("Iris").
- September 21: Rzeznik performed
"Wish You Were Here" with Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst and Wes
Borland for a landmark fundraiser (America:
A Tribute To Heroes) aired by all the major networks to
raise money for families of the victims of recent
terrorist attacks.
- February: The Goo Goo Dolls toured
with Bon Jovi through April.
- September 10: The Goo Goo Dolls
performed on ReAct Now: Music & Relief
- a benefit program shown on music video channels
to raise money for those affected by Hurricane
Katrina.
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Goo
Goo Dolls
Released: June 9, 1987
Tracks: "Torn
Apart" - "Messed Up" -
"Livin' In A Hut" - "I'm
Addicted" - "Hardsores" -
"Hammerin' Eggs (The Metal Song)" -
"Don't Fear The Reaper" -
"Beat Me" - "Scream" -
"Slaughterhouse" - "Different
Light" - "Come On" -
"Don't Beat My Ass (With A Baseball
Bat)"
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Jed
Released: February 22, 1989
Tracks: "Out Of
Sight" - "Up Yours" - "No
Way Out" - "7th Of Last Month (Or
Iggy The Cat Gets A Bath)" - "Love
Dolls" - "Sex Maggot" -
"Down On The Corner" - "Had
Enough" - "Road To Salinas" -
"'Em Elbmuh'" -
"Misfortune" - "Artie" -
"Gimme Shelter" - "James
Dean"
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Hold
Me Up
Released: October 5, 1991
Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Laughing"
- "Just The Way You Are" - "So
Outta Line" - "There You Are"
- "You Know What I Mean" -
"Out Of The Red" - "Never Take
The Place Of Your Man" - "Hey"
- "On Your Side" - "22
Seconds" - "Kevin's Song" -
"Know My Name" - "Million
Miles Away" - "Two Days In
February"
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Superstar
Car Wash
Released: February 23, 1993
Entertainment
Weekly: A
Tracks: "Fallin'
Down" - "Lucky Star" -
"Cuz You're Gone" - "Don't
Worry" - "Girl Right Next To
Me" - "Domino" - "We Are
The Normal" - "String Of Lies"
- "Another Second Time Around" -
"Stop The World" - "Already
There" - "On The Lie" -
"Close Your Eyes" - "So Far
Away"
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A
Boy Named Goo
Released: March 14, 1995
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 27
Tracks: "Long Way
Down" - "Burnin' Up" -
"Naked" - "Flat Top" -
"Impersonality" - "Name" - "Only
One" - "Somethin' Bad" -
"Ain't That Unusual" - "So
Long" - "Eyes Wide Open" -
"Disconnected" - "Slave
Girl"
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Dizzy
Up The Girl
Released: September 22, 1998
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 15
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Dizzy" -
"Slide" - "Broadway" - "January
Friend" - "Black
Balloon"
- "Bullet Proof" -
"Amigone" - "All Eyes On
Me" - "Full Forever" -
"Acoustic #3" - "Iris" - "Extra
Pale" - "Hate This Place"
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What
I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art &
Commerce (1987-2000)
Released: May 29, 2001
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 164
Tracks: "Bullet
Proof" - "All Eyes On Me" -
"Amigone" - "Acoustic #3"
- "Naked" - "Ain't That
Unusual" - "Burnin' Up" -
"Flat Top" - "Eyes Wide
Open" - "Fallin' Down" -
"Another Second Time Around" -
"Cuz You're Gone" - "We Are
The Normal" - "Girl Right Next To
Me" - "Lucky Star" - "On
The Lie" - "Just The Way You
Are" - "Two Days In February"
- "There You Are" - "Up
Yours" - "I'm Addicted"
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Gutterflower
Released: April 9, 2002
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 4
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Big Machine" - "Think
About Me" - "Here Is Gone" - "Ya Never
Know" - "What A Scene" -
"Up Up Up" - "Think About
Me" - "It's Over" - "Sympathy" - "What Do
You Need?" - "Smash" -
"Tucked Away" - "Truth Is A
Whisper"
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Live
In Buffalo July 4 2002
Released: November 23, 2004
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 161
Live Tracks: "Give A Little Bit" - "Big Machine" -
"Naked" - "Slide" - "Think
About Me" - "Smash" -
"Tucked Away" - "Black
Balloon"
- "Dizzy" - "Name" - "Cuz
You're Gone" - "Sympathy" - "January
Friend" - "Here Is Gone" - "What A
Scene" - "Acoustic #3" -
"Two Days In February" - "Broadway" - "Iris"
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Let
Love In
Released: April 25, 2006
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 9
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Stay With You" - "Let Love
In" - "Feel The Silence" -
"Better Days" - "Without
You Here" - "Listen" - "I
Can't Let Go" - "When You're
Gone" - "Tuesday" -
"Strange Love" - "Become"
- "Give A Little Bit"
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Greatest
Hits
Released: November 13, 2007
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 33
Tracks: "Name" - "Iris" - "Slide" - "Broadway" - "Black
Balloon"
- "Dizzy" - "Here Is Gone" - "Big Machine" - "Sympathy" - "Better Days" - "Stay With You" - "Let Love
In" - "Before It's Too Late" -
"Feel The Silence" (New Remix)
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Volume
Two (CD/DVD)
Released: August 19, 2008
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 158
Tracks: "Hate This
Place" - "Stop The World" -
"Long Way Down" - "All Eyes On
Me" (live) - "Lazy Eye" -
"Iris" (Demo) -
"I'm Awake Now" - "Torn
Apart" - "No Way Out" -
"String Of Lies" - "We'll Be
Here (When You're Gone)" (Remix) -
"Without You Here" - "Only
One" - "Truth Is A Whisper" -
"What A Scene" - "Million
Miles Away" - "I Wanna Destroy
You" - "Wait For The Blackout"
- "Slave Girl" - "Don't
Change" - "I Don't Wanna Know"
- "American Girl" (live)
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Something
For The Rest Of Us
Released: August 31, 2010
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 7
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Sweetest
Lie" - "As I Am" -
"Home" - "Notbroken" -
"One Night" - "Nothing Is
Real" - "Now I Hear" -
"Still Your Song" - "Something
For The Rest Of Us" - "Say You're
Free" - "Hey Ya" -
"Soldier"
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Magnetic
Released: June 11, 2013
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 8
Tracks: "Rebel
Beat" - "When The World Breaks Your
Heart" - "Slow It Down" -
"Caught In The Storm" - "Come
To Me" - "Bringing On The
Light" - "More Of You" -
"Bullet Proof Angel" - "Last
Hot Night" - "Happiest Of
Days" - "Keep The Car Running"
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Boxes
Released: May 6, 2016
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 27
Tracks: "Over And
Over" - "Souls In The Machine"
- "Flood" - "The Pin" -
"Boxes" - "Free Of Me" -
"Reverse" - "Lucky One" -
"So Alive" - "Prayer In My
Pcoket" - "Long Way Home"
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Miracle
Pill
Released: September 13, 2019
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 92
Tracks:
"Indestructible" -
"Fearless" - "Miracle
Pill" - "Money, Fame &
Fortunue" - "Step In Line" -
"Over You" - "Lights" -
"Lost" - "Life's A
Message" - "Autumn Leaves" -
"Think It Over"
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It's
Christmas All Over
Released: October 30, 2020
Tracks: "Christmas All
Over Again" - "Shake Hands With
Santa Claus" - "This Is
Christmas" - "Christmas Don't Be
Late" - "Better Days" -
"You Ain't Getting Nothin'" -
"Let It Snow" - "Have Yourself
A Merry Little Christmas" - "Hark!
The Heralds Angels Sing" - "The
Christmas Party" (featuring The Union
Square 5)
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Rarities
Released: June 25, 2021
Tracks: "Hit Or
Miss" - "Nothing Can Change
You" - "Long Way Down" (Chris
Lord Alge Remix) - "Name" (live acoustic)
- "Don't Change" (live) -
"Girl Right Next To Me" (live
acoustic) - "Another Second Time
Around" (live acoustic) - "Iris" (acoustic"
- "Slide" (acoustic) -
"Naked" (remix) - "Black
Balloon"
(live) - "Naked" (live) -
"Black Balloon" (live) - "Broadway" (live) -
"We'll Be Here (When You're Gone)"
(acoustic) - "Better Days" (acoustic) -
"Let Love In" (live) -
"Listen" (live) - "Feel The
Silence" (live) - "Take Me Out To
The Ball Game"
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Chaos
In Bloom
Released: August 12, 2022
Tracks: "Yeah, I Like
You" - "War" - "Save Me
From Myself" - "Let The Sun" -
"Loving Life" - "Going
Crazy" - "Day After Day" -
"Past Mistakes" - "You Are The
Answer" - "Superstar"
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Iris
from the LP Dizzy
Up The Girl and the City
Of Angels soundtrack
ARC chart run: 35 - 31 - 25 - 20 - 15 - 12 - 9 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 11 - 20 - 27 - 31 - 37 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 3
RIAA
Certification: 10x Platinum
Billboard
# 1: Hot 100 Airplay, Top 40
Mainstream, Modern Rock Tracks, Adult Top 40
Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Video from a Film
VH1: '100 Greatest Songs of
the 90's': # 39
VH1: '100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years': # 54
Rolling Stone &
MTV: '100 Greatest Pop Songs': # 39 |
1(3) |
25 |
1998 |
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Slide
from the LP Dizzy
Up The Girl
ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 30 - 27 - 24 - 20 - 17 - 17 - 16 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 8 - 16 - 21 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 19
RIAA
Certification: 3x Platinum
Billboard
# 1: Hot 100 Airplay, Top 40
Mainstream, Top 40 Tracks, Modern Rock Tracks,
Adult Top 40 |
2 |
23 |
1999 |
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Name
from the LP A
Boy Named Goo
ARC chart run: 38 - 33 - 29 - 24 - 21 - 18 - 14 - 10 - 7 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 10 - 11 - 14 - 15 - 23 - 33 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 23
RIAA
Certification: 2x Platinum
Billboard
# 1: Modern Rock Tracks, Album Rock
Tracks |
3 |
22 |
1995 |
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Black Balloon
from the LP Dizzy
Up The Girl
ARC chart run: 37 - 27 - 22 - 18 - 16 - 13 - 11 - 8 - 8 - 7 - 10 - 21 - 28 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 58
RIAA
Certification: Platinum
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group |
7 |
14 |
1999 |
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Broadway
from the LP Dizzy
Up The Girl
ARC chart run: 40 - 37 - 34 - 26 - 22 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 16 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 8 - 23 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 75 |
8 |
15 |
2000 |
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Here Is Gone
from the LP Gutterflower
ARC chart run: 37 - 30 - 25 - 20 - 18 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 10 - 17 - 23 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 76
RIAA
Certification: Gold |
10 |
13 |
2002 |
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Better Days
from the LP Let
Love In
ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 29 - 27 - 25 - 33 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 116
RIAA
Certification: Platinum |
25 |
7 |
2006 |
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Big Machine
from the LP Gutterflower
ARC chart run: 38 - 33 - 29 - 24 - 22 - 20 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 126 |
20 |
7 |
2002 |
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Give A Little Bit
from the LP Live
In Buffalo July 4 2002
ARC chart run: 38 - 35 - 32 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 148
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Billboard
# 1: Adult Top 40 |
30 |
4 |
2004 |
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Stay With You
from the LP Let
Love In
ARC chart run: 37 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 140
RIAA
Certification: Gold |
37 |
1 |
2006 |
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Sympathy
from the LP Gutterflower
ARC chart run: 39 - off
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Year-End Chart
Position: # 171 |
39 |
1 |
2003 |
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There You Are
from the LP Hold
Me Up |
** |
** |
1991 |
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I'm Awake Now
from the Freddy's
Dead: The Final Nightmare soundtrack |
** |
** |
1991 |
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We Are The Normal
from the LP Superstar
Car Wash |
** |
** |
1993 |
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Only One
from the LP A
Boy Named Goo |
** |
** |
1995 |
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Flat Top
from the LP A
Boy Named Goo |
** |
** |
1995 |
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Naked
from the LP A
Boy Named Goo |
** |
** |
1995 |
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Long Way Down
from the LP A
Boy Named Goo |
** |
** |
1995 |
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Lazy Eye
from the Batman
& Robin soundtrack |
** |
** |
1997 |
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Dizzy
from the LP Dizzy
Up The Girl |
** |
** |
1999 |
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Let Love In
from the LP Let
Love In
RIAA
Certification: Gold |
** |
** |
2006 |
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Before It's Too Late
from the Transformers soundtrack |
** |
** |
2007 |
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Real
from the AT&T Team USA compilation |
** |
** |
2008 |
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Home
from the LP Something
For The Rest Of Us |
** |
** |
2010 |
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Notbroken
from the LP Something
For The Rest Of Us |
** |
** |
2010 |
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All That You Are
from the Transformers:
Dark Of The Moon soundtrack |
** |
** |
2011 |
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Rebel Beat
from the LP Magnetic |
** |
** |
2013 |
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Come To Me
from the LP Magnetic
RIAA
Certification: Gold |
** |
** |
2013 |
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So Alive
from the LP Boxes |
** |
** |
2016 |
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