A Boy Named Goo
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| Studio album by Goo Goo Dolls | ||
| Released | March 14, 1995 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 42:20 | |
| Label | Metal Blade Records/Warner Brothers | |
| Producer(s) | Goo Goo Dolls and Lou Giordano | |
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| Goo Goo Dolls chronology | ||
| Superstar Car Wash (1993) |
A Boy Named Goo (1995) |
Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) |
A Boy Named Goo is an album by the Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1995 on Warner Brothers Records.
"Stand Alone" was written by George Tutuska, and because Johnny Rzeznik didn't want to exploit George's efforts after his dismissal, the song was only included on a promo version of the album. On the wide-release version, it is replaced with "Disconnected" and "Slave Girl". On the same promo, "Ain't That Unusual" was labeled as "Someday". The two replacement songs are covers of songs by defunct Buffalo and Sydney, Australia, punk bands (The Enemies and Lime Spiders, respectively).
The song "Name" is well-known as the Goo Goo Dolls' first hit. This was "quite accidentally," according to lead singer Johnny Rzeznik. He wrote it as a love ballad, reflecting his childhood as an orphan.
The song "Ain't That Unusual" was featured on the soundtrack of the 1995 film, Angus. A remix of the song "Long Way Down" was featured on the soundtrack of the 1996 movie, Twister.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac unless otherwise noted.
- "Long Way Down" – 3:29
- "Burnin' Up" (Rzeznik, Takac, George Tutuska) – 2:29
- "Naked" – 3:44
- "Flat Top" – 4:30
- "Impersonality" (Rzeznik, Takac, Tutuska) – 2:40
- "Name" – 4:30
- "Only One" – 3:18
- "Somethin' Bad" (Rzeznik, Takac, Tutuska) – 2:31
- "Ain't That Unusual" – 3:20
- "So Long" (Rzeznik, Takac, Tutuska) – 2:33
- "Eyes Wide Open" – 3:57
- "Disconnected" (Joe Bompczyk, Bob Guariglia, Pete Secrist, Fred Suchman) – 3:01
- "Slave Girl" (Mick Blood, Richard Jakimyszyn) – 2:18
(-) "Stand Alone" (Tutuska)
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | The Billboard 200 | 27 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | "Naked" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 9 |
| 1995 | "Name" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1995 | "Only One" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 21 |
| 1995 | "Long Way Down" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 25 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| RIAA – U.S. | Gold | November 16, 1995 |
| RIAA – U.S. | Platinum | February 8, 1996 |
| RIAA – U.S. | Double Platinum | July 17, 1996 |
