Dizzy Up The Girl
Dizzy Up The Girl is an album by Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1998 on Warner Bros.* Certified gold (500,000 copies sold) on December 3, 1998
- Certified platinum (1,000,000 copies sold) on December 3, 1998
- Certified double-platinum (2,000,000 copies sold) on March 24, 1999
- Certified triple-platinum (3,000,000 copies sold) on November 10, 1999
Track listing
- "Dizzy" (Johnny Rzeznik)
- "Slide" (Johnny Rzeznik)
- "Broadway" (Johnny Rzeznik)
- "January Friend" (Robby Takac)
- "Black Balloon" (Johnny Rzeznik)
- "Bullet Proof" (Johnny Rzeznik)
- "Amigone" (Robby Takac)
- "All Eyes On Me" (Johnny Rzeznik)
- "Full Forever" (Robby Takac)
- "Acoustic #3" (Johnny Rzeznik)
- "Iris" (Johnny Rzeznik)
- "Extra Pale" (Robby Takac)
- "Hate This Place" (Johnny Rzeznik)
Song Information
"Dizzy"
"Dizzy" was released as a single, peaking at #9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart on January 5 1999.Slide (single)"Slide"
"Slide" has a video and was released as a single. It hit #1 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart on March 3 1999, and #9 on the Hot 100 Singles Chart on January 5 1999."Slide" is Johnny's commentary on the neighborhood he grew up in in Buffalo, New York."Broadway"
"Broadway" is another commentary on Buffalo, specifcially the worldview of the residents there.
"January Friend"
"January Friend" came from a trip Robby took in Hawaii. He claimed that many strange things came out of a trip to paradise.Black Balloon (single)
"Black Balloon"
According to one source, Johnny has said that "Black Balloon" is about "seeing someone you love that is so great just fuck up so bad." Speculation as to the song's subject has included bassist Robby Takac's wife (who overdosed on heroin). Black Balloon was released as a single and has a video."Bullet Proof"
"Amigone"
The name "Amigone" comes from a chain of funeral homes in the Buffalo area.
"All Eyes On Me"
"Full Forever"
This song was inspired by Robby's girlfriend of the time.
"Acoustic #3"
According to Johnny Rzeznik, "Acoustic #3" is intentionally short (running only about two minutes) in order to prevent it from being released as single. He wanted the song to be appreciated for what it was, not because it was constantly played on the radio.Iris (single)
"Iris"
"Iris" was originally written for the soundtrack of the 1998 film City of Angels, but it was later included on ''Dizzy Up the Girl''. It was the first song that the Goo Goo Dolls had been asked to write specifically for a movie. Upon its release, the song became second of a string of hits from the movie's soundtrack. (The first was Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited", the third was Sarah McLachlan's "Angel".) Chartwise, Iris did very well. On the Billboard charts, "Iris" peaked at #2 and held onto the position for 5 weeks. It spent 18 weeks on top of the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the longest stay by a song, however was not allowed to chart on the Hot 100 until after its peak passed, because no commercial single was released. By the time the single had been released, however, the album cut implementation had been introduced, but it is likely had the implementation had been introduced earlier, "Iris" would have certainly topped the Hot 100.The instrumentals in the song are heavily driven by guitar riffs and violins, with a steady drumbeat beneath. The lyrics tell the story of an unknown person's desire to be known by the object of his love. However, he seeks to avoid the notice of others because of possible repercussions. The theme of these lyrics ties in directly to the movie, in which an angel falls in love with a mortal woman, and can only stay with her by giving up his angelic nature and becoming mortal.In the music video, the band is shown high up in skyscrapers, watching the lives of people through telescopes. This theme reflects on what the angels do in the film. Interspersed throughout the video are clips from the film depicting scenes where the angel is falling in love and deciding whether or not to give up being an angel.Songwriter Johnny Rzeznick has been quoted as saying he broke several years of writer's block and several years of sobriety simultaneously the night he wrote this track."Extra Pale"
"Extra Pale" was named for a phrase on a Rolling Rock beer tap. Robby felt that it described his life, at the time.
"Hate This Place"
"Hate This Place" was intentionally written in the style of The Replacements, because apparently many critics said the Goo Goo Dolls sounded like them. Category:Goo Goo Dolls albums Category:1998 albums