Black Balloon

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"Black Balloon"
"Black Balloon" cover
Single by Goo Goo Dolls
from the album Dizzy Up the Girl
Released 1999
Format CD single
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:09
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s) Goo Goo Dolls
Goo Goo Dolls singles chronology
"Dizzy"
(1999)
"Black Balloon"
(1999)
"Broadway"
(2000)

Black Balloon is the the third single to be released from the Dizzy Up the Girl album by the Goo Goo Dolls, in 1999. This song ranked sixteenth on the US Top 100. This song, according to John Rzeznik is about a Heroin addiction.

[edit] Ranking

Year Title Chart positions Album
US Hot 100 US Modern
Rock
US Mainstream
Rock
Adult Top 40
1999 "Black Balloon" 16 13 28 3 Dizzy Up the Girl