Black Balloon
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| "Black Balloon" | ||
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| 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. The album came out in September 1998, but the song was released as a single early on in the following year. This song ranked sixteenth on the US Top 100.
This song, according to the band's frontman John Rzeznik, is about a woman with a heroin addiction and how her lover is desperately trying to save her.
Like many other songs by the Goo Goo Dolls, "Black Balloon" uses an unusual alternate tuning. Several electric guitars used in the introduction and the acoustic rhythm guitar are tuned to an open D-flat fifth chord.
[edit] Ranking
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||
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| US Hot 100 | US Modern Rock |
US Mainstream Rock |
Adult Top 40 | |||
| 1999 | "Black Balloon" | 16 | 13 | 28 | 3 | Dizzy Up the Girl |
