A Boy Named Goo

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A Boy Named Goo
A Boy Named Goo cover
Studio album by Goo Goo Dolls
Released March 14, 1995
Genre Alternative rock
Length 42:20
Label Metal Blade Records/Warner Brothers
Producer Goo Goo Dolls and Lou Giordano
Professional reviews
Goo Goo Dolls chronology
Superstar Car Wash
(1993)		 A Boy Named Goo
(1995)		 Dizzy Up The Girl
(1998)

A Boy Named Goo, sometimes referred to as ABNG, is an album by the Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1995 on Warner Brothers Records.

This is the Goo Goo Dolls' last studio album with George Tutuska on drums; he was replaced by current drummer Mike Malinin just before the album was released. The song "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).

At the time of its release Target stores and Wal-Mart refused to sell the CD because of the cover of the album. They thought that if people saw the adult hands over a small child with a red substance on the child's face people might mistake it for blood and they might get the wrong idea. What is on the child's face is actually red berries.[citation needed]

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.

Haste the Day, a metalcore band, covered the song "Long Way Down" for their album When Everything Falls.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Long Way Down" (John Rzeznik) – 3:29
  2. "Burnin' Up" (Robby Takac) – 2:29
  3. "Naked" (Rzeznik) – 3:44
  4. "Flat Top" (Rzeznik) – 4:30
  5. "Impersonality" (Takac) – 2:40
  6. "Name" (Rzeznik) – 4:30
  7. "Only One" (Rzeznik) – 3:18
  8. "Somethin' Bad" (Takac) – 2:31
  9. "Ain't That Unusual" (Rzeznik) – 3:20
  10. "So Long" (Takac) – 2:33
  11. "Eyes Wide Open" (Rzeznik) – 3:57
  12. "Disconnected" (Joe Bompczyk, Bob Guariglia, Pete Secrist, Fred Suchman) – 3:01
  13. "Slave Girl" (Mick Blood, Richard Jakimyszyn) – 2:18

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1995 The Billboard 200 27

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1995 "Naked" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 9
1995 "Name" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1995 "Name" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1
1995 "Name" Billboard Hot 100 5
1995 "Only One" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 21
1995 "Long Way Down" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 25

[edit] Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – U.S. Gold November 16, 1995
RIAA – U.S. Platinum February 8, 1996
RIAA – U.S. Double Platinum July 17, 1996
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