Dizzy Up the Girl

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Dizzy Up the Girl
Dizzy Up the Girl cover
Studio album by Goo Goo Dolls
Released September 22, 1998
Genre Rock
Length 45:03
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Rob Cavallo & Goo Goo Dolls
Professional reviews
Goo Goo Dolls chronology
A Boy Named Goo
(1995)		 Dizzy Up The Girl
(1998)		 What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce
(2001)

Dizzy Up the Girl is the 6th album by Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1998 on Warner Bros.. In most parts of the world, this is their most successful album to date, selling over 3 million copies (3x platinum certified). The success of Dizzy Up the Girl can arguably be attributed to the power ballad "Iris," the Goo Goo Dolls biggest hit so far. "Iris" immediately reached #1 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and stayed on top for an amazing 18 weeks, setting a record that still stands today. The song also reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, along with several other charts in the U.S and U.K, and included 3 Grammy nominations. The song has been covered by several mainstream artists, in particular Avril Lavigne, New Found Glory and Ronan Keating.

In addition to the huge success of "Iris" (US #9), Dizzy Up the Girl featured four additional top ten singles, with the songs "Slide" (US #8), "Broadway" (US #24), "Black Balloon" (US #16), and "Dizzy" (US #108). Along with top ten single status, music videos for all five songs reached VH1's Top 20 Music Videos chart upon release.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Dizzy" (Johnny Rzeznik) – 2:41
  2. "Slide" (Rzeznik) – 3:32
  3. "Broadway" (Rzeznik) – 3:58
  4. "January Friend" (Robby Takac) – 2:44
  5. "Black Balloon" (Rzeznik) – 4:09
  6. "Bullet Proof" (Rzeznik) – 4:37
  7. "Amigone" (Takac) – 3:15
  8. "All Eyes on Me" (Rzeznik/Takac) – 3:57
  9. "Full Forever" (Takac) – 2:51
  10. "Acoustic #3" (Rzeznik) – 1:56
  11. "Iris" (Rzeznik) – 4:49
  12. "Extra Pale" (Takac) – 2:10
  13. "Hate This Place" (Rzeznik) – 4:24

[edit] Song information

  • "Broadway" is a commentary on Buffalo, specifically the worldview of the residents there. This song was covered by then Cleveland Indians shortstop Omar Vizquel on the CD "Oh Say Can You Sing?"
  • "January Friend" came from a trip Robby took in Hawaii. He claimed that many strange things came out of a trip to paradise.
  • The name "Amigone" comes from a chain of funeral homes in the Buffalo area.
  • While Rzeznik and Takac usually write songs individually, "All Eyes on Me" is a collaborative number. "I was so stuck," says Rzeznik, "and Robby had been listening to me sort of sing along with the track in the studio and started jotting down what he thought I was saying. And it worked." Says Takac, "Johnny's songs are a bit more descriptive, and I speak in generalizations. This was sort of cool; we hadn't written a song together like that since SCW."
  • "Full Forever" was inspired by Robby's girlfriend of the time.
  • According to Johnny Rzeznik, "Acoustic #3" is intentionally short (running less than two full minutes) in order to prevent it from being released as a single. He wanted the song to be appreciated for what it was, not because it was constantly played on the radio. Incidentally, it is the most popular non-single song on this album (according to iTunes download information) and it remains a fan favorite.
  • "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" was intentionally written in the style of The Replacements, because many critics said the Goo Goo Dolls sounded like them.
  • "Slide" was covered by Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo on his album Covering the Bases.