Slide (song)

"Slide" is a song recorded by American alternative rock group The Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in September 1998 as the first commercial single release^[1] from their sixth studio album, Dizzy Up the Girl.

The song reached number one on both the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Mainstream Top 40 chart, and number eight on the Hot 100 chart in late 1998 and early 1999. The song also debuted at #1 on Canada's Singles chart, and stayed on the chart for 70 more weeks.^[2]^[3] The single was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 18, 2008. "Slide" achieved the same success and popularity as their previous hit single "Iris" where it also hit number one on the same charts, but "Iris" stayed longer on the chart and longer at the number one spot than "Slide' still making "Iris" slightly more successful but "Slide" still became their 2nd most successful song to date and it slightly charted higher and became slightly more successful than their previous hit "Name" the same way "Iris" was.

Content

In a 2002 performance on VH1 Storytellers, Rzeznik explained that the song refers to a teenage girl in a strict Catholic environment who has become pregnant. She and her boyfriend are debating as to the possibility of abortion or marriage. It has been argued that the ending verse of the song suggests the young couple finally opts for an abortion. Also suggested is that 'I will run away' means they run away and live their lives, whatever that may be.

Several lines, 'little pieces of the nothing that fall' seem to consider one angle on abortion, while others 'don't you love the life you killed' seem to imply others. In spite of the 'killed', parts of the song imply they are still trying to decide what to do. One suggestion even holds that 'the life you killed' is the girl's life, and 'pieces...fall' refers to her possible life with him, coming after 'I'll do anything you ever dreamed to be complete. (Arguments for various interpretations available at the '[1]' link after 'quite some time').^[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Nancy Bardawil and partially filmed at the El Dorado Hotel in South Spring Street, Los Angeles.

Reception

In October 2012, "Slide" was ranked number 9 on Billboard's "Top 100 Pop Songs 1992-2012" chart, which also featured Goo Goo Dolls hits "Iris", which topped the chart at #1, and "Name" ranking at number 24. The Goo Goo Dolls are the only musicians to have three songs chart on the list, two breaking the top 10 and all three falling within the top 25. They are also the only musicians that have back to back singles ("Iris", 1998 and "Slide", 1999) featured on the list.^[5]

Track listing

United Kingdom

"Slide" - 3:33
"Acoustic #3" - 1:56
"Nothing Can Change You" (Tommy Keene cover) - 3:14

Chart positions

Peak positions

Chart (1998-1999)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^{[ 1]}	29
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	1
Canada Alternative 30 (RPM)	5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^{[ 1]}	36
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	43
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	1
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	4
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart^[6]	18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[7]	13

Chart successions

Preceded by "Celebrity Skin" by Hole	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single (first run) October 31, 1998 (1 week)	Succeeded by "Celebrity Skin" by Hole
Preceded by "Celebrity Skin" by Hole	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single (second run) November 14, 1998 (1 week)	Succeeded by "Fly Away" by Lenny Kravitz

Notes

↑ The song "Iris" was the first song from Dizzy Up the Girl to be played on the radio; however, there was no commercial release until after "Slide."
↑ "Top Singles - Volume 68, No. 4, October 19, 1998". RPM. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
↑ "Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 15, February 21, 2000". RPM. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
↑ Rzeznik: "...the song is actually about these two teenage kids, and the girlfriend gets pregnant and... they're trying to decide whether she should get an abortion, or they should get married or what should go on..." (VH1 Storytellers: The Goo Goo Dolls, directly before they perform Slide)
↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/474814/the-top-100-pop-songs-1992-2012-from-no-100-to-no-1
↑ "Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999". RPM. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Retrieved 2010-08-28.

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

v t e Goo Goo Dolls

John Rzeznik Robby Takac George Tutuska Mike Malinin

Studio albums	Goo Goo Dolls Jed Hold Me Up Superstar Car Wash A Boy Named Goo Dizzy Up the Girl Gutterflower Let Love In Something for the Rest of Us Magnetic

Extended plays	Just the Way You Are EP Bang! Dizzy EP Platinum Play EP Rolling Stone Original Waiting for the Rest of It iTunes Live from SoHo

Live albums	Live in Buffalo: July 4th 2004

Compilations	What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce iTunes Originals Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles Vol.2

Videography	Music in High Places: Live in Alaska Live in Buffalo: July 4th 2004 Live and Intimate

Singles	"There You Are" "I'm Awake Now" "We Are the Normal" "Only One" "Flat Top" "Name" "Naked" "Long Way Down" "Lazy Eye" "Iris" "Slide" "Dizzy" "Black Balloon" "Broadway" "Here Is Gone" "Big Machine" "Sympathy" "Give a Little Bit" "Better Days" "Let Love In" "Stay with You" "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)" "Real" "Home" "Notbroken" "All That You Are" "Rebel Beat" "Come to Me"

Tours	Something for the Rest of Us Tour 2013 Summer Tour Canada 2014 The Otis Midnight Sessions

Related material	Discography Metal Blade Records Warner Bros. Records

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