Long Way Down (Goo Goo Dolls song)

"Long Way Down"
Single by Goo Goo Dolls
from the album A Boy Named Goo
Released March 1996
Format CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge
Length 3:28
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) John Rzeznik
Producer(s) Lou Giordano
Goo Goo Dolls singles chronology
"Naked"
(1995)		 "Long Way Down"
(1995)		 "Lazy Eye"
(1996)

"Long Way Down" is the fifth single by the Goo Goo Dolls from their breakthrough album, 1995's A Boy Named Goo. This song is often overshadowed by the low-key ballad "Name", which launched the band to household names. Although it could not match the chart-topping success of "Name" on the rock and pop charts, "Long Way Down" reached #7 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, but only made it halfway up the Modern Rock Tracks chart (#25). It did not reach the pop charts. "Long Way Down" was also part of the soundtrack for the 1996 film Twister.

Track listing

  1. "Long Way Down" - 3:28
  2. "Don't Change" (Live)
  3. "Name" (Live)

Germany release

  1. "Long Way Down (Tom Lord-Alge remix)" - 3:31
  2. "Don't Change (Live)" - 3:48
  3. "Name (Live)" - 3:53

Use by other artists

"Long Way Down" was covered by metalcore band Haste the Day as the final track on their album When Everything Falls, released in 2005 on Solid State Records.

In 2009, rapper Charles Hamilton sampled "Long Way Down" on a song titled "Something" for his mixtape My Brain Is Alive.

Chart positions

Chart (1996) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 25
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 7

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