Flat Top (song)

"Flat Top"

Single by Goo Goo Dolls

from the album A Boy Named Goo

Released

1995

Format

CD Single

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

4:30

Label

Warner Bros.

Goo Goo Dolls singles chronology

"Only One"
(1995)

"Flat Top"
(1995)

"Name"
(1995)

"Flat Top" is a song and single by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released as the second single from the album A Boy Named Goo.

According to fans, before the song was released on record, the lyric "Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?" had the word "joke" replaced with "sh*t" in concert. This has not been confirmed but was most likely changed to avoid a Parental Advisory label.

Track listing

"Flat Top" - 4:30

Chart positions

Chart	Position
US Mainstream Rock Tracks	38

Music video

The music video for "Flat Top" contains many different elements, mostly pertaining to the public being consumed by television. The video mostly takes place in a run down apartment building, with residents each watching TV mindlessly. John, Robby, and Mike are playing in one of the rooms, as images of civilians replaced with TV heads flash across the screen. The camera also shows examples of homeless people, implying that the world should be caring about a lot more than what's on TV.

John Rzeznik has stated that during the shooting of this video, a station caught hold of their next single, Name, so they had to go shoot a video for that song the very next day. That was the first sign of success for the Goo Goo Dolls.

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 Boxes

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

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" "Caught in the Storm"

Other songs	"Laughing" "So Far Away"

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

Related material	Discography

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