Hold Me Up

Studio album by Goo Goo Dolls

Released

October 16, 1990

Recorded

1990 at Trackmaster Audio, Buffalo, NY

Genre

Punk rock, college rock

Length

39:33

Label

Metal Blade

Producer

Armand John Petri

Goo Goo Dolls chronology

Jed
(1989)

Hold Me Up
(1990)

Superstar Car Wash
(1993)

Singles from Hold Me Up

"There You Are"
Released: 1990

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[2]
Robert Christgau	^[3]

Hold Me Up is the third studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls, released by Metal Blade Records in 1990. This is considered the band's true major-label debut, as previous albums were organized by the band themselves. It features their first single, "There You Are," which became their first music video as well. Some consider this album the Goo Goo Dolls' last true "garage rock" album. Also, this marks the beginning of John Rzeznik's emergence as the band's principal lead vocalist. This album was rereleased in 1990.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Laughing"	3:41
2.	"Just the Way You Are"	3:08
3.	"So Outta Line"	2:23
4.	"There You Are"	3:05
5.	"You Know What I Mean"	3:24
6.	"Out of the Red"	1:40
7.	"Never Take the Place of Your Man (Prince)"	3:52
8.	"Hey"	2:51
9.	"On Your Side"	3:04
10.	"22 Seconds"	0:39
11.	"Kevin's Song"	3:09
12.	"Know My Name"	2:42
13.	"A Million Miles Away (Joey Alkes, Peter Case, Chris Fradkin)"	2:44
14.	"Two Days in February"	3:14

Personnel

Johnny Rzeznik - lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2, 4, 5, 13, and 14, co-lead vocals on track 8
Robby Takac - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12, co-lead vocals on track 8
George Tutuska - drums, lead vocals on track number 10

Additional personnel

Lance Diamond - lead vocals on track 7

Just the Way You Are EP

An EP featuring the studio version of the title song and three live tracks from "Hold Me Up" was released in 1991.^[4]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Just the Way You Are"	3:08
2.	"Just the Way You Are" (Live in Nashville)	3:13
3.	"Hey" (Live in Nashville)	2:32
4.	"You Know What I Mean" (Live in Nashville)	3:24

Chart positions

Album

"Hold Me Up" did not place in any album charts, as it was released before the Goo Goo Dolls' mainstream breakthrough with their hit single "Name" in 1995.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak Chart Positions
Year	Title	U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs (Modern Rock Songs)
1990	"There You Are"	24

References

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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