Dizzy Up the Girl
Album by Goo Goo Dolls
Released	September 22, 1998
Recorded	???
Genre	Indie
Length	45:03
Label	Warner Brothers
Producer(s)	Goo Goo Dolls
Professional reviews
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Goo Goo Dolls chronology
A Boy Named Goo (1995)	Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)	Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce (2001)

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• Certified gold (500,000 copies sold) on December 3, 1998
• Certified platinum (1,000,000 copies sold) on December 3, 1998
• Certified double-platinum (2,000,000 copies sold) on March 24, 1999
• Certified triple-platinum (3,000,000 copies sold) on November 10, 1999

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Track listing

1. "Dizzy" (Johnny Rzeznik)
2. "Slide" (Johnny Rzeznik)
3. "Broadway" (Johnny Rzeznik)
4. "January Friend" (Robby Takac)
5. "Black Balloon" (Johnny Rzeznik)
6. "Bullet Proof" (Johnny Rzeznik)
7. "Amigone" (Robby Takac)
8. "All Eyes On Me" (Johnny Rzeznik)
9. "Full Forever" (Robby Takac)
10. "Acoustic #3" (Johnny Rzeznik)
11. "Iris" (Johnny Rzeznik)
12. "Extra Pale" (Robby Takac)
13. "Hate This Place" (Johnny Rzeznik)

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Song Information

Dizzy (single)

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"Dizzy"

"Dizzy" was released as a single, peaking at #9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart on January 5 1999. An example of a Billboard Magazine. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1998 in music, 1999 in British music, other events of 1999, 2000 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 7 After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. ...

Slide (single)

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"Slide"

"Slide" has a video and was released as a single. It hit #1 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart on March 3, 1999, and #9 on the Hot 100 Singles Chart on January 5 1999. March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

"Slide" is about a girl who is pregnant and deciding what to do.

"Broadway"

"Broadway" is another commentary on Buffalo, specifically the worldview of the residents there.

"January Friend"

"January Friend" came from a trip Robby took in Hawaii. He claimed that many strange things came out of a trip to paradise. State nickname: The Aloha State Official languages Hawaiian and English Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle (R) Senators Daniel Inouye (D) Daniel Akaka (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 43rd 28,337 km² 41. ...

Black Balloon (single)

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"Black Balloon"

According to one source, Johnny has said that "Black Balloon" is about "seeing someone you love that is so great just fuck up so bad." Speculation as to the song's subject has included bassist Robby Takac's wife (who overdosed on heroin). "Black Balloon" was released as a single and has a video.

"Bullet Proof"

The fast and rocking "Bullet Proof" is one of the Goo Goo Dolls' more known songs, and it has recieved an award or two.

"Amigone"

The name "Amigone" comes from a chain of funeral homes in the Buffalo area.

"All Eyes On Me"

"All Eyes On Me" is a beautiful song, but seemingly more of the pop genre than other songs. Reports say that it relates to shame and being cast out, though more information is unknown. Look up pop on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

"Full Forever"

This song was inspired by Robby's girlfriend of the time.

"Acoustic #3"

According to Johnny Rzeznik, "Acoustic #3" is intentionally short (running only about two minutes) in order to prevent it from being released as single. He wanted the song to be appreciated for what it was, not because it was constantly played on the radio. It supposedly speaks of close friends and family lying to each other.

Iris (single)

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"Iris"

"Iris" was originally written for the soundtrack of the 1998 film City of Angels, but it was later included on Dizzy Up the Girl. It was the first song that the Goo Goo Dolls had been asked to write specifically for a movie. Upon its release, the song became second of a string of hits from the movie's soundtrack. (The first was Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited", the third was Sarah McLachlan's "Angel".) 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... City of Angels is a film that was directed by Brad Silberling in 1998. ... Uninvited is a song written, performed, and co-produced by Alanis Morissette. ...

Chartwise, "Iris" did very well. On the Billboard charts, "Iris" peaked at #2 and held onto the position for 5 weeks. It spent 18 weeks on top of the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the longest stay by a song, however was not allowed to chart on the Hot 100 until after its peak passed, because no commercial single was released. By the time the single had been released, however, the album cut implementation had been introduced, but it is likely had the implementation had been introduced earlier, "Iris" would have certainly topped the Hot 100. An example of a Billboard Magazine. ... The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

The instrumentals in the song are heavily driven by guitar riffs and violins, with a steady drumbeat beneath. The lyrics tell the story of an unknown person's desire to be known by the object of his love. However, he seeks to avoid the notice of others because of possible repercussions. The theme of these lyrics ties in directly to the movie, in which an angel falls in love with a mortal woman, and can only stay with her by giving up his angelic nature and becoming mortal. Violin The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

In the music video, the band is shown high up in skyscrapers, watching the lives of people through telescopes. This theme reflects on what the angels do in the film. Interspersed throughout the video are clips from the film depicting scenes where the angel is falling in love and deciding whether or not to give up being an angel. Taipei 101, considered the worlds tallest skyscraper. ...

Songwriter Johnny Rzeznik has been quoted as saying he broke several years of writer's block and several years of sobriety simultaneously the night he wrote this track. Writers block is the psychological or social condition in which a writer temporarily loses the capability to continue writing, whether through losing inspiration or confidence in his/her creativity, or through other personal difficulties. ... Sobriety may refer to the state of demonstrating solemn or dignified personal behaviour, and also encompasses moderation or abstinence with regard to (typically) the consumption of alcoholic beverages or drugs. ...

"Extra Pale"

"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"

"Hate This Place" was intentionally written in the style of The Replacements, because apparently many critics said the Goo Goo Dolls sounded like them. Though Dizzy Up The Girl was one of the first few albums where the Goos broke free of that reputation, vocalist Johnny Rzeznik mentioned that it "brought back memories for the band, good and bad." The Replacements (also known as The Mats or The Mats by fans) were a seminal alternative rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Johnny Rzeznik (center) on the cover of the Goo Goo Dolls single Big Machine John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik (pronounced REZ-nick), commonly known as Johnny Rzeznik, is the frontman of rock band the Goo Goo Dolls. ...