- Black Balloon
Infobox Single
Name = Black Balloon
Background = Orange
Artist =Goo Goo Dolls
from Album =Dizzy Up the Girl
Released =August 31 ,1999
Format =CD single
Recorded =
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 4:09
Label =Warner Bros. Records
Writer =
Producer =Goo Goo Dolls
Last single = "Dizzy"
(1999)
This single = "Black Balloon"
(1999)
Next single = "Broadway"
(2000):"This article is about the third single to be released from the "
Dizzy Up the Girl " album by theGoo Goo Dolls . For the 2008 film, seeThe Black Balloon (film) ."Track listing
Unites States release
#"Black Balloon (Radio Remix)" - 4:09
United Kingdom release
#"Black Balloon (Radio Edit)" - 4:01
#"Black Balloon (Album Version)" - 4:09
#"Naked" - 3:44Meaning and composition
This song, according to the band's frontman
Johnny Rzeznik , is about a woman with aheroin addiction and how her lover is desperately trying to save her. He has also said that is about "seeing someone you love that is so great just screw up so bad." Speculation as to the song's subject has included bassistRobby Takac 's wife (who overdosed on heroin).Like many other songs by the Goo Goo Dolls, "Black Balloon" uses an unusual alternate tuning. Several electric guitars used in the introduction and the acoustic rhythm guitar are tuned to an open D-flat fifth chord.
Music video
The video for the song opens with a woman blowing smoke into a soap bubble (a "black balloon"). The video then changes focus and shows various scenes from a 50's or 60's era swim club while the band performs the song.
Chart positions
The track was major hit at rock radio, reaching #13 and #28 on "Billboard"'s
Modern Rock Tracks andMainstream Rock Tracks charts, respectively. It also became the fourth pop hit for the band, reaching #16 on the "Billboard"Hot 100 .
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