Long Way Down (Goo Goo Dolls song)

"Long Way Down"
Single by Goo Goo Dolls
from the album A Boy Named Goo
ReleasedJune 11, 1996 (1996-06-11)[1]
GenrePop-punk[2]
Length3:28
LabelWarner Bros.
SongwriterJohn Rzeznik
ProducerLou Giordano
Goo Goo Dolls singles chronology
"Naked"
(1996) 		"Long Way Down"
(1996) 		"Lazy Eye"
(1997)

"Long Way Down" is a song by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls from their 1995 breakthrough album, A Boy Named Goo. Released as the album's fifth and final single, "Long Way Down" reached No. 7 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and No. 25 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It did not appeared on the Billboard Top 40/Mainstream chart, it did reach No. 49 on the Radio & Records CHR/Pop chart. "Long Way Down" appeared on the soundtrack for the 1996 film Twister. The band performed the song on the May 22, 1996, episode of Beverly Hills, 90210.

Music video

The official music video for "Long Way Down" shows the three band members playing in a darkened room, with quick and dizzying camera angles.

Track listings

  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

Charts

Cover versions

"Long Way Down" was covered by the metalcore band Haste the Day as the final track on their album When Everything Falls, released in 2005 on Solid State Records.[7] In 2009, the rapper Charles Hamilton sampled "Long Way Down" on a song titled "Something" for his mixtape My Brain Is Alive.

References

  1. ^ "Selected New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1149. June 7, 1996. p. 35.
  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Goo Goo Dolls – A Boy Named Goo". AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  3. ^ "Goo Goo Dolls Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  4. ^ "Goo Goo Dolls Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  5. ^ "Goo Goo Dolls". wweb.uta.edu. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  6. ^ "Airplay Monitor Best of '96: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 4, no. 53. December 27, 1996. p. 23.
  7. ^ "W&W reveal unique music video for their newest track 'Long Way Down'". We Rave You. May 8, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
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