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| "Long Way Down" | ||||
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| Single by Goo Goo Dolls | ||||
| from the album A Boy Named Goo | ||||
| Released | March 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Pop-punk [1] | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Rzeznik | |||
| Producer(s) | Lou Giordano | |||
| Goo Goo Dolls singles chronology | ||||
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"Long Way Down" is the fifth single by the Goo Goo Dolls from their 1995 breakthrough album, A Boy Named Goo . The song is often overshadowed by the low-key ballad "Name", which launched the band to household names. Although it wasn't as successful as the chart-topping success of "Name" on the rock and pop charts, "Long Way Down" reached No. 7 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and No. 25 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It didn't make it to Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart, although it did reach a peak of #49 on the Radio & Records pop chart for one week on July 26, 1996 before falling off the following week. [2] "Long Way Down" appeared on the soundtrack for the 1996 film Twister , which contributed to the song's success. The band performed the song on the May 22, 1996, episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 .
"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. [3] In 2009, the rapper Charles Hamilton sampled "Long Way Down" on a song titled "Something" for his mixtape My Brain Is Alive.
The official music video for "Long Way Down" shows the three band members playing in a darkened room, with quick and dizzying camera angles.
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [4] | 25 |
| US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [5] | 7 |
| US Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart [2] | 49 |