Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles

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Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedNovember 13, 2007
Recorded1998–2007
Genre Alternative rock
Length52:47
Label Warner Bros.
The Goo Goo Dolls chronology
Let Love In
(2006)
Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles
(2007)
Vol.2
(2008)
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Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles is a greatest hits album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It contains every hit single from Dizzy up the Girl to Let Love In , a newly recorded track, "Before It's Too Late", from the Transformers motion picture and a newly recorded version of their first hit single, "Name". The album was released on November 13, 2007. [7]

Contents

The follow-up compilation, Vol.2 , was released on August 19, 2008, consisting of rarities, B-sides, covers and a DVD of music videos and live performances. [7]

Volume One debuted at number 33 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 33,000 copies in its first week. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Let Love In" (from Let Love In , 2006)5:00
2."Dizzy" (from Dizzy Up the Girl , 1998)2:41
3."Here Is Gone" (from Gutterflower , 2002)3:58
4."Slide" (from Dizzy Up the Girl, 1998)3:33
5."Name" (New Version, originally from A Boy Named Goo , 1995)4:15
6."Stay with You" (from Let Love In, 2006)3:56
7."Before It's Too Late" (from Transformers: The Album , 2007)3:07
8."Broadway" (from Dizzy Up the Girl, 1998)3:58
9."Feel the Silence" (Remix, original from Let Love In, 2006)3:56
10."Better Days" (from Let Love In, 2006)3:33
11."Big Machine" (from Gutterflower, 2002)3:10
12."Black Balloon" (from Dizzy Up the Girl, 1998)4:10
13."Sympathy" (from Gutterflower, 2002)2:58
14."Iris" (from Dizzy Up the Girl, 1998)4:49
Total length:52:47

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [14] Gold100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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