Name (song)
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| Single by Goo Goo Dolls from the album A Boy Named Goo |
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| Released | September 26, 1995 | ||||
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| Genre | Alternative Rock | ||||
| Length | 4 min 30 s | ||||
| Label | Metal Blade Records/Warner Bros. Records | ||||
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"Name" is a single from the Goo Goo Dolls' album, A Boy Named Goo. The song, the band's first hit, topped both the US Modern Rock and the US Mainstream Rock charts, and reached as high as number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Until the release of Dizzy Up the Girl three years later, "Name" was by far the band's most popular and well known song.
The band re-recorded this song for their compilation album, Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles. The new version is much rawer with a very stripped down production compared to the original 1995 recording.
[edit] Song composition
According to lead singer Johnny Rzeznik it happened "quite accidentally". Rzeznik explained how he came up with the songs' unusual tuning, D A E A E E while performing at a KFOG private radio show on 11/30/98. "It was weird, I was just sitting on my couch randomly twisting the tuning pegs, and I couldn't figure out what notes the guitar was tuned to, so I had to grab my tuner to find out, and then I jotted them down on a post it." Rzeznik then proceeded to say "I just sat there and let my fingers play the fretboard openly, and that is what became the progression of 'Name'.". In a recent quote, he stated the following. "I wrote this song about feeling like I was wasting time, and my life; just wasting everything, and this song is what came out of it"
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart | Position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100 | #5 |
| US Modern Rock Tracks | #1 |
| US Mainstream Rock Tracks | #1 |
| Adult Top 40 | #2 |
| Preceded by "Comedown" by Bush |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single October 7, 1995 |
Succeeded by "Hand in My Pocket" by Alanis Morissette |
| Preceded by "Lump" by The Presidents Of The United States Of America(band) |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single October 28, 1995 - November 11, 1995 |
Succeeded by "My Friends" by Red Hot Chili Peppers |
