Song · Goo Goo Dolls
“Big Machine” by Goo Goo Dolls
From the album Gutterflower (2002)
“Big Machine” by Goo Goo Dolls appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2002. It was first released in 2002 on the album Gutterflower. Its best result is #15 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #152 alternative song of 2002.
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"Big Machine" arrived in 2002 on the Goo Goo Dolls' album Gutterflower, and Johnny Rzeznik, who wrote it alone, has called it his "disco song"; it once went by the name "Disco". He describes it as a driving story of love that goes unreturned, and on VH1's Storytellers he said it was written about the people of Los Angeles and the way they live there. Rzeznik sings and plays guitar, with Robby Takac on bass and sharing the vocals; Rob Cavallo produced it with the band, and Tom Lord-Alge mixed.
It went out on a U.S. promo CD and on an Australian CD single backed with "Black Balloon" and "Broadway", and the band used it to open their Independence Day concert, captured on the DVD Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 62 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 | 89 |
| 2002 | 66 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 | 105 |
| 2002 | 15 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002 | 40 |
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