“Long Way Down” by Goo Goo Dolls

"Long Way Down" was the fifth and final single the Goo Goo Dolls drew from A Boy Named Goo, the Warner Bros. album that became their breakthrough. John Rzeznik wrote the music and the words, and Lou Giordano ran the whole show behind the board, producing, engineering and mixing, with Steve Regina assisting.

Rock radio bit hard: it reached No. 7 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and 25 on Modern Rock Tracks, and while it never cracked Billboard's Top 40/Mainstream list, it still got to 49 on the Radio & Records CHR/Pop chart. Hollywood grabbed it for the 1996 Twister soundtrack, and on May 22 of that year the band played it on Beverly Hills, 90210. The video keeps it simple: the three of them playing in a dark room while the camera lurches and spins around them.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.