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“Naked” by Goo Goo Dolls
From the album A Boy Named Goo (1994)
“Naked” by Goo Goo Dolls appears on 14 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1996 and 2005. It was first released in 1994 on the album A Boy Named Goo. Its best result is #41 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #82 alternative song of 1996 and #2,045 alternative song of all time.
"Naked" was the fourth single the Goo Goo Dolls pulled from A Boy Named Goo, their fifth studio album, going out on Warner Bros. at the start of 1996, and it carried the band into the top 50 of the airplay charts in both the US and Canada.
John Rzeznik wrote it alone, words and music. Lou Giordano produced, engineered and mixed it, with Steve Regina assisting on the engineering, and the result is tight, hooky rock that manages to sound scrappy and radio-ready at the same time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 41 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
| 1996 | 44 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 95 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 | 104 |
| 1996 | 51 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 | 96 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 430 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 405 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 1272 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1273 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1275 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1274 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 786 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1259 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1260 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1260 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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