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“Slide” by Goo Goo Dolls

From the album Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)

“Slide” by Goo Goo Dolls appears on 38 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 1998 and 2023. It was first released in 1998 on the album Dizzy Up the Girl. Its best result is #23 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #39 alternative song of 1998, #1,863 alternative song of all time and #116 of the '90s.

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18stations
#23best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1998–2023years charted

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"Slide" led the charge for Dizzy Up the Girl, the Goo Goo Dolls' sixth album, arriving as its first single in September 1998. John Rzeznik wrote it, and for all its breezy jangle it tells a heavy story: by his account it's about a Catholic girl who gets pregnant and talks it through with her boyfriend. Rob Cavallo produced with the band, and the sound is sunlit and chiming, Rzeznik's strummed guitars bright against Robby Takac's bass and Mike Malinin's drums.

It was built for every kind of radio at once, and it worked: it went to number one on four separate Billboard charts, from Modern Rock to Adult Top 40, reached number eight on the Hot 100 in early 1999, and topped the chart in Canada as well.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 54 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 28 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 91
1998 53 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 41 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 45 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 43 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 102
1998 98 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 42 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 100
1998 32 DC101 Washington, D.C. DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 38 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102
1999 88 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 107
1999 87 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 106
1999 30 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 101
1999 23 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 100
1999 37 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 107
1999 67 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 103
1999 29 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 345 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 115 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 184 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1886 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 77 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 1888 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2000 75 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 103
2001 1892 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 136 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 1877 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1846 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1847 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 709 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2014 436 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 469 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2020 71 DC101 Top DC101 of the 90's 101
2020 139 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 375 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 360 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 361 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 337 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420

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