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“We Are The Normal” by Goo Goo Dolls

From the album Superstar Car Wash (1993)

“We Are The Normal” by Goo Goo Dolls appears on 21 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1993 and 2026. It was first released in 1993 on the album Superstar Car Wash. Its best result is #84 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #245 alternative song of 1993 and #1,564 alternative song of all time.

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#84best position

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1993–2026years charted

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The Goo Goo Dolls - "We Are The Normal" [Official Music Video]

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"We Are the Normal" was the lone single from Superstar Car Wash, the Goo Goo Dolls' fourth album, and it gave them the chance to work with one of their biggest influences, Paul Westerberg, formerly of the Replacements. John Rzeznik put his music on a cassette for Westerberg, who fitted words to what he heard.

The result swings between extremes. Quiet stretches let a mournful viola wind through acoustic guitars, the verses plug in and drive, with Rzeznik sounding urgent and couldn't-care-less at the same time, and the chorus goes straight for the rafters. Like a lot of the band's early singles, it only ever went out as a one-track promo, yet it still climbed to number 5 on the US Modern Rock chart.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

#1,094 of the '90s

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1993	84	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993	107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1994	497	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)	500
1996	471	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)	498
1999	981	Q101	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1017
1999	412	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)	500
1999	1029	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	438	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)	500
2000	759	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	437	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)	498
2001	759	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	759	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	1448	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	759	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	759	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	759	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2005	128	99X	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)	1000
2007	1946	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1950	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1976	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2022	457	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s	900
2026	1040	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound	1055

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