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Broadway (Goo Goo Dolls song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Broadway
| cover = Broadway GGD Single.jpg
| alt =
| caption = German maxi-single artwork
| type = single
| artist = Goo Goo Dolls
| album = Dizzy Up the Girl
| released = 2000
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:58
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer = John Rzeznik
| producer =
* Rob Cavallo
* Goo Goo Dolls
| prev_title = Black Balloon
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Here Is Gone
| next_year = 2002
| misc =
}}
"'Broadway'" is a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. The song was released in 2000 as the last single from their sixth studio album, 'Dizzy Up the Girl' (1998). Although not as popular as the albums previous singles "Iris" and "Slide", the song still managed to hit number 24 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 and number 84 on the 'Billboard' year-end Hot 100 singles of 2000. The single also peaked number 7 on the Canadian 'RPM' Top Singles chart and number 6 on the Icelandic Singles Chart.
Content
The song refers to the Broadway-Filmore neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, a lower income, working-class neighborhood in which songwriter John Rzeznik grew up. It also describes Rzeznik's difficult relationship with his alcoholic father, who died when Rzeznik was 15, and the "cycle of destruction" that he witnessed in the neighborhood. The lyrics '"See the young man sittin' in the old mans bar / Waitin' for his turn to die"' specifically refers to a common occurrence he saw in the bar he and his father frequented:
Track listings
'German maxi-single'
# "Broadway" (album version)
# "Naked" (live version)
# "Black Balloon" (live version)
'Australian maxi-single'
# "Broadway" 3:57
# "Black Balloon" 4:11
# "Slide" 3:32
# "Naked" (live) 3:55
# "Black Balloon" (live) 3:42
Charts
Weekly charts
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References
Category:1998 songs
Category:2000 singles
Category:Goo Goo Dolls songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Rob Cavallo
Category:Songs written by John Rzeznik
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Culture of Buffalo, New York
Category:Songs about alcohol
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