Slide ( Goo Goo Dolls song ) - wikipedia Slide ( Goo Goo Dolls song ) This article is about the 1998 Goo Goo dolls song. For other songs, see Slide ( disambiguation ). `` Slide '' Single by Goo Goo Dolls from the album Dizzy Up the Girl Released September 17, 1998 Format Audio CD Genre Alternative rock Length 3 : 32 Label Warner Bros. Songwriter ( s ) Johnny Rzeznik Producer ( s ) Rob Cavallo, Goo Goo Dolls Goo Goo Dolls singles chronology `` Iris '' ( 1998 ) `` Slide '' ( 1998 ) `` Dizzy '' ( 1999 ) `` Iris '' ( 1998 ) `` Slide '' ( 1998 ) `` Dizzy '' ( 1999 ) Music video `` Slide '' on YouTube `` Slide '' is a song recorded by American alternative rock group The Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in September 1998 as the first commercial single release from their sixth studio album, Dizzy Up the Girl. The song reached number one on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Mainstream Top 40 chart, and number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1998 and early 1999. The song also debuted at # 1 on Canada 's Singles chart, and stayed on the chart for 70 more weeks. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 18, 2008. Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Reception 4 Track listing 4.1 United Kingdom 5 Charts 5.1 Weekly charts 5.2 Year - end charts 6 Notes 7 External links Content In a 2002 performance on VH1 Storytellers, Rzeznik explained that the song refers to a teenage girl in a strict Catholic environment who has become pregnant. She and her boyfriend are debating as to the possibility of abortion or marriage. When the band guest starred on an episode of Sesame Street the song was reworked into `` Pride '' ; a song sung to Elmo that celebrated the tasks he accomplished in his life ; the episode aired on January 31, 2000. Music video The music video was directed by Nancy Bardawil and partially filmed at the El Dorado Hotel on South Spring Street, Los Angeles. Reception In October 2012, `` Slide '' was ranked number 9 on Billboard 's `` Top 100 Pop Songs 1992 - 2012 '' chart, which also featured Goo Goo Dolls hits `` Iris '', which topped the chart at # 1, and `` Name '' ranking at number 24. The Goo Goo Dolls are the only musicians to have three songs chart on the list, two breaking the top 10 and all three falling within the top 25. They are also the only musicians that have back to back singles ( `` Iris '', 1998 and `` Slide '', 1999 ) featured on the list. Track listing United Kingdom `` Slide '' -- 3 : 33 `` Acoustic # 3 '' -- 1 : 56 `` Nothing Can Change You '' ( Tommy Keene cover ) -- 3 : 14 Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1998 - 2013 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 29 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Canada Alternative 30 ( RPM ) 5 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 36 UK Singles ( The Official Charts Company ) 43 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks U.S. Billboard Rock Digital Songs 36 U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks Year - end charts Chart ( 1999 ) Position Canadian RPM Singles Chart 18 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 13 Notes Jump up ^ The song `` Iris '' was the first song from Dizzy Up the Girl to be played on the radio ; however, there was no commercial release until after `` Slide. '' Jump up ^ `` Top Singles -- Volume 68, No. 4, October 19, 1998 ''. RPM. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles -- Volume 70, No. 15, February 21, 2000 ''. RPM. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 20. Jump up ^ Rzeznik : ``... the song is actually about these two teenage kids, and the girlfriend gets pregnant and... they 're trying to decide whether she should get an abortion, or they should get married or what should go on... '' ( VH1 Storytellers : The Goo Goo Dolls, directly before they perform Slide ) Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/474814/the-top-100-pop-songs-1992-2012-from-no-100-to-no-1 Jump up ^ `` Australian-charts.com -- Goo Goo Dolls -- Slide ''. ARIA Top 50 Singles. Jump up ^ `` Charts.nz -- Goo Goo Dolls -- Slide ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles -- Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999 ''. RPM. Archived from the original on September 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 -- 1999 ''. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 28. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Video on YouTube Goo Goo Dolls John Rzeznik Robby Takac George Tutuska Mike Malinin Studio albums Goo Goo Dolls Jed Hold Me Up Superstar Car Wash A Boy Named Goo Dizzy Up the Girl Gutterflower Let Love In Something for the Rest of Us Magnetic Boxes Extended plays Just the Way You Are EP Bang ! Dizzy EP Platinum Play EP Rolling Stone Original Waiting for the Rest of It Live albums Live in Buffalo : July 4th, 2004 Compilations What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce iTunes Originals Greatest Hits Volume One : The Singles Vol. 2 Videography Music in High Places : Live in Alaska Live in Buffalo : July 4th, 2004 Live and Intimate Singles `` There You Are '' `` I 'm Awake Now '' `` We Are the Normal '' `` Only One '' `` Flat Top '' `` Name '' `` Naked '' `` Long Way Down '' `` Lazy Eye '' `` Iris '' `` Slide '' `` Dizzy '' `` Black Balloon '' `` Broadway '' `` Here Is Gone '' `` Big Machine '' `` Sympathy '' `` Give a Little Bit '' `` Better Days '' `` Let Love In '' `` Stay with You '' `` Before It 's Too Late ( Sam and Mikaela 's Theme ) '' `` Real '' `` Home '' `` Notbroken '' `` All That You Are '' `` Rebel Beat '' `` Come to Me '' Other songs `` Laughing '' `` So Far Away '' Tours Something for the Rest of Us Tour 2013 Summer Tour Canada 2014 The Otis Midnight Sessions 2014 Summer Tour Boxes Tour Related material Discography Lance Diamond Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slide_(Goo_Goo_Dolls_song)&oldid=855912862 '' Categories : 1998 singles Goo Goo Dolls songs Billboard Alternative Songs number - one singles RPM Top Singles number - one singles Billboard Mainstream Top 40 ( Pop Songs ) number - one singles Songs about abortion Songs written by John Rzeznik Song recordings produced by Rob Cavallo Billboard Adult Top 40 number - one singles Songs about marriage Songs about parenthood Rock ballads Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for New Zealand Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Italiano Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 21 August 2018, at 17 : 27 ( UTC ). 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Question: what is the goo goo dolls song slide about
Answer: a teenage girl in a strict Catholic environment who has become pregnant