Black Balloon

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"Black Balloon" is a 1998 alternative rock song by the Goo Goo Dolls, known for its melancholic tone and themes of addiction and loss.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Black Balloon canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumArtist Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ
artist Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ
associatedAct Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ
composer John Rzeznik ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era post-grunge ⓘ
followsInArtistSinglesChronology Slide ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasFormat CD single ⓘ
cassette single ⓘ
radio single ⓘ
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
hasMood melancholic ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
hasNotableLyricTheme emotional pain ⓘ
longing ⓘ
supporting a loved one with addiction ⓘ
hasStyleCharacteristic anthemic chorus ⓘ
melodic guitar-driven sound ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter heroin addiction ⓘ
romantic relationship ⓘ
hasTheme addiction ⓘ
loss ⓘ
includedInAlbum Dizzy Up the Girl ⓘ
isAssociatedWith late 1990s alternative rock radio ⓘ
isTrackOn Dizzy Up the Girl ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist John Rzeznik ⓘ
lyricist John Rzeznik ⓘ
musicVideoPerformer Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ
partOf Goo Goo Dolls discography ⓘ
performer Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ
precedesInArtistSinglesChronology Dizzy ⓘ
producer Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ
Rob Cavallo ⓘ
recordLabel Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
Warner Records ⓘ
releaseDecade 1990s ⓘ
releaseYear 1998 ⓘ
vocalStyle male lead vocals ⓘ
writer John Rzeznik ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goo Goo Dolls → notableWork → Black Balloon ⓘ
John Rzeznik → notableSongWritten → Black Balloon ⓘ
Slide → followedBy → Black Balloon ⓘ
Dizzy Up the Girl → hasPart → Black Balloon ⓘ
Dizzy Up the Girl → single → Black Balloon ⓘ