<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Black Balloon" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Black Balloon" is a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls . It was released in June 1999 as the fourth single from the band's 1998 album, Dizzy Up the Girl . </P> <P> The song, according to lead singer Johnny Rzeznik, is based on a woman who is struggling with a heroin addiction and her lover who is desperately trying to save her . He has also said that it is about "seeing someone you love that is so great just screw up so bad ." Speculation as to the exact subject matter of the song has also been attributed to the ex-wife of bassist Robby Takac (who had overdosed on heroin). </P> <P> Like many other songs by Goo Goo Dolls, "Black Balloon" uses an unusual alternate tuning . Several electric guitars used in the introduction and the acoustic rhythm guitar are tuned to an open D - flat fifth chord . It was half - stepped on the album version . </P>

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