Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles is the eleventh album by The Goo Goo Dolls and is a greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album containing fourteen previously released tracks, including their newest, "Before It's Too Late", from the Transformers motion picture. The album also contains a newly recorded version of their first hit single, "Name

Name (song)

"Name" is the title of a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in September 1995 as the third single from the album, A Boy Named Goo. The song, the band's first hit, topped both the US Modern Rock chart and the US Album Rock chart, and reached as high as number 5 on the Billboard Hot...

". The album was released on November 13, 2007.

This album marks a milestone for the band. They have been together for 21 years, and this is their first greatest hits album. The follow-up compilation, Vol.2, was released on August 19, 2008, consisting of rarities, B-sides, covers and a DVD of music videos and live performances.

Volume One debuted at number 33 on the U.S. Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 chart, selling about 33,000 copies in its first week.

The album is also an embodiment of the grown presence of John Rzeznik as the dominant vocalist as every song on it is sung by him, though both he and Robby Takac

Robby Takac

Robert Carl Takac, Jr., known as Robby Takac is one of the founding members of the Goo Goo Dolls, along with Johnny Rzeznik. He is the band's bassist and was formerly the lead singer on the Goo Goo Dolls' earlier albums....

 are "lead" vocalists of the band.

Track listing

1. "Let Love In
   Let Love In (song)
   "Let Love In" is the third and final single from the Goo Goo Dolls' eighth studio album, Let Love In.-Music video:The video features the band performing the song, intercut with subliminal flashes of words that progress from "hunger" "war", "abuse", and the like to words such as "joy" "peace"...
   
   " – 5:00
2. "Dizzy
   Dizzy (Goo Goo Dolls song)
   "Dizzy" is a song by the Goo Goo Dolls, written by lead vocalist and guitarist Johnny Rzeznik. It was released as a single from their sixth studio album, Dizzy Up The Girl. The song peaked at #9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart on January 5, 1999...
   
   " – 2:41
3. "Here Is Gone
   Here Is Gone
   "Here is Gone" is the title of a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in March 2002 as the lead single from their seventh studio album, Gutterflower. It reached number 18 on the U.S...
   
   " – 3:58
4. "Slide
   Slide (song)
   "Slide" is the title of a song recorded by 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....
   
   " – 3:33
5. "Name
   Name (song)
   "Name" is the title of a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in September 1995 as the third single from the album, A Boy Named Goo. The song, the band's first hit, topped both the US Modern Rock chart and the US Album Rock chart, and reached as high as number 5 on the Billboard Hot...
   
   " (New Version) – 4:15
6. "Stay With You
   Stay with You
   "Stay with You" is the title of a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in April 2006 as the third single from their eighth studio album, Let Love In. The song is the second single released from the album, following "Better Days". It was released along with a rerelease of the track...
   
   " – 3:56
7. "Before It's Too Late
   Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)
   "Before It's Too Late " or simply "Before It's Too Late" is a song from the Transformers soundtrack, Transformers: The Album, and the 25th single by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released on June 5, 2007...
   
   " – 3:07
8. "Broadway
   Broadway (Goo Goo Dolls song)
   "Broadway" is the title of a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. The song was released in September 2000 as the last single from their hit album Dizzy Up the Girl...
   
   " – 3:58
9. "Feel The Silence
   Let Love In (Goo Goo Dolls album)
   Let Love In is the Goo Goo Dolls' eighth studio album. "Better Days", which was released as a single late in 2005, appears on the album, along with a cover of the Supertramp song, "Give a Little Bit".-Track listing:...
   
   " (Remix) – 3:56
10. "Better Days" – 3:33
11. "Big Machine
    Big Machine (Goo Goo Dolls song)
    "Big Machine" is a song by the Goo Goo Dolls, first released on their Gutterflower album in 2002. It was written by lead vocalist/guitarist Johnny Rzeznik, who calls it his "disco song" and describes its meaning as "a propulsive tale of unrequited love". This song's drums were on a drum machine,...
    
    " – 3:10
12. "Black Balloon" – 4:10
13. "Sympathy" – 2:58
14. "Iris" – 4:49