Superstar Car Wash is the fourth studio album by the Goo Goo Dolls

Goo Goo Dolls

The Goo Goo Dolls are a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik and vocalist and bass guitarist Robby Takac. Since the end of 1994, Mike Malinin has been the band's drummer, a position previously held by George Tutuska...

, released in February, 1993 on Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Records

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. John Rzeznik wrote the song "We Are the Normal" with his idol, The Replacements' singer Paul Westerberg

Paul Westerberg

Paul Westerberg is an American musician, best known as the former lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal alternative rock bands of the 1980s. He launched a solo career after the dissolution of that band...

. The two corresponded by mail but never sat in a studio together. The song "Fallin' Down" was featured in the 1993 Pauly Shore

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 movie Son In Law

Son in Law

Son in Law is a 1993 comedy film starring Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, Lane Smith, Cindy Pickett, Tiffani Thiessen, Patrick Renna, Dan Gauthier and Dennis Burkley.-Plot:...

. Also, the song "So Far Away" was originally written and recorded with the title "Dancing In Your Blood"; the song had the same basic structure, but different lyrics, more minimal instrumentation, and a slightly different melody.

Superstar Car Wash, or simply "SSCW", marks the end of the Takac, grungier era, and the beginning of the Rzeznik, more polished era.

Superstar Car Wash was an actual car washing business on William Street just outside the downtown region of Buffalo, the hometown of the band.

Track listing

1. "Fallin' Down" – 3:16
2. "Lucky Star" – 3:06
3. "Cuz You're Gone" – 3:33
4. "Don't Worry" – 2:24
5. "Girl Right Next to Me" – 3:44
6. "Domino" – 2:37
7. "We Are the Normal
   We Are the Normal
   "We Are The Normal" is a song by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was the first single from the their fourth album "Superstar Car Wash", which brought them face to face with one of their primary influences, Paul Westerberg of The Replacements...
   
   " – 3:38
8. "String of Lies" – 3:08
9. "Another Second Time Around" – 3:00
10. "Stop the World" – 3:32
11. "Already There" – 2:45
12. "On the Lie" – 3:18
13. "Close Your Eyes" – 2:24
14. "So Far Away
    So Far Away (Goo Goo Dolls song)
    "So Far Away" is a 1993 song by alternative rock band the Goo Goo Dolls. It is from their fourth album Superstar Car Wash, which brought them face to face with one of their primary influences, Paul Westerberg of The Replacements...
    
    " – 3:56