The Goo Goo Dolls, Who Never Had a No. 1 Hit Song, Announces Update After 30th Anniversary Tour
The Goo Goo Dolls have some exciting news for the O.G fans.
The iconic rock band that rose to fame in the late 1990sannounced on their Instagram this Monday afternoon that they released a music video for their hit song "Better Days," to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their eighth studio album, Let Love In, which took place on Saturday. A deluxe edition celebrating this milestone will be released on July 24.
The album, released on April 25, 2006, sold 83,000 copies in its first week and peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200. In May 2019, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Better Days" served as the lead single for the record, and the fourth song on the tracklist.
"To celebrate 20 years of our album Let Love In, we've just made the 'Better Days' music video available in 4k 💜," the Goo Goo Dolls wrote as their caption. "Watch it now at the link in our bio."
The news comes five months after the band concluded their Summer Anthem Tour, which celebrated the 30th anniversary of their fifth studio album, A Boy Named Goo. The lineup of North America shows started in Phoenix on July 13, then concluded on Sept. 12 in Missouri. In addition, the rock band released a 30th anniversary deluxe version of the record, which includes additional covers and live performances of their hit songs.
The Goo Goo Dolls will be going on tour again this summer with support from rock band Neon Trees. Their upcoming shows will take them across the United States, starting in California on July 24, then ending in Pennsylvania on Sept. 5. The current members of the band, which include John Rzeznik and Robby Takac, alongside touring members Brad Fernquist, Craig Macintyre and Jim McGorman, are also expected to make stops in Idaho, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, New York and more.
Despite being a lead single for Let Love In, one of The Goo Goo Dolls' most successful albums, there was never an official music video until now. Instead, they used the song for a 90-second montage for the Buffalo Sabres, which ruled the hockey world in 2007, after winning the Presidents' Trophy during the regular season.
"I love that the song was part of such an amazing time for the Sabres and for Buffalo," the frontman told The Athletic back in June 2020. The Goo Goo Dolls were formed in Buffalo in 1985, originally as a cover band, where Rzeznik was born and raised.
"It's one of those things that still sticks with people, and I guess, for lack of a better term, reminds them of better days," the Buffalo Sabres' Television Director Matt Gould added. "I still get chills from it."
After 10 years of releasing albums, The Goo Goo Dolls eventually evolved into a punk band and gained mainstream attention thanks to the release of their breakthrough single "Name." In 1998, they released "Iris" for the soundtrack of the film City of Angels and the lead single for their sixth album, Dizzy Up the Girl. The song spent 11 months on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at No. 1 on the publication's Hot 100 Airplay chart (now called the Radio Songs Chart) for 18 weeks. Currently, "Iris" has over 3.3 billion streams on Spotify. Despite its success, it never topped the Hot 100 chart.
The 20th Anniversary Edition of Let Love In will be released on July 24. Meanwhile, the music video for "Better Days" is out now.
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This story was originally published April 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM.