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1998 song past Goo Goo Dolls

This article is about the Goo Goo Dolls song. For other songs titled "Iris", see Iris (disambiguation).

"Iris"
GGD Iris.jpg

Artwork for 1998 retail release
Single past Goo Goo Dolls
from the album Dizzy Up the Girl and Metropolis of Angels
Released April ane, 1998 (1998-04-01)
Genre
  • Alternative stone[1] [two]
  • soft rock[3] [4]
Length
  • 4:l (album version)
  • three:35 (radio edit)
Characterization
  • Reprise
  • Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) John Rzeznik
Producer(due south)
  • Goo Goo Dolls
  • Rob Cavallo
Goo Goo Dolls singles chronology
"Lazy Eye"
(1997) 		"Iris"
(1998) 		"Slide"
(1998)
Music video
"Iris" on YouTube

"Iris" is a song by American alternative rock band Goo Goo Dolls. Originally written for the soundtrack of the 1998 film Metropolis of Angels, the vocal was after included on the band'south sixth album, Dizzy Upwards the Girl. The song was released every bit a single on April i, 1998.

"Iris" has contributed greatly to the band's success. The song reached number one in Australia, Canada and Italy, number three in the United Kingdom, number 9 on the U.s. Billboard Hot 100, and has become one of Ireland's best-selling singles of all fourth dimension. "Iris" is the Goo Goo Dolls' signature song and has received critical acclaim, beingness described as an "ubiquitous" staple for the ring's live sets.[five] [6]

Limerick [edit]

After completing the starting time-edit on the film Urban center of Angels, co-producer Bob Cavallo and his music producer son Rob Cavallo decided to accept forth musical artists to a viewing to create the soundtrack. Bob took Alanis Morissette whilst Rob took the Goo Goo Dolls. The following morning Morissette chosen Rob, and asked him to produce the vocal "Uninvited" which she had written afterwards as a demo. Shortly afterwards that same day, John Rzeznik chosen Rob with a song he had written called "Iris", a power ballad.[seven] In a 2013 interview with Songfacts, lead singer Rzeznik explained how he wrote the vocal:

"I was thinking nigh the situation of the Nicolas Muzzle grapheme in the pic. This guy is completely willing to give up his own immortality, simply to be able to feel something very human. And I think, 'Wow! What an amazing matter information technology must be similar to dearest someone and then much that y'all give up everything to exist with them.' That's a pretty heavy thought."[8]

Rzeznik named the song after land folk vocaliser-songwriter Iris Dement, after he noticed her name in a concert list in the LA Weekly newspaper.[9]

Commercial performance [edit]

Upon its release, "Iris" became 2d of a cord of hits from the film's soundtrack, City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture. (The first was Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited" and the third was Sarah McLachlan's "Angel"). The song debuted at number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart on April eighteen, 1998, and somewhen spent a record of 18 weeks at number one in Hot 100 Airplay. Withal it was not immune to nautical chart on the Billboard Hot 100 considering no commercial unmarried had been released. In Dec 1998, but afterwards the song's airplay had peaked, the rules changed to permit airplay-only songs onto the chart. As a event, the song debuted and peaked at number nine and stayed on the chart for 14 weeks. On the Mainstream Stone Tracks chart, "Iris" peaked at number eight. The song was the band's second number one hitting on the Modernistic Rock Tracks chart, following their 1995 hit "Proper noun." "Iris" stayed at number one for 5 weeks on the Culling Songs chart and as well hit number one on the Mainstream Top 40 nautical chart for iv weeks. The song spent a then-tape 17 weeks at number one on the Billboard Developed Top twoscore chart (chirapsia No Dubiousness's 15-week run at number ane with "Don't Speak" in 1996–97). The Goo Goo Dolls performed "Iris" on Oct 20, 2001, at Madison Foursquare Garden as function of The Concert for New York City to raise money for victims of the September eleven attacks.[10] [ better source needed ]

"Iris" was also an international hit. Information technology peaked at number five on the Irish Singles Chart and has since go the 19th biggest-selling single of all time in Ireland.[eleven] The vocal initially peaked at number 50 in the United Kingdom in Baronial 1998 before rising to number 26 the following year. On October two, 2011, subsequently performances by auditionees on The X Cistron, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 3. In May 2013, the song charted at number 12 later it was covered by U.k.'s Got Talent contestant Robbie Kennedy.[12] Elsewhere, the song became a number-one hitting in Italian republic (for ii weeks), Australia (for five weeks), and Canada (for eight weeks), and information technology reached the top 10 in Flemish region and the Netherlands.

Accolades and legacy [edit]

Too the song's success on the charts, "Iris" enjoyed critical acclaim. At the 41st Grammy Awards, "Iris" received nominations for "Tape of the Yr" and "Popular Performance by a Duo or Group." The song also garnered Johnny Rzeznik a "Song of the Twelvemonth" nomination.[13] The single was certified quadruple platinum past the Recording Industry Association of America on February 28, 2018. The song was ranked at number 39 on Rolling Stone 'due south list of the 100 greatest pop songs.[14]

In October 2012, "Iris" was ranked number one on Billboard 's "Top 100 Popular Songs 1992–2012" chart, which ranked the summit songs of the showtime 20 years of the Mainstream Top 40/Pop Songs chart. The list as well featured the Goo Goo Dolls' hits "Slide", ranking at number nine, and "Name" at number 24. The Goo Goo Dolls are the only musicians to have iii songs on the list, two breaking the top 10 and all iii falling within the top 25. They are besides the merely musicians that have back to dorsum singles (Iris, 1998 and Slide, 1999) featured on the list.[fifteen] In a revised list in October 2017, "Iris" even so ranked in the summit x, at number 8.[16]

Runway listings [edit]

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

Phoebe & Maggie version [edit]

"Iris"
Unmarried past Phoebe & Maggie
Released Nov 2020
Genre Culling[ disambiguation needed ]
Length 3:09
Phoebe Bridgers singles chronology
"Phenomenon of Life"
(2020) 		"Iris"
(2020) 		"If Nosotros Make Information technology Through Dec"
(2020)
Maggie Rogers singles chronology
"Dearest You for a Long Time"
(2019) 		"Iris"
(2020)

While awaiting the results of the 2020 U.s. presidential ballot on November 3, singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers tweeted that she would cover "Iris" if Donald Trump lost.[78] [79] The cover, which was recorded every bit a duet with Maggie Rogers under the name Phoebe & Maggie, was released exclusively via Bridgers' Bandcamp page for i day but on November 13, with gain going towards Stacey Abrams' Off-white Fight organization to promote fair elections in the land of Georgia also equally nationally.[78] [80] Despite only being available for buy for one day, the song debuted at number one on the Digital Song Sales nautical chart and number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100, making information technology both artists' first entry on the latter chart.[81] The song has besides charted in Commonwealth of australia, New Zealand, and Scotland.

Charts [edit]

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