Iris was originally released in 1998 on the City of Angels soundtrack. The song was also included on the Goo Goo Dolls' next album, Dizzy Up The Girl. To this date, Iris remains one of the most downloaded songs on iTunes.
The Goo Goo Dolls were asked to write a song specifically for the City of Angels (1998) soundtrack. John Rzeznik, the lead singer and songwriter for the band had been suffering from writer's block for several years. However, this was the challenge he needed. After seeing the City of Angels, he sat down and wrote the song Iris in one hour. As for the song's name, many thought it was named after Greek messenger of the gods, Iris. But John said he just thought Iris was a nice name so he chose it for the title. The song appeared on the City of Angels soundtrack, and later that year on Dizzy Up The Girl. To this date, Iris has been the biggest hit for the Goo Goo Dolls.
"Iris" was included on the triple-platinum Dizzy Up the Girl, and was among Top-Ten hits "Slide", "Black Balloon", "Broadway", and "Dizzy" from the same album. The new, polished sound garnered legions of new fans, many of whom had not followed the band before their mainstream success. Most of the Goo Goo Dolls concerts feature few, if any, songs the band wrote before 1995, reflecting the band's more mainstream sound. In 2001, the Goos released their first ever compilation CD, What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce. Next, Gutterflower(2002) - the last longplay in spirit of America, with dark lyrical undertones from Rzeznik's divorce-achieved gold certification, producing the hits "Here Is Gone", "Sympathy", and "Big Machine". On July 4, 2004, the band performed a free concert in their hometown of Buffalo, continuing through a deluge of rain that can be seen on the DVD released later that year. The DVD also contained a studio version of the Goo Goo Dolls' cover of "Give a Little Bit" by Supertramp. The single reached the top of the Adult Top 40 chart in 2005.
Goo Goo Dolls perform their song "Before It's Too Late" from the OST of the 2007 film Transformers at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts, on July 22, 2007.
John Rzeznik, the lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls, wrote the song Iris. Mr. Rzeznik writes most all of his own songs.
Iris was featured in The City of Angels (1998), starring Meg Ryan and Nicolas Cage.
Dizzy Up the Girl
The band who wrote Iris (the Goo Goo Dolls) is not a Christian band, but the song Iris has a Christian meaning.
The Goo Goo Dolls! John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls wrote the song Iris for the City of Angels soundtrack in 1998. The song was also released on The Goo Goo Dolls' Dizzy Up The Girl album that same year.
In rock history, the only song titled "Iris" that reached the Top 100 was by Goo Goo Dolls in 1998.
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Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls
The band who wrote Iris (the Goo Goo Dolls) is not a Christian band, but the song Iris has a Christian meaning.
The Goo Goo Dolls! John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls wrote the song Iris for the City of Angels soundtrack in 1998. The song was also released on The Goo Goo Dolls' Dizzy Up The Girl album that same year.
In rock history, the only song titled "Iris" that reached the Top 100 was by Goo Goo Dolls in 1998.
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