The Goo Goo Dolls’ 1998 song “Iris” has reached No. 9 on Spotify’s global daily chart, according to the band’s return to wider conversation, the report states. The Buffalo rock group released the track for the “City of Angels” soundtrack and the album “Dizzy Up the Girl.”
According to the report, a “What were you like in the ’90s” trend helped lift the song again. Steve Aoki also reworked the track for festival stages.
The recording opens with acoustic guitars in an unusual tuning, with strings rising behind them. Drums enter slowly, so the build feels natural, the report states. John Rzeznik sings in a rough, urgent voice that cracks just enough to sound real.
The lyrics describe someone who wants to be truly known, even if it hurts. Because the words stay simple, listeners can place their own stories inside them, the report adds. Fans prove it nightly by singing every line back.
Nearly three decades on, the song is drawing younger listeners as a new find while older fans treat it as an old friend, according to the report.
