MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By March 6th of 1999…
this song was still all over the radio.

Nearly a year after its release.

There’s a reason.

The Goo Goo Dolls.

“Iris.”

(Music Cut #2)

By that point, it had become
one of the longest-running radio hits of the decade.

The song was written for the movie
City of Angels.

But oddly enough…

the word “Iris” never appears in the lyrics.

(Music Cut #3)

Singer Johnny Rzeznik was on a plane
flipping through a magazine while writing the song.

And he saw the name of singer
Iris DeMent.

He liked how it sounded for the song title.

So he used it – “Iris”

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you’re alive.” – The Goo Goo Dolls

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