Artist:

Goo Goo Dolls

Album:

Dizzy Up the Girl

Composer(s):

John Rzeznik

Lyricist(s):

John Rzeznik

Iris is one of these songs that have it all : a vocal melody that just won’t quit, lyrics that everybody can relate to, the beautifully hoarse voice of John Rzeznik and his great guitar playing in a strange acoustic open tuning with drones everywhere. That sums up the Goo Goo approach pretty well : since 1985, the power trio always looked for the unexpected element that’s going to make a difference. 1998 and Iris is pretty much when they found it.