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1,210Coming up next iconic singer-songwriter Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls shares the story of one of the biggest songs in history: Iris. icluding playing it live with Taylor Swift. Here's what he said about sharing the stage.
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It’s time for another edition of our new show, Revelations where artists take us for a deep dive into their greatest songs and albums. Details you won’t find anywhere else Today we have the story of a song that made history. It was #1 for 18 weeks on the mainstream charts, it wasn’t ever released as a single but If it had been it might well have set the record for the most weeks at #1. It was part of the hit movie soundtrack for the 1998 blockbuster film City of Angels starring Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan.
John Rzeznik his band Goo Goo Dolls had just come off their breakthrough Name which dominated mid-90s radio. After busting through the band found out that due to a bad record contract, the band didn’t make anything.
John was in bad shape. Going through a torrid divorce and experiencing extreme writer’s block he was so down he was prepared to quit his band. He ran away to LA and was met with a challenge.
A movie exec wanted a theme for a major film. He stole away in a hotel and wrote a classic when he was in absolute peril. John Rzeznik tells the amazing story Of Iris. How he got the title, How he wrote the intimate lyrics and about the concert in front of 50,000 New Yorkers when it was pouring rain and the promoters tried to make him stop the show worried he would get hurt. He walked out and rock Iris in a life-affirming moment.
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