{"id":5141,"date":"2025-07-09T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=5141"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:15:13","slug":"goo-goo-dolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/goo-goo-dolls","title":{"rendered":"Episode 295: Goo Goo Dolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Iris&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SongExploder295-GooGooDolls-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SongExploder295-GooGooDolls-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SongExploder295-GooGooDolls-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SongExploder295-GooGooDolls-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SongExploder295-GooGooDolls.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_deb0722f-e700-4c52-b332-a5707444398e&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p><!-- LISTEN LINKS --><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/goo-goo-dolls-iris\/id788236947?i=1000716504742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5treVqu2ytPhEyopnxnfZs?si=6del8QHDSJ20GeLfoocGMw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/58a85de5-7ebb-464c-a13e-9d3008deb3bb\/episodes\/06ce35db-5a73-4855-9f69-36deb08addd1\/song-exploder-goo-goo-dolls---iris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMAZON<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/songexploder\/episode\/fcb63cb086e4702aa8a74f1238ec5927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OTHER APPS<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.googoodolls.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goo Goo Dolls<\/a> formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, and by the time 1998 rolled around, they\u2019d already had a pretty successful career. They\u2019d released five albums, and one of their songs, <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/267536584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cName,\u201d<\/a> from 1995, had become a Top 10 hit. But things really changed for them when they made the song <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/267537169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cIris.\u201d<\/a> It originally came out on the soundtrack for the movie <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/City_of_Angels_(film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>City of Angels<\/em><\/a>, which came out in 1998 and starred <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicolas_Cage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicolas Cage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meg_Ryan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meg Ryan.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIris\u201d spent a record-breaking 18 weeks at number one on the radio, and became one of the best selling songs of all time, with over 14 million copies sold, and over 4.5 billion streams. So for this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Rzeznik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Rzeznik<\/a> of Goo Goo Dolls came over to my place and he told me about how he wrote the song. He told me how the Grammy-winning producer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Cavallo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Cavallo<\/a> helped them expand their vision, and how the version of the song in the movie isn\u2019t actually the version that everybody knows.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NdYWuo9OFAw?si=48AWlGO8kQVD2KHJ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UgLlBf4mXvc?si=_iH3g9FFQsVlR84I\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can buy or stream &#8220;Iris&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/267537169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Song-Exploder-Goo-Goo-Dolls-Transcript.pdf\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes:<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robby_Takac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robby Takac<\/a> &#8211; co-writer<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timpierce.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Pierce<\/a> &#8211; mandolin and guitar<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamie_Muhoberac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie Muhoberac<\/a> &#8211; keyboard<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/green-day\">Producer Rob Cavallo is also interviewed in Green Day&#8217;s Song Exploder episode about the song &#8220;Basket Case&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/davidmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Campbell<\/a> &#8211; string arranger<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Joseph_Puig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Joseph Puig<\/a> &#8211; recording engineer<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/artists\/danny-bramson\/4827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danny Bramson<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wings_of_Desire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Wings of Desire<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobdylan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Dylan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.soulasylum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soul Asylum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thereplacementsofficial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Replacements<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/remhq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">R.E.M.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/irisdement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iris Dement<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/album.link\/us\/i\/1455510683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/712732631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Bullet With Butterfly Wings&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; Smashing Pumpkins<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.u2.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/petergabriel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Gabriel<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/alanis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alanis Morissette<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Iris&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE \u00b7 SPOTIFY \u00b7 AMAZON \u00b7 OTHER APPS Goo Goo Dolls formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, and by the time 1998 rolled around, they\u2019d already had a pretty successful career. They\u2019d released five albums, and one of their songs, \u201cName,\u201d from 1995, had become a Top 10 hit. 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