why everyone still loves this 90's song

Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" spent 19 weeks at number one, earned four Grammy nominations, and has now surpassed 5 billion streams, nearly 30 years after it was written. It's one of the best-selling songs of the 90s, and somehow it's still growing. But feeling the pressure of trying to replicate the success of their 1995 hit "Name", John Rzeznik almost never wrote it. In 1997, he was alone in a hotel room in West Hollywood. His marriage had just fallen apart. His career felt like it was slipping. And he had a guitar with four strings because he'd snapped the other two. Then his manager called about a movie called "City of Angels", starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. This is the full story of "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls, where it came from, why it connected, and why it refuses to go away. Beyond The Beat explores the untold stories behind the songs that defined a generation. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro: The Risk Nobody Takes 1:00 - Chapter 1: The Movie That Started It All 2:22- Chapter 2: Before The Leap 4:03 - Chapter 3: Where The Song Changes 6:08 - Chapter 4: The Sound Of Risk 9:20 - Chapter 5: When It Hit 10:58 - Chapter 6: Why It Lasts 12:13 - Outro #googoodolls #iris #90s #90smusic #90srock #Songwriting #MusicAnalysis #AlternativeRock #MusicVideoEssay #SongBreakdown