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| Length = 4:50 (album version) 3:35 (radio edit) | Label = Warner Bros. | Writer = John Rzeznik | Producer = | Last single = "Lazy Eye" (1997) | This single = "Iris" (1998) | Next single = "Slide" (1998) }} "Iris" is a song by American alternative rock band Goo Goo Dolls. Originally written for the soundtrack of 1998 film ''City of Angels'', the song was later included on the band's sixth album ''Dizzy Up the Girl''. "Iris" has contributed greatly to the band's success. The song's time signature alternates between and , and features an unusual guitar tuning in which most of the strings are tuned to D, lending the guitar a chorus-like effect. Besides becoming one of the biggest alternative rock staples of the 1990s, "Iris" also remains one of the biggest crossover hits in the history of popular music, crossing over from modern rock radio to pop and adult contemporary radio, reaching number one on all of these formats and becoming the most played song of 1998 for all formats. == Commercial performance == Upon its release, "Iris" became second of a string of hits from the film's soundtrack, ''City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture''. (The first was Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited" and the third was Sarah McLachlan's "Angel".) The song debuted at #66 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay chart on April 18, 1998, and eventually spent a record of 18 weeks at number one in Hot 100 Airplay. However it was not allowed to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 because no commercial single had been released. In December 1998, just after the song airplay has peaked, the rules changed to allow airplay-only songs onto the chart. As a result, the song debuted and peaked at number 9 and stayed on the chart for 14 weeks. On the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, "Iris" peaked at number eight. The song was the band's 2nd number one hit on the Modern Rock Tracks chart since their 1995 hit "Name" and Iris stayed at number one for five weeks and the song also hit number one on the Mainstream Top 40 chart for four weeks. The song spent a then-record 18 weeks at number one on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart (beating No Doubt's 15-week run at number one with "Don't Speak" in 1996-97). The Goo Goo Dolls performed the song on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden as part of The Concert for New York City to raise money for victims of the September 11 attacks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls Songfacts )〕 The song was also a major international hit. "Iris" spent 31 weeks on the charts and peaked at number five on the Irish Singles Chart; it is the thirteenth biggest-selling single there. "Iris" initially peaked at number 50 in the UK in August 1998. On 2 October 2011, following performances by auditionees on ''The X Factor'', the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number three.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sak Noel tops UK singles chart with 'Loca People' )〕 In May 2013, the song charted at number 12 after it was covered by ''Britain's Got Talent'' contestant Robbie Kennedy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Midweek Charts: Rudimental Home in on No.1 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iris (Goo Goo Dolls song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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