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Up next iconic singer-songwriter Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls tells the story of one of the worst points of his life. Going through a Torrid Divorce, he had excessive Writer’s Block, and was on the verge of quitting his own band when he ran away to LA and hid away in a hotel… a major movie exec wanted him to write a song for the film City of Angels and poof--Inspiration struck! Then while composing it he broke 2 strings on his guitar, but he just kept playing and out fell a song... Called IRIS. He knew would be a hit… boy was it ever. 18 weeks at #1 on the airplay chart. He beat writer's block with perseverance. Years later he would play Iris in front of fifty thousand fans in New York when it starting pouring down rain. He was told to stop playing by the venue, afraid he risked electrocution. He kept playing making the song even more legendary. Then Taylor Swift asked John to play it with her live. All of these things have made Iris an all time classic. The way he came up with the title is hard to believe. Up next, it's the story of a classic from the man himself.
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It’s time for another edition of our new show REVELATIONS, where artists take us on a deep dive into their greatest songs and albums. These are 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 and 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 and 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 thanks to a bad record contract, they 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 ready to quit the 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, about performing in front of 50,000 New Yorkers in the pouring rain, and how promoters tried to make him stop the show, worried he would get hurt. He walked out and rocked Iris in a life-affirming moment.
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