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After 30 years, Goo Goo Dolls still making music

InterviewJune 30, 2016The Spokesman-Review

There are few songs better associated with late-90s alt rock than “Iris.”The sweeping power ballad, with its singalong-worthy chorus – “And I don’t want the world to see me / ’Cause I don’t think that they’d understand / When everything’s made to be broken / I just want you to know who I am” – was everywhere.“Iris” was on the Billboard charts for nearly a year, hitting No. 1 on the pop, modern rock and adult contemporary charts and was one of the most-played songs of 1998. Rolling Stone put it at 39 on its list of 100 best pop songs, and it was No. 1 on Billboard’s list of the top 100 pop song

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