<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Lazy Eye" (1997) </Td> <Td> "Iris" (1998) </Td> <Td> "Slide" (1998) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Lazy Eye" (1997) </Td> <Td> "Iris" (1998) </Td> <Td> "Slide" (1998) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Iris" is a song by American alternative rock band Goo Goo Dolls . Originally written for the soundtrack of the 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 . </P> <P> 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 . "Iris" has become known as the Goo Goo Dolls' signature song, with critics describing it as a "ubiquitous" staple for the band's live sets . </P>

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