<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Linger" is a song composed by Irish musicians Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan of the rock band The Cranberries, released in 1993 . The song, which has an acoustic arrangement featuring a string section, became the band's first major hit, peaking at #3 in the Republic of Ireland, #8 in the United States, and #14 in the United Kingdom . The song remained in the Billboard Hot 100 for 24 weeks . The song was voted by Triple J listeners as #3 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 1993 chart . In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic, stripped - down version on the band's lead single for Something Else album . </P> <P> In the documentary' 99 Love Life & Rock' n' Roll, O'Riordan says that the song is about her first serious kiss . Originally, the lyrics were written by Cranberries' first singer Niall Quinn . After O'Riordan was hired as the lead singer for the band, she wrote her own set of lyrics, turning it into a song of regret and based on a soldier she once fell in love with . </P>

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