Buffalo Music Hall of Famers the Goo Goo Dolls formed in 1985 but took the world by storm in 1998 with a power balled about a lady named “Iris”.
On November 15, 2024 the RIAA – Recording Industry Association of America – certified “Iris” as a Diamond Award single. The RIAA certifies a single or album with a Diamond Award when it sells at least 10 million copies in the United States.
In this age of streaming, the RIAA equates 1,500 streaming plays as one sale. “Iris” has amassed over two billion streams on Spotify alone.
Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Phoebe Bridgers, and Maggie Rogers are among the artists who have covered “Iris”.
Iris is a great song. That’s an interesting bunch you listed as covering it. I a big fan of covers. I’ll have to look them up.