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City of Angels, the 1998 romantic comedy starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan, achieved box office success<\/a>, grossing nearly $199 million worldwide. It also posted fairly solid, if not spectacular, reviews from critics and audiences.<\/p>\n However, the film’s biggest contribution may have been its soundtrack, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on this day 28 years ago. The soundtrack included a pair of hit songs, one of which was a quintessential 1990s love song that has been recently rejuvenated thanks to social media.<\/p>\n Along with Alanis Morrissette’s “Uninvited,” which earned the Canadian rocker a pair of Grammy Awards, “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls was one of the two smash-hits from the movie’s soundtrack.<\/p>\n The single was included on the band’s album Dizzy Up the Girl and released on April 1, 1998,, nine days before City of Angels debuted. It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the outlet’s Adult Pop Airplay, Alternative Airplay and Pop Airplay charts. “Iris” also went No. 1 in Australia<\/a>, Canada and Italy and broke into the top five in six other countries.<\/p>\n The song earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year\u00a0and\u00a0Pop Performance by a Duo or Group and also helped singer\/songwriter Johnny Rzeznik bag a nomination for Song of the Year. “Iris” was one of several hits for Goo Goo Dolls in the 1990s, but has become their signature song<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2026, “Iris” took off once again thanks to a TikTok trend<\/a> which involved users posting throwback photos or clips of themselves from the 1990s with the iconic ballad playing in the background.<\/p>\n U2 – “If God Will Send His Angels”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Alanis Morrissette – “Uninvited”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Jimi Hendrix – “Red House”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Paula Cole – “Feelin’ Love”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n John Lee Hooker – “Mama, You Got A Daughter”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Sarah McLachlan – “Angel”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Peter Gabriel – “I Grieve”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Eric Clapton – “Further On Up the Road”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Gabriel Yared – “An Angel Falls”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Gabriel Yared – “The Unfeeling Kiss”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Gabriel Yared – “Spreading Wings”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Gabriel Yared – “City of Angels”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n The City of Angels soundtrack peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on June 13, 1998. You can find the soundtrack in its entirety here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Men’s Journal<\/a> on Jun 13, 2026, where it first appeared in the Entertainment<\/a> section. Add Men’s Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" City of Angels, the 1998 romantic comedy starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan, achieved box office success, grossing nearly $199 million worldwide. It also posted fairly solid, if not spectacular, reviews from critics and audiences. 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City of Angels soundtrack, track listing<\/h2>\n
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