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No character named Iris appears in the film, and the song title is not heard in the lyrics. [6] "Iris" reached number one in Australia, Canada, and Italy, number three in the United Kingdom, and number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100. In Ireland, it is the 19th-most-successful single of all time.
"Ah! Leah!" is a song by Mark Avsec and American rock musician Donnie Iris from the latter's 1980 album Back on the Streets. The song has been described as Iris's signature song, [2] as well the unofficial anthem of the city of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania as a whole.
The song is the second single released from the album, following "Better Days". It was released as a double A-side with a re-release of the band's signature song "Iris", originally from Dizzy Up the Girl. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA in October 2009. [1]
Singer and songwriter John Rzeznik had already written the lyrics to the song but was having a problem naming it. He opened up the LA Weekly and noticed that DeMent was playing in town and thought her name was beautiful and then decided to name it after her. [10] Iris DeMent at Old Settler's Music Festival – Driftwood, Texas, 2007
The song, a duet with her husband, country singer Blake Shelton, dropped on February 9. Gwen Stefani to perform new song 'Purple Irises' during TikTok Tailgate ahead of Super Bowl Skip to main content
"Love Is Like a Rock" is a song by American rock musician Donnie Iris from his 1981 album King Cool. The song was released as the second single from his second album. The song reached No. 37 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart [1] and No. 9 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
—Iris Dement, interview with critic Richard Phillips, April 18, 1998. [ 12 ] Neither "Christian or religious" in her adulthood, her music is nonetheless informed by a principled outlook: "I want my music to somehow show the basic threads of life that bind us all together in some way or another."
It has been performed and recorded by such artists as Roy Clark, Iris DeMent, Mahalia Jackson, George Jones, Twila Paris, Selah and Norbert Susemihl. Alan Jackson included it in his 2006 live gospel album Precious Memories. mewithoutyou uses the lyrics from the 3rd stanza and part of the 2nd in their song Watermelon Ascot from their Pale Horses ...