One factor that can all the time linger is followers’ love for The Cranberries. The Irish rock group’s 1993 single “Linger” has simply joined the Spotify Billions Membership, turning into their second track to hit the milestone, after their 1994 hit “Zombie.”
Initially launched on their album Everyone Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, “Linger” was the Cranberries’ first massive hit, bringing them consideration on either side of the Atlantic. Although the track was the world’s introduction to the band, it was additionally considerably of the band’s introduction to one another. In 2019, drummer Fergal Lawler recalled assembly eventual lead singer Dolores O’Riordan when she got here to audition for the band. After the audition, Lawler gave her a cassette tape with the “Linger” instrumental on it. “The following week she came back, and she had lyrics written out and melodies and she sang along to what we were playing, and it was like, ‘Oh, my God. She’s great,’” the drummer remembered in a 2019 interview with Rolling Stone.
“Initially, it was just a chord shape, with no real melody or lyrics. I took a tape of it home and came up with a verse and chorus. I wrote about being rejected. I never imagined that that it would become a big song,’ O’Riordan said in a retrospective interview with The Guardian in 2017. The songwriter channeled her experiences feeling like an uncool teenager and how a boy onetime picked her friend over her. The feelings that O’Riordan tapped into were universal. “’Linger’ was a worldwide smash. Fans were chasing me all over. Once, I was in a shop buying underwear and about eight people spotted me. I started running and after three blocks hid behind a skip.” Co-songwriter and guitarist Noel Hogan agreed. “The magnitude of ‘Linger’’s success was overwhelming,” he recalled. “I remember at this massive gig gazing out at 50,000 people and thinking: ‘Not so long ago I was sat in my parents’ kitchen.’”
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