LINGER
THE
CRANBERRIES
SONGWRITERS: NOEL
HOGAN & DOLORES O'RIORDAN
COUNTRY: IRELAND
ALBUM: EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT, SO WHY CAN’T WE?
LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1993
The Cranberries was an Irish rock band formed in Limerick,
Ireland, in 1989 by lead singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist
Mike Hogan, and drummer Fergal Lawler. Quinn was replaced as lead singer by Dolores O'Riordan in 1990. The band officially classify themselves as an alternative rock group, but incorporate aspects of indie pop, post-punk, folk rock, and pop rock into
their sound.
The Cranberries rose to international fame in
the 1990s with their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?,
which became a commercial success and achieved five top 20 albums on the Billboard 200 chart: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? No Need to Argue, To the
Faithful Departed, Bury the
Hatchet, and Stars: The
Best of 1992-2002, as well as having eight top 20
singles on the Modern Rock Tracks chart: "Linger",
"Dreams",
"Zombie",
"Ode to My Family",
"Ridiculous
Thoughts", "Salvation",
"Free to Decide",
and "Promises".
Their fifth studio album, Wake Up and
Smell the Coffee, was released in October 2001.
In early 2009, after a six-year hiatus, the
Cranberries reunited and began a North American tour followed by shows in Latin America and Europe. The band recorded their
sixth album, Roses,
in May 2011 and released it in February 2012. Something Else, which
covered many of the band's most popular songs along with new orchestral
accompaniments provided by the Irish Chamber Orchestra, was released in April
2017. The album also included three new songs: "The Glory", "Rupture",
and "Why?
On 15 January 2018, lead singer Dolores
O'Riordan was found dead of drowning in a London hotel room. She had recently arrived in London for a studio mixing
session on her D.A.R.K. album and to
discuss the band's latest album with record label BMG.
The Cranberries confirmed in September 2018 that they would not continue as a
band; their final album, In the End,
was released in April 2019 and they disbanded afterward. Noel Hogan stated:
"the Cranberries was the four of us. We don't want to do this without Dolores. So
we're going to leave it after this."
The Cranberries' total sales are between over
40 and near 50 million albums worldwide as of 2019. The band ranks as one of
the best-selling alternative acts of the 1990s, which garnered them an MTV Europe
Music Award, a World Music Award, an
International Group nomination at the Brit Awards,
a Juno nomination, and
a Juno Award win. The band was nominated for the Ivor Novello
Awards and received an Ivor Novello Award
for International Achievement. In 1998, they performed at the Nobel Peace
Prize Concert. In 2016, they received a BMI Award with a
Special Citation of Achievement. In the End earned them a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album.
"Linger" is a song by Irish alternative rock band The Cranberries from their debut studio album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993). Composed by band members Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan, and
produced by Stephen Street,
"Linger" was first released as the second and final single from the album
on 23 February 1993, by Island Records.
It was later
re-released worldwide on 17 February 1994.
"Linger", which has an acoustic
arrangement featuring a string section, became the band's first major hit,
peaking at number three in their native Ireland, number eight in the United
States, and number 14 in the United Kingdom. The single remained on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 24 weeks. Additionally, "Linger" was voted by
Australian Triple J listeners
as number three on the Triple J
Hottest 100, 1993 chart.
In 1990, "Linger" was released on a
demo tape with "Dreams"
in Ireland only in the summer of that year under their initial band name, The
Cranberry Saw Us. In 2017, an acoustic, stripped-down version of
"Linger" was released as the lead single from the band's seventh studio album Something Else.
If you
If you could return
Don't let it burn
Don't let it fade
I'm sure I'm not being rude
But it's just your attitude
It's tearing me apart
It's ruining everything
I swore
I swore I would be true
And honey, so did you
So why were you holding her hand?
Is that the way we stand?
Were you lying all the time?
Was it just a game to you?
But I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ah ah
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger?
Oh, I thought the
world of you
I thought nothing could go wrong
But I was wrong
I was wrong
If you
If you could get by trying not to lie
Things wouldn't be so confused
And I wouldn't feel so used
But you always really knew
I just wanna be with you
And I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ah ah
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger?
And I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ah ah
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger?
You know I'm such a
fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ah ah
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger?
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