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Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan & Fergal Lawler are the Irish group The Cranberries... Their latest album has sold well over a million copies in America & 'Linger' has finally made the UK Top 20 on its re-release.
Be honest though, how many of them could you have named without my having posted that? The reference to their "latest album" is somewhat confusing though, as they only had one to their names at the time: it was true that UK success was a long time coming though, as the first release of this single in early 1993 peaked at 74 (shared with 'Buruchacca' by Mukkaa), and only after this had been a bona-fide US hit did it make a real impact here.
On a slightly more personal note, this is the first track here that I can connect with my aforementioned GLR listening habits. The 1993/early 1994 incarnation of the Cranberries was exactly the sort of thing that station loved at the time, and they even kept playing them when they drifted towards grunge on later albums. Here we find them in their original style though - with hindsight quite reminiscent of the Sundays, though I wouldn't have known at the time. The one obvious difference is O'Riordan's vocal: far from the strident shout of later singles (indeed, her protagonist is actually somewhat shy and put-upon) but still rather screechy. That and the sheer ubiquity of this record made it insufferable for a long time, but I don't mind it so much now, and I can see why people like it. I never really understood that intro that didn't seem to relate to the rest of the song, though.
Also appearing on: Now 29
Available on: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)
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