Stay with You

In this energetic rock number, Goo Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik is lonely and tired of the chaos going on in the world. He tries to convince his girl to run away with him by promising he'll never leave her side. The song was co-written by Glen Ballard, a producer and songwriter known for his work on Alanis Morissette's breakthrough album, Jagged Little Pill. Ballard also produced much of Let Love In, along with the Goos' longtime producer Rob Cavallo.

The second single from the band's eighth studio album, this was released as a double A-side with their signature hit "Iris," from the 1998 album Dizzy Up The Girl.

The Goo Goo Dolls had spent several years making music with the same team of engineers and producers. For Let Love In, they wanted to shake things up with new collaborators, which brought them to Ballard. Goo bassist Robby Takac explained in a 2006 interview: "It was time we interjected some new blood into the situation. After all this time, we just needed some surprises along the way. Glen's way of record-making is very much like, 'Toss it at the wall and see if it sticks.' We've never done much of that before. He brought in a whole new circle of people to influence us. It was just a whole different vibe you get in the studio. Before we walked in the studio with Glen, these songs were far along, and if we walked in and Glen was just a blubbering idiot, we still would have made a great record. But we walked in, and he only made it better. He's an incredibly talented guy, incredibly spontaneous, musical. He made you feel like every moment that you spend working with him is a very important moment. That's really a freeing feeling."