Hold My Hand (Hootie & the Blowfish song)

"Hold My Hand" is the debut single of the American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish from their album Cracked Rear View. All four of the band members (Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim Sonefeld) wrote the song sometime in 1989, and it was released on a self-titled cassette EP the year after. Released in July 1994, "Hold My Hand" charted at number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song includes a backing vocal from David Crosby.[2]

"Hold My Hand"
Single by Hootie & the Blowfish
from the album Cracked Rear View
B-side"I Go Blind"
ReleasedJuly 18, 1994
GenrePop rock[1]
Length4:15
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Don Gehman
Hootie & the Blowfish singles chronology
"Hold My Hand"
(1994)		 "Let Her Cry"
(1994)
Music video
"Hold My Hand” on YouTube

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the song "has a singalong chorus that epitomizes the band's good-times vibes."[3]

Chart performance

"Hold My Hand" peaked at number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100[4] and number six on Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.[5] It ended the year at number 22 on the Billboard Year-end Hot 100 singles chart for 1995.[6]

Music video

The music video was directed by Adolfo Doring.

Charts

References
  1. Moore, Dan (July 13, 2012). "Toward a Taxonomy of '90s Pop Songs You Kind of Remember". The Riverfront Times. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  2. Cracked Rear View (CD insert). Hootie & the Blowfish. Atlantic Records. 1994. 82613.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Cracked Rear View review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  4. "Hootie the Blowfish Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  5. "Hootie the Blowfish Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  6. "Billboard Top 100 – 1995". Billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  7. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 26 Feb 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  8. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2620." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  9. "Charts.nz – Hootie & the Blowfish – Hold My Hand". Top 40 Singles.
  10. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  12. "Hootie the Blowfish Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  13. "Hootie the Blowfish Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  14. "Hootie the Blowfish Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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