Album · Hootie and the Blowfish
Cracked Rear View by Hootie and the Blowfish
Cracked Rear View is an album by Hootie and the Blowfish, released in 1994. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Only Wanna Be With You”, on 5 lists with a best position of #67.
Cracked Rear View, the debut album from Hootie & the Blowfish, came out on Atlantic on July 5, 1994, and it went off like a slow-burning fuse. The Columbia, South Carolina band had been at it since 1986, and producer Don Gehman kept their sound plain and warm: jangling, strummed roots rock with choruses built for singing along with the windows down.
Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber and Jim Sonefeld offered something friendly and unpretentious, and the country ate it up. "Hold My Hand", "Let Her Cry" and "Only Wanna Be with You" all went top 10, critics were kind, and the album just kept selling: more than 20 million copies worldwide and certified platinum 22 times, a place among the best-selling albums America has ever bought.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Cracked Rear View on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only Wanna Be With You | 5 | #67 | – | 1995–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.