“Found Out About You” by Gin Blossoms

"Found Out About You" first turned up on Dusted, the Gin Blossoms' 1989 debut, years before it became a hit. Lead guitarist Doug Hopkins wrote it back in the mid-1980s, and it was the first song Robin Wilson remembered demoing after he joined; he said they knew right then it was a hit. On Dusted, produced by the band with Rich Hopkins, Doug Hopkins and Jesse Valenzuela trade chiming guitars over Bill Leen's bass and Phillip Rhodes's drums.

It's classic jangle with an ache running underneath, bright chords that can't quite hide the hurt. The band cut it again with John Hampton for New Miserable Experience, and that version, sent out as the album's fourth single, reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, though Hopkins had been fired from the band after that album.

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