Artist · chart history
Hootie and the Blowfish
Band Columbia United States Formed 1989
Hootie and the Blowfish formed in 1989 in Columbia, United States. Hootie and the Blowfish has 12 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1995–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hold My Hand”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #48. The station that charted Hootie and the Blowfish most often is 102.3 WBAB (Long Island, NY), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.
Hootie & the Blowfish came out of Columbia, South Carolina, and in 1994, with grunge still smoldering, they had the nerve to sound happy. Darius Rucker's big, warm voice out front, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber and Jim Sonefeld around him: a bar band with a roots-rock jangle and no interest at all in looking tortured, and that foursome was the lineup for most of their run.
Cracked Rear View, their debut, on Atlantic, turned into one of the best-selling albums America has ever bought, eventually certified platinum 22 times, riding three top-10 singles: "Hold My Hand", "Let Her Cry" and "Only Wanna Be with You". Canada fell just as hard, sending three of their singles to number one there, and the Grammy for Best New Artist came their way in 1996.
They went quiet in 2008 and stayed that way until 2019, when they announced a full reunion tour and Imperfect Circle, their first new studio album in well over a decade. The tally so far: six studio albums and two Grammys.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Hootie and the Blowfish on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold My Hand | 3 | #48 | – | 1995 | |
| 2 | Only Wanna Be With You | 5 | #67 | – | 1995 | |
| 3 | Time | 1 | #316 | – | – | |
| 4 | Let Her Cry | 2 | #463 | – | – | |
| 5 | Only Wanna Be With Yo | 1 | #72 | – | 1995 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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