Song · Hootie and the Blowfish
“Only Wanna Be With You” by Hootie and the Blowfish
From the album Cracked Rear View (1994)
“Only Wanna Be With You” by Hootie and the Blowfish appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1995 and 2023. It was first released in 1994 on the album Cracked Rear View. Its best result is #67 on the Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #231 alternative song of 1995.
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"Only Wanna Be with You" first surfaced on Hootie & the Blowfish's 1993 EP Kootchypop, then got a second shot on Cracked Rear View, their 1994 breakthrough, going out as its third single in July 1995. Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber and Jim Sonefeld share the writing credit, and Don Gehman produced, engineered and mixed it, with Bryan's mandolin and Felber's clavinet in the blend.
The song wears its record collection on its sleeve: one verse is about putting on some Bob Dylan, quoting heavily from "Idiot Wind" and name-checking "Tangled Up in Blue". Rucker said Dylan's people had no problem with it at first, then objected once it became a hit, though it never got as far as a lawsuit. It peaked at number six on the Hot 100 and spent three weeks at number one in Canada.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 91 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 | 103 |
| 1995 | 67 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 | 95 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 276 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2021 | 682 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 599 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
Also listed as: Only Wanna Be with You.
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