Hold My Hand (Hootie & the Blowfish song)
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| Single by Hootie & the Blowfish | ||||
| from the album Cracked Rear View | ||||
| Released | July 18, 1994 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Genre | Pop rock[1] | |||
| Length | 4:15 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| Producer(s) | Don Gehman | |||
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"Hold My Hand" is the debut single of the American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. 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 Billboard Hot 100. The song includes a backing vocal from David Crosby.[2]
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 Billboard Hot 100 and number six on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA) | 70 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 36 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] | 37 |
| Scotland (Official Charts Company)[5] | 27 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) | 50 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 10 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[7] | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 |
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- ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Hootie & the Blowfish – Hold My Hand". Top 40 Singles.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 1995-02-26". Scottish Singles Top 40.
- ↑ "Hootie & the Blowfish – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Hootie & the Blowfish. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ↑ "Hootie & the Blowfish – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Hootie & the Blowfish. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
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