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Cracked Rear View is the major-label debut album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on July 5, 1994. It was the highest-selling album of 1995, with 10.5 million shipments that year alone, eventually shipping 16 million copies to retailers by March 31, 1999. It is tied with several albums, all certified 16× platinum, for the fifteenth best selling album of all time in the United States[1].
[edit] Track listing
- All songs written by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker, Jim Sonefield.
- "Hannah Jane" – 3:33
- "Hold My Hand" – 4:15
- "Let Her Cry" – 5:08
- "Only Wanna Be with You" – 3:46
- "Running from an Angel" – 3:37
- "I'm Goin' Home" – 4:11
- "Drowning" – 5:01
- "Time" – 4:53
- "Look Away" – 2:38
- "Not Even the Trees" – 4:37
- "Goodbye" – 4:05
- Includes hidden track "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"(Traditional) (0:54)
[edit] Song notes
[edit] Let Her Cry
Main article:
Let Her Cry"Let Her Cry" was the second single from the album—after "Hold My Hand"—and peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
[edit] Only Wanna Be with You
"Only Wanna Be with You" was the next hit single released from the album, reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
[edit] Drowning
"Drowning" deals with racism in America and makes references to an ongoing controversy in Hootie & the Blowfish's home state of South Carolina with the line "Why is there a rebel flag hanging from the state house walls?"
A later verse of the song alludes to the Nanci Griffith song "It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go":
- Nanci singing it's a hard life wherever you go
- About some fat racist living in Chicago
- Trying to teach his kids to hate everyone
- Well tell me why is that something you wanna teach your son?
[edit] Personnel
- Hootie & the Blowfish
- Additional personnel
- Production
- Producers: Gloria Gabriel, Don Gehman
- Engineer: Don Gehman
- Assistant engineer: Wade Norton
- Mixing: Don Gehman
- Mixing assistant: Liz Sroka
- Mastering: Eddy Schreyer
- Production coordination: Gena Maria Rankin
- Art direction: Jean Cronin
- Photography: Mike McLaughlin
[edit] Charts
- Album
- Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1994 |
Heatseekers |
1 |
| 1995 |
The Billboard 200 |
1 |
- Singles
- Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 1994 |
"Hold My Hand" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
4 |
| 1994 |
"Hold My Hand" |
Top 40 Mainstream |
7 |
| 1994 |
"Let Her Cry" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
28 |
| 1995 |
"Drowning" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
21 |
| 1995 |
"Hold My Hand" |
Adult Contemporary |
6 |
| 1995 |
"Hold My Hand" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
30 |
| 1995 |
"Hold My Hand" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
10 |
| 1995 |
"Hold My Hand" |
Top 40 Adult Recurrents |
2 |
| 1995 |
"Hold My Hand" |
Top 40 Adult Recurrents |
5 |
| 1995 |
"Hold My Hand" |
Top 40 Mainstream |
2 |
| 1995 |
"Let Her Cry" |
Adult Contemporary |
6 |
| 1995 |
"Let Her Cry" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
9 |
| 1995 |
"Let Her Cry" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
34 |
| 1995 |
"Let Her Cry" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
9 |
| 1995 |
"Let Her Cry" |
Top 40 Adult Recurrents |
10 |
| 1995 |
"Let Her Cry" |
Top 40 Adult Recurrents |
10 |
| 1995 |
"Let Her Cry" |
Top 40 Mainstream |
2 |
| 1995 |
"Only Wanna Be With You" |
Adult Contemporary |
3 |
| 1995 |
"Only Wanna Be with You" |
Adult Top 40 |
2 |
| 1995 |
"Only Wanna Be with You" |
Adult Top 40 |
7 |
| 1995 |
"Only Wanna Be with You" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
2 |
| 1995 |
"Only Wanna Be with You" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
22 |
| 1995 |
"Only Wanna Be with You" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
6 |
| 1995 |
"Only Wanna Be with You" |
Top 40 Mainstream |
1 |
| 1995 |
"Time" |
Adult Contemporary |
4 |
| 1995 |
"Time" |
Adult Top 40 |
1 |
| 1995 |
"Time" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
14 |
| 1996 |
"Only Wanna Be with You" |
Top 40 Adult Recurrents |
2 |
| 1996 |
"Time" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
26 |
| 1996 |
"Time" |
Top 40 Adult Recurrents |
1 |
[edit] Awards
[edit] See also
