Whoever said they didn’t like Hootie in the 90’s was a liar.

It's about a man dealing with a wife/girlfriend who is struggling with addiction.

@caperboy1169

Ай бұрын

Did you come up with that all by yourself?

@tonytripodi3659

Ай бұрын

Darius based the woman in the song on himself

@richruksenas5992

Ай бұрын

​@@caperboy1169Right?

@pleutron

Ай бұрын

I thought the lyrics are pretty obvious. This isn't The Doors :P

@caperboy1169

Ай бұрын

@@pleutron when it comes to songwriting it’s not as obvious as people think .

🎶 Hold My Hand 🎶 Another top hit from Hootie & The Blowfish from the Album: Cracked Rear View 1994

“ Only Wanna Be With You” is a little more up tempo and is a GREAT song! ❤

@Kaddywompous

Ай бұрын

Yes, it is, even though I was too cool to admit it at the time.

Fun fact: Hootie & The Blowfish essentially got their break on "Late Night W/ David Letterman" in 1994. They had just released their album, and it was doing okay and getting some airplay, and Dave heard the song "Hold My Hand" on the radio and liked it so much that he asked his producer to invite them to perform the song on his show. After their performance, their album sales skyrocketed and became one of the biggest albums of the decade. Then, 21 years later as Dave was getting ready to retire from TV, he invited them back to perform again as one of his last musical guests as his show wound down, and they were honored to perform the same song.

I've always liked this one. 1994 release. It just amazes me that a lot of younger people have never heard this, but, then I realize this song is 30 years old, and that generation didn't necessarily get their music from radio and/or MTV. So, with the internet, people can just hear only the stuff they want to hear, and ignore the rest, unlike radio.

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

Ай бұрын

I think lack of radio has definitely hurt our connection, especially as far as the zeitgeist goes. There are plenty of songs I didn’t originally dig, but being forced to listen to it on the radio made me come around.

@briansmith48

Ай бұрын

Having too many avenues of media has hurt the cohesiveness of the younger generation. Having MTV show different types of music really brought us ( Gen-Xer's) together. Now MTV is just a bunch of reality shows. Teen mom and what have you. 😒

@JaquelineGoodspeed

Ай бұрын

​@@briansmith48 The radio did very well bonding us together. Our artists somehow were able to write songs that resonated with our shared experiences as a generation and our artists loved us as fans. The musicians were gifted with talent, everyone in the group performing.

@Pmjdp2001

Ай бұрын

I remember, I was 15 years old, living on Pope AFB, right next to Fort Bragg.. I watched this video on MTV. Been a Hootie fan since day one.

The last verse still gives me chills almost 30 years later.

@Schrimpieman

Ай бұрын

Whole song still gives me tears because I lived thru this exact storyline with the woman I loved so deeply in late 80's-early 90's. She helped me mature from an 18-yr old rebel to the responsible man I am today. She made so much progress when we were together & we almost married. But things fell thru...it hurt so much losing her. . Good Note: We re-established communications recently (we are leading our own separate lives with total respect), and she turned her life around for the better.

@jamesmorgan4121

Ай бұрын

@@Schrimpieman Good for you mate. I had a similar experience when I was 20 in the mid 80’s. Found her on Facebook a couple of years ago and messaged her but never heard back and it looked like she hadn’t touched her account for a few years. So hope she is doing ok but don’t know. It was the strangest thing when I saw her photo on Facebook. 35 years since I saw her and all the emotions of my feelings for her came flooding back including my love for her. Guess I’d been holding onto that for all that time. Anyway all the best mate ❤️

@Schrimpieman

Ай бұрын

@@jamesmorgan4121 True Love Lives Forever in a Man's Heart. Peace.

Growing up in the 70s and 80s, I had a hard time with the changes in music, this is one of those bands that got me through the 90s.

@Lovejazz01

Ай бұрын

Agree, same here…

Darius is a great guy. I was born and raised in Charleston, SC as well. My grandma lived two doors down from his. Our high schools were always competing. He is extremely down to earth and although living a better life now, never forgot where he came from and gives back generously. He once said there’s a fine line between southern rock and country and he’s blurred that line.

They were so huge that the hit tv show "Friends" had a scene where the three Friends ladies (Monica, Rachel and Phoebe) had returned from their concert. They claimed they not only kissed Hootie, but the Blowfish too! Us older folks see cowboy Darius Rucker and think "Hootie".

Darius said in an interview that he always wanted to sing country but the band voted the other direction. He ended up country in the end anyways. Dosen't matter what he is singing it fantastic.

One of the best albums of the 90s “Cracked Rear View”. A treasure trove of hit after hit.

Hottie and the blowfish and 4 no blinds have similar sounds and tones to their music. It would have been great to see them together in concert.

My sister just lost her battle with addiction on February 7th of this year. I wasn't sure if I could make it through this video because this song always makes me think of her and the struggles she faced being an addict. It's so sad. My heart is shattered 💔 . Thanks for doing this reaction. Love you guys.

@catherinewiseman3997

Ай бұрын

😢 I’m so sorry for your loss

@barsandbarbells2022

Ай бұрын

So sorry to hear this, may she rest in peace.

@ian8241

Ай бұрын

RIP, Sorry for the loss of your Sister

@kevinbohannon9158

Ай бұрын

So sorry for your loss 🙏

The album this is on, Cracked Rear View, is an amazing album. There is a story I read about them as to why they are named Hootie and The Blowfish. I read that 2 of them were going to UNC at the time and started a group. One night they were at a party and two of their friends showed up at the same time. One of their friends who wore thick glasses reminded them of an owl hence the name Hootie. The second friend used to puff up his cheeks, for what reason I do not know, and it reminded them of a blowfish. They walked in together and someone said "Hey, it's Hootie and the Blowfish!". The band members looked at each other and they both loved the name.

@halah34

Ай бұрын

It was USC, the other band members heard Darius singing in the shower and got him to join the band.

Hootie And The Blowfish are AMAZING! They were one of the top bands in the 90's.. they had major hits! Soo many great songs!

Boogie and the blow fish were a college band that made it BIG.

As a former musician and song writer. The delivery of the song was absolutely spot on in many different ways

This song, Hold My Hand, Only Wanna Be With You and Time were the four songs from the album CRACKED REAR VIEW that made Hootie & The Blowfish a pop radio staple in 1994. All four songs hit the Top Five on the Airplay chart.

Loved Hootie and the Blowfish, saw them 3 times.

They Dominated the air waves at one time 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

I knew them when they went to University of South Carolina and used to play outside in the dirt before football games

You guys MUST dig into Hootie ... they simply rocked and have many, many hits before Darius went solo.

Listening from Finland 🇫🇮 ❤

I saw these guys at a club in Pittsburgh a couple months before they hit it big nationally. I remember thinking these guys are going places because they had such a good sound.

Their debut album Cracked Rear View is phenomenal. Top twenty all-time in album sales

***Brantley Smith, the band's first drummer is my friend. He left the band to be a church music minister. He also played the cello at my wedding.*** With the rich, bluesy vocals of Darius Rucker and gleeful harmonies of guitarist Mark Bryan, bassist Dean Felber and drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld, Hootie & the Blowfish sold over 25 million records worldwide after their infectious melodies hit the airwaves in 1994 with hits such as “Hold My Hand”, “Let Her Cry” and “Only Wanna Be With You.” One of the biggest misconceptions to most people is that Hootie & The Blowfish became an overnight success in 1994 when their debut album Cracked Rear View, moved over 16 million copies (and counting) in the U. S. alone. What most people don’t know was that the album’s triumph came after a decade of hard work. The quartet met while attending the University of South Carolina in Columbia in the late 1980s. New freshman Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in the showers of the dorm they shared and was impressed by his vocal ability. Bryan and Rucker began playing cover tunes as The Wolf Brothers and eventually hooked up with Dean Felber, a former high school bandmate of Bryan’s, and Brantley Smith as Hootie & The Blowfish. (The unlikely moniker was borrowed from the nicknames of two college friends.) When Smith’s true passion called him home to Greenville, SC in 1989, Bryan reached out to classmate Jim (Soni) Sonefeld to join the band and the immediate chemistry was undeniable! By the time they graduated, endless gigs at frat parties and local bars had built a major local buzz. “We’d started adding original material to our repertoire,” Bryan recalled. “Our songs went over well, so we decided to see if we could make a career out of it. Even if we hadn’t had a hit, I know we’d still be making music today, because it’s exactly what we want to be doing.” The band’s secret weapon, and the force that pulls all of its diverse influences together, is the voice of Darius Rucker, an expressive instrument brimming with gritty soul and subtle wit. When he sings, the songs are imbued with a buoyant good humor and an openhearted joy that connects on an almost spiritual level with audiences all over the world. “Having Darius in the band is a wonderful luxury,” Mark Bryan explained. “We can try something funky, or bluegrassy or a ballad; we can run the gamut stylistically, but never stray too far from our sound because once Darius starts singing, it’s Hootie and the Blowfish. In the next five years, Hootie & The Blowfish worked their way up the food chain from local draw to gigs all over the Carolinas and finally, the entire East Coast. Their blend of pop, folk, blues, soul and rock made them hard to pigeonhole, but easily accessible to anyone who loved good music. Atlantic Records, impressed by the tens of thousands of Kootchypop copies already sold without the help of a label, signed them and released Cracked Rear View in 1994. The album had been out for six months before the band played on the Late Show with David Letterman. Letterman told his audience “If you don’t have this album, there’s something wrong with you.” The day after the show aired, sales went from four or five thousand a week to 17,000 a week, and eventually Number One on the Billboard charts the following spring. It remains a strong seller today. “It became dream-like,” Rucker recalled. “I’d wished for it, but I’m not sure I believed it, even as it was happening. We were on tour constantly; the whole thing is still kind of a blur.” At the end of the year, Cracked Rear View and the band won two Grammy’s - Best New Artist and Song of the Year by duo or group for “Let Her Cry.” They also took home an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist for “Hold My Hand,” a Billboard Music Award for album of the year, a People’s Choice Award for Album of the Year and a People’s Choice Award for Best Selling Artist, a feat they duplicated in 1996. Cracked Rear View went on to earn the band Billboard’s Band of the Year Award in 1996 and the RIAA’s Diamond Award for sales of 10 million units. Cracked Rear View remains the 9th best selling album in music business history, and all albums combined, have moved over 25 million worldwide. www.hootie.com/about/

@BobTheMan2

Ай бұрын

Cool ask him if he remembers the Copal Grill in Charlotte NC

@jaybourne1185

Ай бұрын

that is super cool... i actually graduated from UNC Charlotte in the early 90s and remember the band coming up from SC and playing at frat parties before they hit big. i also saw them again at an amphitheater in late 90s after they were everywhere and they still seemed almost unchanged, laid back and grounded... 😎

@BobTheMan2

Ай бұрын

@@jaybourne1185 Cool my sister graduate from UNCC. I went to so many parties at that University

@mikeharris3733

Ай бұрын

Hell, I don't remember the Copal Grill and I lived in Charlotte during that time... most of it in Highland Creek in the University Area.

@jaybourne1185

Ай бұрын

@@mikeharris3733 copal grill was a small truck stop w/ retro neon sign on wilkinson blvd near i-85 intersection. it was used in some movies and this video (see 2:18 mark). it was closed in 2008

This album by Hootie and the Blowfish was a massive hit, with 3 or 4 big hits

In the 90s this band was larger than life.. well they were large and more of a college band like REM. Hence the line “Michael Stripes not far behind”.

@dennisshaper4744

Ай бұрын

Yawn

Any song from their “Cracked RearView” album is awesome!!

Brings back so many memories of the 90s which was a good decade and i didn't realize this song is 30 years old this year wow that's amazing

Oh yeah!!! 😊❤Love some Hootie & the Blowfish!

He will always be Hootie & the Blowfish to me. Love the rock from my college days.

Hootie and the Blowfish were huge when I was an early teen. Can remember hearing this (and them in general) many times while at school events or county fairs and it brings me back to those days like it wasn't 30 yrs ago now.

Hootie and the blowfish was one of the few 90s rock bands that I liked a lot! I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and so the 90s music did not appeal much. When I first heard Darius Rucker, I knew he sounded familiar but I couldn’t put a finger on where I had heard his voice. When I found out that’s who he was I said to myself oh my goodness how did I not recognize him. He sings a little different, but the voice is still just as beautiful. 6:11

@taoist32

Ай бұрын

I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s too, but I loved all the music from all 3 decades (70’s, 80’s, 90’s).

Good lord, I have not heard this song in a long time, but it is so packed with feeling. I have loved it since it came out. Gets me every time. So good.

This was the era of Counting Crows and Collective Soul, and this song fits right into that sound that we lived with almost exclusively and loved so much. Check out Counting Crows' song "Round Here" to see what I'm on about. "Mr. Jones" was one of their biggest hits, you've probably heard it. How the hell has it been 30 years!? Damn, time's going by so fast.

@Souljah2008

Ай бұрын

You forgot Live.

@TheNotedHero

Ай бұрын

@@Souljah2008 Ah yes, their Throwing Copper album was amazing!

90's classic

As a member of Hootie and the Blowfish, Rucker landed two No.1 albums, several top 40 hits, and two Grammy wins. Then, in 2008, he released his debut country album Learn to Live. Finding acceptance in country music coming from another genre was hard enough. Like Bey, Rucker also had to deal with people questioning his authenticity as well as outright racism. In a recent interview, he weighed in on the pop superstar’s foray into country music.

@taoist32

Ай бұрын

It’s interesting these two are more familiar with his country music since they look like they are 8n their early 30’s.

@pleutron

Ай бұрын

what are you talking about? racism from who? this isn't the 1950's or even 70's. Fringe country music alleged racists like David Allan Coe are very few and very unknown. stop trying to make things about race.

Strongly suggest “Only wanna be with you” next from Hootie and the Blowfish.

Cracked rear View album,not a bad song on it. Darius voice is so unique and expressive. One of my favorite male voices of all time. One of the best Debut albums ever.

The heartbeat of this band is often over looked drummer Jim Sonefeld. This band was huge in the 90’s and 2000’s… Fun reaction and review 👊🏻

Rucker has a sweet voice enjoyed the blowfish for so many years and the track Look away. 4-Stars.

Don't forget that this was the early 90s. After the glam rock of the 80s people were looking for songs with deeper meaning that could be played on the radio.

@janleonard3101

Ай бұрын

I was _so tired_ of hair metal by the end of the 80s. The 90s artists like Hootie and Alanis Morissette were so refreshing and welcome. I was into country for a few years in the early 90s too because I really needed a change.

@taoist32

Ай бұрын

Don’t forget 80’s pop songs that had deeper meanings. Voices Carry, 99 Luftballoons, Luka, etc.

@chrischar9428

Ай бұрын

Puhlease

Cracked Rear View Window is just an awesome album. Best selling album of 1995!

Graduated with Darius lead singer at university of SC , we got caught in girls 1989 lol, nice guy ! He gave me one of first cds that came out Broken rear view mirror album that put them on map ! Started at school and they made hit big as group 1994 they made it big! What a time we had in Columbia SC! Love channel guys !

Okay, so I was going to say how much this reminds me of She Talks to Angels, then I found the video of Darius Rucker singing She Talks to Angels with the Black Crowes! Both are great songs! Darius is amazing whatever genre he chooses!

Darius wrote the song as well, a whole lot of talent....

so you can relate to most of us listening to him do country because this is how most of us were introduced to Darius...

I was living in South Carolina at that time, so many memories...

It's been a minute since I've heard their music. I really miss hearing his voice.

Song about being in love with an addict. Heartbreaking Similar vibe and sound in a slightly different way is the Black crows She talks to angels

Every high school girl in my hometown had Cracked Rear View. It was the biggest record of the year when it came out.

Man, this song was HUGE in the 90s. I was going through a breakup when I first heard it. ha!

"Hold My Hand"...first big hit

Rucker was inspired to write this after hearing the Black Crows She Talks to Angles.

Rear Cracked View is packed with hits.

Darius has mad singing skills. I knew of him as Hootie, but his Darius cover of Wagon Wheel was epic! He's had some great other Country songs since then as well! Great overall artist! Peace, Love!!

Loves me some Hootie and the Blowfish.

Chills and tears.

I LOVE HATBF!!! They have so many great songs!!

Some of my favorites by Hootie & The Blowfish are "Time", "Only Lonely" and "Running from an Angel."

He's back to doing Hootie and the Blowfish this summer on tour. Catch him live.

Darius is just incredible. Cracked Rear View, HUGE.

You can't go wrong with Darius Rucker!!!

I love "Time" great vocals great song from the same LP guys

They have a lot of great songs! Listened to them a lot in college!

It was filmed near my house in Charlotte NC. The Copal Grill is now gone. Most of the land out there is for airport parking. But Copal was a great grill. And they did have those juke boxes at each table.

His voice is amazing. No idea why he stopped making this type of music

Great history,thank you!

I saw them in my hometown upstate SC in a bar for three dollars before they made it

Have seen Hootie a couple of times at the Hootie Homegrown events in Charleston, his hometown (I think he now lives across the river in Mt. Pleasant now), and Charleston loves them/him and sings all the songs with them. Quite a great experience.

Wow. Trip down memory lane for me. Great song.

My favorite by this band and love Darius. Wagon Wheel is great

"She says you're the one I love the most but Stipe's not far behind" refers to Michael Stipe, the lead singer from R.E.M.

one of my all time favourites from them is i will wait its very catchy

Darius is so fucking smooth.

Darius is a great songwriter and singer.

Such a powerful song!

Great reaction! I always enjoyed Hootie and the Blowfish. Darius' voice was a large part of the appeal, but the group has many catchy songs. I've also enjoyed the country songs that I have heard from Darius.

Wow that’s crazy, I was a big Hootie fan growing up, so when he came out solo I knew he’s voice straight away.. I guy I worked with was like have you heard this new singer when wagon wheel came out 😂 until I told him he was in Hootie and the blowfish he was stunned 😂😂

The whole album was massive back then.

wow. y'all are in for a treat... thanks for the vid, this came out when my kids were little, I raised them by myself so it brings back many good memories

This Thier Second Top Ten , Was A HUGE "College Hit", A Bit, Before It Broke, Mainstream ,/ Nationwide, Etc.. Ohio State Campus/ N. HIGH ST.( Rt#23) , AT "Mean - Mr Mustards" ...Memories... 👌😁👋 🎶🎵🎶 😎 🤔

Love this song thank you! I also like Darius country!

1994. Damn. I'd give the price of the world and everything in it to return to that time, even if only for a little while.

Excellent song .. fantastic singer!

Awesome tune!!! This is my favorite song from them.

they have some good songs for sure.

Loved Hootie and the blowfish in the 90’s. Saw them live. They were awesome. I love Darius’ voice. Hold my hand is another great won by them.

Beautiful but really sad song.❤

I was in college when they were a bar band. I caught a few shows right before they hit the big stage. I still have a ticket stub where I paid something like $8 when they played a little outdoor amphitheater at Clemson.

The guitar player, Edwin McCain, also has a solo career singing. My favorite is "I Could Not Ask For More"

A great group. I saw them in concert when they first starting performing professionally. They were outstanding.

Great song and band!

I've seen Darius Rucker 10 times and went to Hootiefest in Cancun the last two years.

I saw the title and thought at first the lyrics were going to be Skylark's Wildflower, "Let her cry for she's a lady". But this song was good, too.

My all time favorite Hootie song. Used to karaoke with this song in the bar after Friday night bowling when I was in my 20’s.

This is my favorite song from an album that absolutely took the county by storm in the mid-90s.

They sold a LOT of copies of that album. It was right at the point that I was converting my cassette collection to CDs and there were always about a half dozen Cracked Rear View CDs in the used CD stores. I never got that. That many people bought it and didn't like it?