"Hold My Hand" | ||||
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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 | |||
Length | 4:15 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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Producer(s) | Don Gehman | |||
Hootie & the Blowfish singles chronology | ||||
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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.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the song "has a singalong chorus that epitomizes the band's good-times vibes."
"Hold My Hand" peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.