Released July 18, 1994 Genre Pop rock Label Atlantic | Format CD single Length 4:15 | |
Writer(s) Mark Bryan
Dean Felber
Darius Rucker
Jim Sonefeld | ||
"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.
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Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the song "has a singalong chorus that epitomizes the band's good-times vibes."
Chart performance
"Hold My Hand" peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.
References
Hold My Hand (Hootie & the Blowfish song) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA