"Hold My Hand" is the debut single of the American
alternative rock band
Hootie & the Blowfish from their album Cracked Rear View. 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 10 on the US
Billboard Hot 100. The song includes a backing vocal from
David Crosby.[6]
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the song "has a singalong chorus that epitomizes the band's good-times vibes."[7]
^Cracked Rear View (CD insert). Hootie & the Blowfish. Atlantic Records. 1994. 82613.{{
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"Hold My Hand" is the debut single of the American
alternative rock band
Hootie & the Blowfish from their album Cracked Rear View. 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 10 on the US
Billboard Hot 100. The song includes a backing vocal from
David Crosby.[6]
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the song "has a singalong chorus that epitomizes the band's good-times vibes."[7]
^Cracked Rear View (CD insert). Hootie & the Blowfish. Atlantic Records. 1994. 82613.{{
cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (
link)