American band Hootie & the Blowfish has released six studio albums, one extended play, three compilation albums, and 24 singles. The band debuted in 1993 with the extended play Kootchypop, followed by their 1994 debut Cracked Rear View. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 and was certified 22 times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), honoring shipments of 22 million copies in the United States. It accounted for the singles "Hold My Hand", "Let Her Cry", and "Only Wanna Be with You".
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US US Indie AUSAustralian (ARIA) chart peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: "Hold My Hand": N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)": CAN GER NL NZ SWE SWI UK Hootie & the Blowfish: Cracked Rear View Release date: July 5, 1994 Label: Atlantic 1 — 7 1 45 — 1 — — 12 RIAA: 2× Diamond (22× Platinum) ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Diamond RMNZ: Platinum Fairweather Johnson Release date: April 23, 1996 Label: Atlantic 1 — 12 6 41 37 6 36 37 9 RIAA: 3× Platinum BPI: Gold RMNZ: Gold Musical Chairs Release date: September 15, 1998 Label: Atlantic 4 — 54 27 72 — 20 — — 15 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver Hootie & the Blowfish Release date: March 4, 2003 Label: Atlantic 46 — — — — — — — — 161 Looking for Lucky Release date: August 9, 2005 Label: Vanguard 47 4 — — — — — — — — Imperfect Circle Release date: November 1, 2019 Label: Capitol Nashville 26 — — — — — — — — 100 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions USBashe, P. R., & George-Warren, H., The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Third ed.). New York, Fireside, 2005, p. 443 US Indie Scattered, Smothered and Covered Release date: October 24, 2000 Label: Atlantic 71 — The Best of Hootie & the Blowfish: 1993–2003 Release date: March 2, 2004 Label: Atlantic, Rhino 62 — Live in Charleston Release date: August 8, 2006 Label: Vanguard — 47 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Extended plays Kootchypop (1993)
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US Main US AC US Adult AUS CAN GER ICEPeak chart positions for singles on the Icelandic Singles Chart (Íslenski Listinn): "Let Her Cry": "Only Wanna Be With You": "Hannah Jane": "Time": "Old Man & Me": "Tucker's Town": NZ UK "Hold My Hand" 1994 10 4 6 25 70 36 — — 37 50 RMNZ: Platinum Cracked Rear View "Let Her Cry" 9 9 6 16 4 2 78 4 19 75 ARIA: Gold RMNZ: Platinum "Only Wanna Be with You" 1995 6 2 3 2 40 1 65 4 17 85 RMNZ: 2× Platinum "Hannah Jane" — — — — — — — 23 — — "Time" 14 26 4 1 — 1 — 9 35 — "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" — 15 — — — 62 — — — — Encomium: a Tribute to Led Zeppelin "Drowning" — 21 — — — — — — — — Cracked Rear View "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" 1996 13 6 18 4 60 1 75 8 41 57 Fairweather Johnson "Tucker's Town" 38 29 24 12 — 2 — 20 — 77 "I Go Blind" — — 22 2 — 13 — — — — Friends Original TV Soundtrack "Sad Caper" — — — 26 — 32 — — — — Fairweather Johnson "I Will Wait" 1998 — — 28 3 — 7 — — — 57 Musical Chairs "Only Lonely" 1999 — — 25 29 — 20 — — — 169 "Wishing" — — — — — — — — — — "Innocence" 2003 — — 25 24 — — — — — — Hootie & the Blowfish "It's Alright" — — — — — — — — — — "Goodbye Girl" — — 24 — — — — — — — The Best of Hootie & the Blowfish "One Love" 2005 — — 5 20 — — — — — — Looking for Lucky "Get Out of My Mind" 2006 — — 17 — — — — — — — "Hold On" 2019 — — — — — — — — — — Imperfect Circle "Miss California" — — — — — — — — — — "Losing My Religion" 2020 — — — — — — — — — — Added to re-release editions of Imperfect Circle "Won't Be Home for Christmas" — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "For What It's Worth" 2024 — — — — — — — — — — "Bottle Rockets" 2025 32 — — — — 43 — — — — RIAA: Gold Scooter & Friends "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Soundtrack appearances Year Single Album 2000"Can't Find the Time to Tell You"Me, Myself & Irene: Music from the Motion Picture
Music videos Title Year Director "Hold My Hand" 1994 Adolfo Doring "Let Her Cry" "Only Wanna Be with You" 1995 Frank Sacramento "Time" "Old Man and Me (When I Get to Heaven)" 1996 Dan Winters "Tucker's Town" Greg Masuak "I Will Wait" 1998 Nigel Dick "Hold On" 2019
See also Darius Rucker discography
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