Question 1

Do Hootie & the Blowfish write their own songs?

Accepted Answer

Members are credited on 72 of the band's 74 studio tracks and 54 of those carry no writer from outside the band. All four members are on nearly everything, which is how the credits have run since the debut.

Question 2

Who wrote "Only Wanna Be with You"?

Accepted Answer

All four members. The debut is credited to Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim Sonefeld as a group on every track.

Question 3

How many albums have they released?

Accepted Answer

Six studio albums: Cracked Rear View (1994), Fairweather Johnson (1996), Musical Chairs (1998), Hootie & the Blowfish (2003), Looking for Lucky (2005) and Imperfect Circle (2019).

Question 4

How well did Cracked Rear View sell?

Accepted Answer

It is certified 2x diamond by the RIAA, which is 22 times platinum, and gold by the BPI. No sales figure is published on the cited pages.

Question 5

Did they win Grammy Awards?

Accepted Answer

Two at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards in 1996: Best New Artist, and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "Let Her Cry".

Question 6

Why did they stop?

Accepted Answer

They went on hiatus in 2008 and Darius Rucker made country albums under his own name. The band came back in 2018 and released Imperfect Circle the following year.

Question 7

Which album has outside writers on it?

Accepted Answer

Imperfect Circle, where ten of the 13 tracks bring in Nashville writers including Jeff Trott, Eric Paslay and Chris Stapleton. The four albums before Looking for Lucky have none at all.

Question 8

Are the credits shared equally?

Accepted Answer

Almost exactly. Rucker is on 72 tracks and the other three on 71 each, so nothing is attributed to the singer alone.

Question 9

Where do the credits for Looking for Lucky come from?

Accepted Answer

The album article publishes none, so the per-track writers here come from the Discogs release.

Question 10

Are they still recording?

Accepted Answer

Imperfect Circle in 2019 is the most recent studio album. The band has toured since.