Only Wanna Be With You
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| "Only Wanna Be With You" | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| Single by Hootie & the Blowfish | ||
| from the album Cracked Rear View | ||
| Released | 1995 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | 1994 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:46 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Chart positions | ||
|
||
| Hootie & the Blowfish singles chronology | ||
| Let Her Cry (1994) |
Only Wanna Be With You (1995) |
Time (1995) |
"Only Wanna Be With You" is a pop song released in 1995 by Hootie & the Blowfish, the third single from their breakthrough album Cracked Rear View. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, #3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and #2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
The song is about a guy singing happily about his relationship with a unique girlfriend. It is most noted by its music video, which took the artistic form of an episode of ESPN SportsCenter, which was outlining the band attempting (apparently in vain) to make an impact on the sports scene. In addition to SportsCenter anchors Dan Patrick, Keith Olbermann, Mike Tirico, Charley Steiner and Chris Berman, several athletes were included. Among those appearing were golfer Fred Couples, basketball player Alonzo Mourning, and football player Dan Marino. The video was nominated in the Best Group Video category at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards.
There is a version of the music video which replaces a few of the sports scenes and the ESPN portions.
Five lines from Bob Dylan's song "Idiot Wind" are quoted in the song, leading to a lawsuit. The character in the song was asking his girlfriend, whom he was singing about/to, about the quoted lines.
