Found Out About You

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"Found Out About You"
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Single by Gin Blossoms
from the album New Miserable Experience
B-side "Hands Are Tied"
Released1993
Genre
Length3:53
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Doug Hopkins
Producer(s)
Gin Blossoms singles chronology
"Until I Fall Away"
(1993)		"Found Out About You"
(1993)		"Allison Road"
(1994)
Music video
"Found Out About You" on YouTube

"Found Out About You" is a song by American rock band Gin Blossoms, released by A&M Records as the fourth single from their second studio album, New Miserable Experience (1992). Written by lead guitarist Doug Hopkins, who was fired from the band after the album, it first appeared on their 1989 debut recording, Dusted . The song was produced by the band with John Hampton and peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 40 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Background

"Found Out About You" was written by Hopkins in the mid-1980s and was the first song that singer Robin Wilson recalled demoing with the band when he joined. Wilson explained,

The first time we ever demo'd "Found Out About You" we knew it was a hit song. I remember that being a significant event in my mind, when we were in the studio doing that song. I was sitting out on my car and what I imagined to be a hit song was a bunch of kids dancing to it at the Devil House. We were listening to it and Bill [Leen, the bassist] looked over at me and said, "Hey, wow, this song is going to get you a lot of women, isn't it?" I was just like "Yeah, whatever." [3]

Hopkins had high hopes for making a hit. Wilson recalled that Hopkins was "very specific" about how the vocals for the song turned out. [3]

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The song was a favorite of the band's, with both Wilson and the drummer Rhodes naming it as Hopkins's best song. Rhodes commented, "In my opinion, that is the best song he ever wrote, and it is the best song on the record." [4] Wilson explained, "I knew that song had to be the best vocal of my entire life. I knew that song had to be perfect, at least from my angle. Everybody else did it perfectly, and I had to rise up to the challenge as well....He wanted it to be a hit record and I'm glad it is; it's a great song."

Release

"Found Out About You" reached number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it the second single from the album (after "Hey Jealousy") to enter the top 40. The song found the most success in Canada, where it reached number three on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. Elsewhere, the song barely reached the top 40 in the United Kingdom and peaked at number 94 on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart in September 1994.

Critical reception

"Found Out About You" saw praise from music critics. Ed Masley of The Arizona Republic listed the song as the Gin Blossoms' second best song on his list of their top 30 tracks, writing, "There's a haunting, almost psychedelic quality to the interweaving guitar lines and overall vibe of 'Found Out About You,' at once recalling R.E.M. at their hypnotic best and something closer to garage rock." [5] Alan Jones from Music Week gave it three out of five, saying, "The follow-up to the excellent debut hit 'Hey Jealousy' is a similarly retro guitar-based track. It lacks the cute devices that made 'Hey Jealousy' such a favourite, but is a sterling piece of work that recalls Eighties acts like Any Trouble and Joe Jackson. A mid-charting hit but, more importantly, one that is likely to boost their album, New Miserable Experience ." [6]

Track listings

A. "Found Out About You" – 3:53
B. "Hands Are Tied" – 3:17
A. "Found Out About You" – 3:53
B. "Hey Jealousy" (live) – 3:59
  1. "Found Out About You" – 3:53
  2. "Hey Jealousy" (live) – 3:59
  3. "Hold Me Down" (live) – 4:35
  4. "Mrs Rita" (live) – 4:20

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
 A&M
United KingdomApril 5, 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Fontana [25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ LaBate, Steve (December 18, 2009). "Jangle Bell Rock: A Chronological (Non-Holiday) Anthology… from The Beatles and Byrds to R.E.M. and Beyond". Paste . Archived from the original on March 24, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  2. ↑ Cosores, Philip (July 4, 2017). "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Gin Blossoms". www.losthorizons.info. Review Monthly, March 31, 1994. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ Alvarez, Tina. "A Shot Of Gin". www.losthorizons.info. Faces Magazine, April 04, 1994. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  5. ↑ Masley, Ed (February 23, 2021). "30 best Gin Blossoms songs including 'Hey Jealousy,' 'Follow You Down' and 'Mrs. Rita'". The Arizona Republic . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  6. ↑ Jones, Alan (April 9, 1994). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles" (PDF). Music Week . p. 14. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  7. ↑ Found Out About You (US cassette single cassette notes). Gin Blossoms. A&M Records. 1993. 31458 0418 4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ Found Out About You (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Gin Blossoms. Fontana Records. 1994. GIN 4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Found Out About You (UK & European CD single disc notes). Gin Blossoms. Fontana Records. 1994. GINCD4, 580 565-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 02 October 1994". ARIA . Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2382." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 18. April 30, 1994. p. 14. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Gin Blossoms Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Gin Blossoms Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Gin Blossoms Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Gin Blossoms Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Gin Blossoms Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Gin Blossoms Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  21. ↑ "U.S. Cash Box Charts" (PDF). popmusichistory. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  22. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1994". RPM . Retrieved December 1, 2018– via Library and Archives Canada.
  23. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1994". Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  24. ↑ "The Year in Music: Hot Album Rock Tracks". Billboard . Vol. 106, no. 52. December 24, 1994. p. YE-62. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  25. ↑ "Single Releases". Music Week . April 2, 1994. p. 21.
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