"Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" | ||||
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Single by Hootie & the Blowfish | ||||
from the album Fairweather Johnson | ||||
B-side | "Before the Heartache Rolls In" | |||
Released | April 2, 1996 | |||
Length | 4:27 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Don Gehman | |||
Hootie & the Blowfish singles chronology | ||||
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"Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" is a song by American rock group Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in April 1996 as the lead single from their second album, Fairweather Johnson . In the United States, it peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 18 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and number six on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. The song also reached number one in Canada, becoming the band's third and final single to do so.
The song first appeared in an earlier version on the band's 1993 self-released EP, Kootchypop. The EP's liner notes explain the origin of the song:
I was walking on Santee Street in Columbia leaving Monterrey Jack's and an older man came up to me. He asked for some change and me being in a bad mood (not me) I gave him some smart ass "BUM" remark. I went for a block on my way to the Elbow Room and I felt like the biggest pompous asshole. So I woke up the next morning and wrote this fictitious conversation about his life because you never know what has happened to these unfortunate people.
The music video was directed by Dan Winters and filmed in Columbia, South Carolina. [1] The scenes of the mill ruins were filmed in Rockingham, North Carolina, at the Great Falls Mill Ruins and the waterfall behind the ruins. [2]
US 7-inch vinyl and cassette single [3] [4]
US CD single [5]
UK CD single [6]
European and Australian CD single [7]
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Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | April 2, 1996 |
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United Kingdom | April 22, 1996 |
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