Hootie and the Blowfish released Cracked Rear View in 1994. It was the highest-selling album of 1995, with 10.5 million shipments that year alone, eventually shipping 16 million copies to retailers by March 31st 1999. It is currently tied with several other albums, all certified 16x platinum, for the 15th best selling album of all time in the United States. (RIAA Top 100)

There are 12 songs on Cracked Rear View. One of the songs is only instrumental. That leaves 11 lyrical songs. Of those 11 songs, 8 of them use some form of “cry” in the lyrics. One more song, Drowning, does not use the term “cry” but rather “tears”. So if we include Drowning with the other 8 songs, we have a total of 9 out of 11. That’s roughly 82% of the album.

I have no idea what any of this means. Maybe it’s like the Pink Floyd/Wizard of Oz thing but instead it’s to couple with Fievel Goes West, the disappointing sequel to the cinematic masterpiece, American Tail. Take this useless information and whatever unfounded conclusions that you may draw from it, keep in mind are absolutely correct and should be defended militantly if ever challenged.

Keep an eye out for more frivolity packed information in the future.

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