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"Drowning" is a song by American alternative rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in November 1995 as the fifth and final single from their debut album Cracked Rear View (1994). The song originally appeared on the group's 1991 cassette EP Time.

"Drowning"
Single by Hootie & the Blowfish
from the album Cracked Rear View
Released	November 1995
Recorded	1994
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	5:01
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Mark Bryan Darius Rucker Jim Sonefeld
Producer(s)	Don Gehman
Hootie & the Blowfish singles chronology
"Time" (1995) "Drowning" (1995) "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" (1996)

Content

The song centers on themes of prejudice and racism, and drew attention to the "rebel" flags displayed at the South Carolina State House at the time, twenty years before that symbol was removed by a vote of the state's legislature. The lyrics reference rap group Public Enemy: “PE’s coming is all I gotta say. Wanna turn and run away. They're just telling you how they see it.” They also reference singer Nanci Griffith, and her 1989 song "It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go.”

Reception

"Drowning" was not as successful as Cracked Rear View's first four singles, and failed to chart anywhere else but the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at number 21 in November 1995.[1][2]

Charts

Chart (1995–96)	Peak position
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	21

References

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