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‘Only Wanna Be with You’ by Hootie & the Blowfish peaks at #6 in USA 20 years ago today (Oct 21 1995)

October 21, 20151990s, Popular Music 1990sadmin

(Saturday, October 21, 1995) — “Only Wanna Be with You” by Hootie & the Blowfish peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.

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