
Peak
25
Weeks
34
Score
3,946
Chart Year
1994
Found Out About You" was written by Gin Blossoms guitarist Doug Hopkins. The song is based on a compilation of episodes with several of his girlfriends: "I heard about nights out in the school yard. I found out about you." - This has a double meaning. He found out about a girlfriend meeting another guy in a schoolyard and it is also where he and another girl swung on the swings and talked finding out about each other. "Street lights blink on through the car window. I get the time too often on AM radio." - The group members hung around together and this particular line refers to a night when the girl from the swings was with Doug and Robin was driving. They were doing a lot of partying and were listening to the radio when the announcer said the time. >> This first appeared in 1989 on Dusted, the Gin Blossoms' debut album. Released on a tiny label, it didn't get much attention, but a few years later the band earned a deal with A&M Records and recorded a new version for their 1992 album New Miserable Experience. During those sessions, Doug Hopkins was dealing with personal problems and alcoholism. He barely got through them, and when the sessions were over his bandmates fired him. The Gin Blossoms hit the road to promote the album with a new guitarist (Scotty Johnson), and Hopkins picked up with another band. At first, the album went nowhere, but when they released a video for the song "Hey Jealousy" - also written by Hopkins - they got some momentum. By the fall of 1993, the song was all over the radio. By this time, Hopkins was out of his band and in a downward spiral; he killed himself on December 5, 1993. Around this time, "Found Out About You" was released as the follow-up single. Like "Hey Jealousy," it earned lots of airplay and helped establish the band. The song peaked on the US chart at #25 in February 1994.
All last summer in case you don't recall I was yours and you were mine forget it all Is there a line that I could write That's sad enough to make you cry? And all the lines you wrote to me were lies Months roll past, the love that you struck dead Did you love me only in my head? There were things you said and did to me They seem to come so easily The love I thought I'd won you give for free Whispers at the bus stop Well I've heard about nights out in the school yard I found out about you I found out about you Rumors follow everywhere you go Like when you left and I was last to know Well you're famous now and there's no doubt In all the places you hang out They know your name and they know what you're about Whispers at the bus stop Well I've heard about nights out in the school yard I found out about you I found out about you Street lights blink on through the car window I get the time too often on AM radio Well you know it's all I think about I write your name, drive past your house Your boyfriend's over, I watch your lights go out Whispers at the bus stop Well I've heard about nights out in the school yard I found out about you I found out about you Whispers at the bus stop Well I've heard about nights out in the school yard I found out about you I found out about you I found about you
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 20, 1993 | 87 | 39 |
| 2 | Nov 27, 1993 | 76 | 50 |
| 3 | Dec 4, 1993 | 64 | 62 |
| 4 | Dec 11, 1993 | 60 | 66 |
| 5 | Dec 18, 1993 | 48 | 78 |
| 6 | Dec 25, 1993 | 46 | 80 |
| 7 | Jan 1, 1994 | 39 | 87 |
| 8 | Jan 8, 1994 | 44 | 82 |
| 9 | Jan 15, 1994 | 40 | 86 |
| 10 | Jan 22, 1994 | 31 | 95 |
| 11 | Jan 29, 1994 | 30 | 96 |
| 12 | Feb 5, 1994 | 25 | 101 |
| 13 | Feb 12, 1994 | 30 | 96 |
| 14 | Feb 19, 1994 | 30 | 96 |
| 15 | Feb 26, 1994 | 33 | 93 |
| 16 | Mar 5, 1994 | 30 | 96 |
| 17 | Mar 12, 1994 | 26 | 100 |
| 18 | Mar 19, 1994 | 31 | 95 |
| 19 | Mar 26, 1994 | 31 | 95 |
| 20 | Apr 2, 1994 | 30 | 96 |