Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy - Music Rewind Favorite Clips

A classic tune discussed in Music Rewind's Top 5 Songs of Summer, this clip is the Gin Blossoms performing Hey Jealousy at the 1994 Farm Aid.

Top 5 Songs of Summer: https://youtu.be/hWmWAnj3kpk

"Hey Jealousy" is a song by American rock band Gin Blossoms. The song was included on the group's debut album, Dusted (1989), and was re-recorded on their breakthrough 1992 album, New Miserable Experience. It was written by lead guitarist Doug Hopkins, who was fired from the band shortly after the recording of the second album. It became the band's first top-40 single on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1993, reaching number 25, and it also peaked at number 20 in Iceland, number 24 in the United Kingdom, number 28 in Australia, and number 39 in Canada.

"Hey Jealousy" was inspired by Hopkins' desire to get back with his ex-girlfriend Cathy Swafford, who had left him because of his drinking and cheating.[4] Hopkins originally included the line "you can trust me not to drink", but lead singer Robin Wilson insisted on changing "drink" to "think," having grown tired of Hopkins' lyrical references to his drinking problem. Hopkins was upset that Wilson changed the lyric, as it was done to a song he had written after he had been fired as the band's guitarist. When asked about the song after it became a hit, Hopkins expressed discomfort with the track, stating, "It's my song, but I don't enjoy it. I mean, when it comes on the radio, I turn it off, because I don't really want to hear that. It doesn't make me feel good or anything." After the record was certified gold by the RIAA, the Gin Blossoms mailed Hopkins a gold record, which he destroyed a few weeks before his death in 1993.

An amazing performance and a favorite clip of Music Rewind.

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy - Music Rewind Favorite Clips

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