Seeing Stars

Album: not on an album (1996)
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Songfacts®:

  • Lead singer Robin Wilson wrote this song for his friend, former Gin Blossoms guitarist Doug Hopkins, who took his own life in 1993. The first two Gin Blossoms hits, "Hey Jealousy" and "Found Out About You," were written by Hopkins but he was booted from the band before they took off. >>
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    Joe - Middleville, MI
  • This wasn't released on an album, just as the B-side of the "Til I Hear It From You" single.

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