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Hold Tight (Bread song)

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"Hold Tight"
Song by Bread
from the album Lost Without Your Love
Released1977
Recorded1976
GenreSoft rock
Length3:05
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)David Gates
Producer(s)Mark Taylor
"Hold Tight"
Single by Vicki Sue Robinson
from the album Half and Half
B-side"Falling in Love"
ReleasedAugust 1977
Genre
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)David Gates
Producer(s)David Gates
Vicki Sue Robinson singles chronology
"Should I Stay" / "I Won't Let You Go"
(1977)
"Hold Tight"
(1977)
"Trust In Me"
(1978)

"'Hold Tight'" is a song written and composed by David Gates, and originally recorded by the pop-rock group Bread, of which Gates was the leader and primary music producer. It is a track from Bread's final LP, Lost Without Your Love from 1977.

Vicki Sue Robinson cover

"Hold Tight" was covered by American actress and singer Vicki Sue Robinson in the summer of 1977. The single peaked at #67 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of 1977.[1] It was also a major dance hit, reaching #2.[2] The song did not chart outside the U.S. It preceded the release of the album on which it was included, her 1978 LP Half And Half.

Chart performance

Chart (1977) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 67
U.S. Billboard Dance/Disco[4] 2

Other versions

References

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. ^ "Vicki Sue Robinson Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ^ "Vicki Sue Robinson Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  5. ^ Shaun Cassidy – That's Rock 'N' Roll - Shaun Cassidy Live