Hold On Tight (Samantha Fox song)
| "Hold On Tight" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "It's Only Love" |
"Hold On Tight" was the third single from British singer Samantha Fox's 1986 debut album Touch Me.
Song information
"Hold On Tight" is a classically styled rock and roll song. The late 1980s saw a renewed interest in retro-1950s pop culture, in part spurred on by the film Back to the Future. "Hold On Tight's" electric guitar and backbeat serve to evoke a 1950s rock and roll sound.
Music video
The music video reflects the song's rockabilly sensibilities by showing Samantha Fox in a diner sporting a ponytail, midriff-baring shirt, denim hot pants, and cowgirl boots. Soon after putting her song on the diner's jukebox she headed outside, this time wearing a fringe trimmed red leather dress. As she sings "Hold On Tight" Fox danced with greasers and youths in letterman jackets and poodle skirts, typical of 1950s fashion.[1]
Track listings
- Vinyl, 7" UK (FOXY 3)[2]
- "Hold On Tight" (3:34)
- "It's Only Love" (3:36)
- Vinyl, 12", Picture Disc UK (FOXY S 3)[3]
- "Hold On Tight (Extended Version)" (5:06)
- "Hold On Tight (Instrumental Version)" (3:36)
- "Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (Blue Mix)" (5:49)
- "It's Only Love" (3:34)
Charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 81[4] |
| German Singles Chart | 31 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 24[5] |
| UK Singles Chart | 26 |
References
- ^ "Samantha Fox Hold On Tight". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ "Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 117. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.