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"Hold On Tight" was the third single from British singer Samantha Fox's 1986 debut album Touch Me.

"Hold On Tight"
Single by Samantha Fox
from the album Touch Me
B-side"It's Only Love"
Released1986
GenreRock & roll, rockabilly
Length3:34
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)John David
Producer(s)John David, Steve Power
Samantha Fox singles chronology
"Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)"
(1986)		 "Hold On Tight"
(1986)		 "I'm All You Need"
(1986)
Music video
"Hold On Tight" on YouTube

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]


Critical reception


Lucy O'Brien in review of 30 August 1986 for New Musical Express left negative overlook of the song and a video by saying that Samantha Fox "aping Susie Quatro with derivative R&R crap". She concluded: "It's not even worth a laugh on Wogan".[2]


Track listings


Vinyl, 7" UK (FOXY 3)[3]
  1. "Hold On Tight" (3:34)
  2. "It's Only Love" (3:36)
Vinyl, 12", Picture Disc UK (FOXY S 3)[4]
  1. "Hold On Tight (Extended Version)" (5:06)
  2. "Hold On Tight (Instrumental Version)" (3:36)
  3. "Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (Blue Mix)" (5:49)
  4. "It's Only Love" (3:34)

Charts


Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 81
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 24
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[7] 44
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 7
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 24
UK Singles (OCC)[11] 26
West Germany (Official German Charts)[12] 31

References


  1. "Samantha Fox Hold On Tight". YouTube. 1986. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  2. O'Brien, Lucy (30 August 1986). "Review: Samantha Fox – "Hold On Tight" (Jive)". New Musical Express. London: IPC Limited. p. 14. ISSN 0028-6362. Retrieved 2 November 2022 – via Flickr.
  3. "Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  4. "Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St. Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 117. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Samantha Fox – Hold On Tight" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. "European Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 3, no. 40. 11 October 1986. p. 12. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 17 March 2020 – via American Radio History.
  8. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  9. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hold On Tight". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  10. "Samantha Fox – Hold On Tight". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  11. "Samantha Fox: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Samantha Fox – Hold On Tight". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

На других языках

[de] Hold On Tight (Samantha-Fox-Lied)

Hold On Tight ist ein Lied von Samantha Fox aus dem Jahr 1986, das von John David geschrieben wurde. Es erschien auf dem Album Touch Me.
- [en] Hold On Tight (Samantha Fox song)


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