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"I Won't Hold You Back" is a song by American rock band Toto, written and sung by Steve Lukather for their fourth album, Toto IV, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). The song features the Eagles' bass player Timothy B. Schmit on backing vocals during the choruses.

"I Won't Hold You Back"
Single by Toto
from the album Toto IV
B-side	"Afraid of Love" "Waiting for Your Love" (Holland and Japan)
Released	March 1983 (US) June 1983 (UK) [1]
Recorded	1982
Studio	Sunset Sound (Hollywood)[2]
Genre	Soft rock
Length	4:53
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Steve Lukather
Producer(s)	Toto
Toto singles chronology
"Africa" (1982) "I Won't Hold You Back" (1983) "Waiting for Your Love" (1983)

Reception

Cash Box described it as "a soft torch tune about a man letting go of his lover, praising the "somber vocals, light piano and electric guitar flourishes."[3]

Chart performance

The power ballad[4] peaked at number 10 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 7, 1983; becoming their fourth and last top ten hit. It also spent three weeks at number one on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart.[5] The single only managed to scrape into the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart at No. 37. In Canada, it peaked at number 17 on the RPM Top Singles chart, as well as reaching No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[6] It also peaked at number 11 in Ireland.

Personnel

Toto

• Steve Lukather – lead and backing vocals, guitars
• David Paich – piano, orchestral arrangements
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
• David Hungate – bass
• Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
• James Newton Howard – orchestral arrangements
• Marty Paich – orchestral arrangements

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7]	80
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8]	17
Ireland (IRMA)[9]	11
UK Singles (OCC)[10]	37
US Cash Box Top 100[11]	14
US Billboard Hot 100[12]	10
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[13]	1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart (1983)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[14]	69
Cashbox (magazine)[15]	95

Sampling

The song was later sampled by house DJ Roger Sanchez in 2001 for his song "Another Chance", reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart.[16]

See also

• List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 1983

References

На других языках

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- [en] I Won't Hold You Back

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[es] I Won't Hold You Back

«I Won't Hold You Back» (en español: «No voy a conocerte») es una power ballad interpretada por la banda estadounidense de rock Toto, compuesta por Steve Lukather y lanzado como el cuarto sencillo para su cuarto álbum de estudio Toto IV (1982). La canción alcanzó la lista de los diez primeros, llegando al puesto número 10 en los EE. UU. en el Billboard Hot 100 de éxitos a mediados de 1983. Además, la canción pasó tres semanas en el # 1 en la tabla de adultos contemporáneos. La canción se caracteriza por contar con la participación del bajista de Eagles Timothy B. Schmit en los coros.

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[ru] I Won’t Hold You Back

«I Won’t Hold You Back» — баллада американской рок-группы Toto, написанная и спетая Стивом Люкатером для альбома Toto IV, выпущенного в 1982 году. Песня достигла десятой позиции в чарте «Billboard Hot 100» в середине 1983 года. Вдобавок к этому, песня провела три недели на вершине чарта «Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks».[1]

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