Hold On Tight (Samantha Fox song)
| "Hold On Tight" | ||||
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| Single by Samantha Fox | ||||
| from the album Touch Me | ||||
| B-side | "It's Only Love" | |||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:34 | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John David | |||
| Producer(s) |
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| Samantha Fox singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Hold On Tight" on YouTube | ||||
"Hold On Tight" is the third single from English pop singer Samantha Fox's debut studio album Touch Me (1986).
Song information
[edit]The music video for Hold On Tight reflects the song's rockabilly sensibilities with Fox in a 1950s-style diner sporting a ponytail, midriff-baring shirt, denim hot pants, and cowboy boots. Soon after putting her song on the diner's jukebox she goes outside, now wearing a fringe trimmed red leather dress. As she sings "Hold On Tight", Fox dances with greasers and youths in letterman jackets and poodle skirts, typical of 1950s fashion.[1]
Critical reception
[edit]Lucy O'Brien in a review of 30 August 1986 for New Musical Express gave a negative view of the song and video by saying that Samantha Fox was "aping Suzi Quatro with derivative R&R crap". She concluded: "It's not even worth a laugh on Wogan".[2] William Shaw of Smash Hits expressed similar opinion. He called a voice of the singer "unpleasantly squeaky", the song itself he described as "attempt to try a spot of rock'n'roll" that became "absolute disgrace" and finalized single review by deride of Fox look as a "Bonnie Tyler motorcycle vixen" on picture sleeve.[3]
Track listings
[edit]Vinyl, 7" UK (FOXY 3)[4]
- "Hold On Tight" – 3:34
- "It's Only Love" – 3:36
Vinyl, 12", Picture Disc UK (FOXY S 3)[5]
- "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
[edit]| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 81 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] | 24 |
| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[8] | 44 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] | 7 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[10] | 13 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] | 24 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[12] | 26 |
| West Germany (GfK)[13] | 31 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Samantha Fox Hold On Tight". YouTube. 1986. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shaw, William (24 September – 7 October 1986). "Singles: Samantha Fox – "Hold On Tight" (Jive)". Smash Hits. Vol. 8, no. 19. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 53. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via Flickr.
- ^ "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, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 117. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Samantha Fox – Hold On Tight" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hold On Tight". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Samantha Fox – Hold On Tight". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Samantha Fox: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Samantha Fox – Hold On Tight" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- "Hold On Tight" at Discogs (list of releases)
