Hold On (Wilson Phillips song)

"Hold On"
Single by Wilson Phillips
from the album Wilson Phillips
B-side "Over and Over"
Released February 27, 1990 (1990-02-27)
Format 7" single, Cassette, CD
Recorded 1989
Genre Pop, pop rock, soft rock
Length 4:27 (album version)
3:42 (single version)
Label SBK
Songwriter(s) Carnie Wilson, Chynna Phillips, Glen Ballard
Producer(s) Glen Ballard
Wilson Phillips singles chronology
"Hold On"
(1990)		 "Release Me"
(1990)

"Hold On"
(1990)		 "Release Me"
(1990)
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"Hold On" is a song recorded by American vocal group Wilson Phillips. It was released on February 27, 1990 as the lead single from their debut studio album, Wilson Phillips (1990).

The song won the Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year for 1990. At the Grammy Awards of 1991, the song received a nomination for Song of the Year, losing to "From a Distance" by Julie Gold and performed by Bette Midler.[1] Kids Incorporated covered "Hold On" in 1991 in the Season 7 episode "That's What Friends Are For".

The song was featured in the finale of the 2011 film Bridesmaids, performed by the band members as themselves, bringing renewed recognition to the band.[2][3]

Billboard named the song #15 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[4]

Commercial performance

"Hold On" became Wilson Phillips' first number one single, reaching the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 on June 9, 1990, and, despite spending only one week at #1, was ranked the top song of the year by Billboard. (This was the second and final concurrence of this to date, and the first since "Stranger on the Shore" by "Mr." Acker Bilk in 1961.) The song also spent a week atop the adult contemporary chart that same year. In addition, "Hold On" peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, this was in large part due to a performance by the group on the legendary British music series Top of the Pops a week prior to the song's peak position.

Track listing

US single

  1. "Hold On" (single version) 3:42
  2. "Hold On" (album version) 4:25

UK CD

  1. "Hold On" (single version) 3:42
  2. "Hold On" (album version) 4:25
  3. "Over and Over" 4:27

Germany Maxi-CD

  1. "Hold On"
  2. "Over and Over"
  3. "A Reason to Believe"

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "Rock On The Net: 33rd Annual Grammy Awards – 1991". Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  2. ↑ THR staff (May 27, 2011). "How Bridesmaids Landed '90s Girl Group Wilson Phillips". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ↑ Harding, Cortney (May 22, 2011). "Wilson Phillips Gets New Boost from Bridesmaids Movie". Billboard.com. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Wilson Phillips – Hold On". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  6. ↑ "Musicline.de – Wilson Phillips Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  7. ↑ "irishcharts.ie search results". Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Wilson Phillips" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. ↑ "Charts.nz – Wilson Phillips – Hold On". Top 40 Singles.
  10. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Wilson Phillips – Hold On". Singles Top 100.
  11. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Wilson Phillips – Hold On". Swiss Singles Chart.
  12. ↑ "Chart Stats – Wilson Phillips – Hold On". Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  13. 1 2 "allmusic – Wilson Phillips – Billboard singles". Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  14. ↑ "ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1990". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  15. ↑ "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  16. ↑ "End of Year Charts 1990". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1990". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
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