Hold on Me (Grinspoon song)

"Hold On Me"
Single by Grinspoon
from the album Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills
Released21 February 2005 (2005-02-21)
RecordedJune 2004
Bay 7 Studios, Los Angeles
GenrePost-grunge
Length2:48
LabelUniversal Records
Songwriter(s)Pat Davern, Phil Jamieson
Producer(s)Howard Benson
Grinspoon singles chronology
"Better Off Alone"
(2004) 		"Hold On Me"
(2005) 		"Bleed You Dry"
(2005)

"Hold on Me" is the third single released by Grinspoon from their fourth studio album Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills. It was released on 21 February 2005 on the Universal Records label.[1][2] The initial single release included a lapel pin badge under shrink wrap, with 'Hold On Me - Grinspoon EP' themed artwork. It debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 44 .[3][4]

Four minutes and fifty-two seconds into the last track on the single, "Get the Fuck Out of Here", the original version of "Hold on Me" can be heard. It was entitled "Showpony" and contains different lyrics as well as slightly different arrangement. According to the band, the album's US record producer, Howard Benson, told them they couldn't call a song "Show Pony"' because he'd never heard the term, so the title of the song and the musical arrangement was changed.[5][6] To promote the release of the single Grinspoon embarked on a national tour with New Zealand band, Shihad, called 'The Show Pony Express Tour'.[7]

  1. ^ "Archived Australian Releases". ARIA. 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Hold On Me – Grinspoon". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  3. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Grinspoon - Hold On Me". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  4. ^ Elizer, Christie (1 March 2005). "De Silva, New R&B Name Charts". In Music & Media (Issue #444). The Music. Archived from the original on 17 February 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  5. ^ Beaumont, Kenneth (2005). "Joe Hansen / Grinspoon". Gerantgerant. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  6. ^ Mathieson, Craig (24 September 2004). "Shining spoons". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Grinspoon & Shihad Jump on the Show Pony Express Tour". FasterLouder.com.au. 7 March 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2015.