Hold On Hold Out

"Hold On Hold Out"
12-inch single picture sleeve
Single by Jackson Browne
from the album Hold Out
B-side"Hold Out"
ReleasedDecember 1980 (1980-12)
RecordedAutumn 1979 – Spring 1980
GenreRock
Length8:08
LabelAsylum
Songwriter(s)Jackson Browne, Craig Doerge
Producer(s)Jackson Browne, Greg Ladanyi
Jackson Browne singles chronology
"That Girl Could Sing"
(1980)
"Hold On Hold Out"
(1980)
"Somebody's Baby"
(1982)

"Hold On Hold Out" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Craig Doerge and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. It is from his 1980 album Hold Out. It was released as the third single from the album, but due to its slightly over-eight-minute length, it was released as a "specially priced" 12-inch 45 rpm record (Asylum 11477) instead of the traditional 7-inch 45, Asylum records possibly hoping to repeat the 12-inch airplay success of "The Load-Out/Stay" medley from the previous album. However, "Hold On Hold Out" only reached number 103 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Paris, Russ. JACKSON BROWNE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Archived April 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Paris, Russ. JACKSON BROWNE COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 9, 2012.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts - The Eighties. Wisconsin: Record Research, 1991.