Hold On Tight (Electric Light Orchestra song)

"Hold On Tight"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Time
B-side"When Time Stood Still"
Released17 July 1981 (1981-07-17)[1]
StudioMusicland Studios, Munich
Genre
Length3:06
LabelJet
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Don't Walk Away"
(1980) 		"Hold On Tight"
(1981) 		"Twilight"
(1981)
Time track listing
13 tracks
Side one
  1. "Prologue"
  2. "Twilight"
  3. "Yours Truly, 2095"
  4. "Ticket to the Moon"
  5. "The Way Life's Meant to Be"
  6. "Another Heart Breaks"
Side two
  2. "Rain Is Falling"
  3. "From the End of the World"
  4. "The Lights Go Down"
  5. "Here Is the News"
  6. "21st Century Man"
  7. "Hold on Tight"
  8. "Epilogue"
Music video
"Hold On Tight" on YouTube

"Hold On Tight" is a song written and performed by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). The song is track twelve on the band's 1981 album Time and was the first song released as a single. The song went top ten in most countries, hitting the top spot in Spain and Switzerland, number two in Germany, number four in the UK,[4] and number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's seventh and last top 10 hit, as well as number two on the US Billboard Top Tracks chart the week of 12 September 1981.[5] A verse sung in French, which is a reprise of the first verse, translates as "Hold on to your dream, Hold on to your dream, When you see your ship leaving, When you feel your heart breaking, Hold on to your dream".

  1. ^ "Jet backs ELO to tune of £200,000" (PDF). Music Week. 11 July 1981. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Electric Light Orchestra – Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008.
  3. ^ Considine, J.D.; Coleman, Mark; Evans, Paul; McGee, David (1992). "Electric Light Orchestra". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Random House. p. 111.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference UK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference TopTracks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).