Hold On to the Nights

"Hold On to the Nights"
Single by Richard Marx
from the album Richard Marx
B-side"Lonely Heart"
ReleasedMay 3, 1988
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length5:12 (album version)
4:34 (LP edit)
4:23 (AC edit)
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Richard Marx
Producer(s)Richard Marx, David Cole
Richard Marx singles chronology
"Endless Summer Nights"
(1988)
"Hold On to the Nights"
(1988)
"Satisfied"
(1989)
Audio sample

"Hold On to the Nights" is a power ballad written and performed by American rock singer/songwriter/musician Richard Marx.[2] This was the fourth and final single released from his self-titled debut album, and his first to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song has been re-released on numerous albums[2] and is included on Marx's live performance DVD A Night Out with Friends (2012).[3]

  1. ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
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