I Can't Hold Out

"Talk to Me Baby" redirects here. For the album by Warren Vache, see Talk to Me Baby (album).
"I Can't Hold Out"
Single by Elmore James
B-side"The Sun Is Shining"
ReleasedMay 1960 (1960-05)
RecordedChicago, April 1960
GenreBlues
Length2:12
LabelChess
Songwriter(s)Willie Dixon
Producer(s)Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Elmore James singles chronology
"The Sky Is Crying"
(1960) 		"I Can't Hold Out"
(1960) 		"Rollin' and Tumblin'"
(1960)

"I Can't Hold Out", also known as "Talk to Me Baby", is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Elmore James in 1960 for the Chess label. Called a classic[1] and a "popular James standard",[2] it has been interpreted and recorded by several artists.

  1. ^ Koda, Cub (1996). "Elmore James". In Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Blues. Miller Freeman Books. p. 133. ISBN 0-87930-424-3.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Franz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).