Just Hold On

"Just Hold On"
Single by Steve Aoki and Louis Tomlinson
from the album Neon Future III
ReleasedDecember 10, 2016 (2016-12-10)[1]
Recorded2016
Genre
Length3:18
LabelUltra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Steve Aoki singles chronology
"Supernova (Interstellar)"
(2016)
"Just Hold On"
(2016)
"Alive"
(2017)
Louis Tomlinson singles chronology
"Just Hold On"
(2016)
"Back to You"
(2017)
Music video
"Just Hold On" on YouTube

"Just Hold On" is a song by American DJ Steve Aoki and English singer-songwriter Louis Tomlinson, released through Ultra Music as the latter's debut solo single on 10 December 2016. The song was written by Aoki and Tomlinson alongside Eric Rosse, Sasha Sloan and Sir Nolan, and was produced by Aoki, Sir Nolan and Jay Pryor.[4] Aoki and Tomlinson performed the song for the first time on the 2016 series finale of The X Factor (UK).[5] They also performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2017.[6]

"Just Hold On" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, and number 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it Aoki's highest-charting song in both countries. The song's music video was released on March 8, 2017. The song reached number one on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales.[7] The song is also included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Tomlinson's debut album Walls.[8]

  1. ^ "Just Hold On - Single". iTunes. 10 December 2016. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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  3. ^ "The Best House Songs Of 2017". Capital XTRA. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. ^ Jeffrey Yau (18 December 2016). "Get To Know Steve Aoki's Recent Collaborator, Jay Pryor". Your EDM. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  5. ^ Daniel Kreps (11 December 2016). "See One Direction's Louis Tomlinson Debut 'Just Hold On' on 'X Factor'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  6. ^ Sasha Geffen (25 January 2017). "Louis Tomlinson And Steve Aoki Bring 'Just Hold On' To America For The First Time". MTV. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales: Week of December 31, 2016". Billboard. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Amazon.co.jp: ウォールズ (通常盤) (特典なし)" (in Japanese). Amazon.