Held (song)

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1998 single by Smog

"Held"

Single by Smog
from the album  Knock Knock
B-side|

* "Cold Blooded Old Times"
* "Look Now"
* "The Only Mother"

Released| December 22, 1998 (7" on Drag City)
May 24, 1999 (7"/CD on Domino)
Genre| Lo-fi
Label| Drag City / Domino
Songwriter(s)| Bill Callahan
Smog singles chronology
| "Ex-Con"
(1998)  | "Held"
(1998)  | "Look Now"
(1999)

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"Held" is a song by Smog, released as his first single from his 1999 album Knock Knock. The original Drag City-release featured the second single "Cold Blooded Old Times" as a b-side.

"Held" is sometimes covered during concerts by American indie rock band Spoon, and their cover appears on their 2022 album Lucifer on the Sofa. The song also appeared in the 60- and 30-second versions of a commercial advertising the 2008 Cadillac Escalade.[1]

## Track listing

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### Drag City 7" version

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1. Held
2. Cold Blooded Old Times

### Domino 7" version

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1. Held
2. Look Now
3. The Only Mother

### CD version

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1. Held
2. Look Now
3. The Only Mother
4. Held (acoustic)

## Notes

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1. ^ "Bob Dylan Hawks Caddies", stereogum.com (2007-10-22, retrieved on 2008-01-08)

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Bill Callahan

Studio albums|

| Smog|

* Sewn to the Sky
* Forgotten Foundation
* Julius Caesar
* Wild Love
* The Doctor Came at Dawn
* Red Apple Falls
* Knock Knock
* Dongs of Sevotion
* Rain on Lens
* Supper
* A River Ain't Too Much to Love

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Bill Callahan|

* Woke on a Whaleheart
* Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
* Apocalypse
* Dream River
* Have Fun with God
* Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
* Gold Record
* Blind Date Party
* Ytilaer

EPs|

* Floating
* Burning Kingdom
* Kicking a Couple Around
* The Manta Rays of Time
* 'Neath the Puke Tree

Singles|

* "My Shell"
* "A Hit"
* "Came Blue"
* "Ex-Con"
* "Held"
* "Look Now"
* "Cold Blooded Old Times"
* "Rock Bottom Riser"

Compilations|

* Accumulation: None

Related articles|

* Discography
* Goat Songs
* Cynthia Dall

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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