Hold Tight (Bread song)

"Hold Tight"

Song by Bread
from the album  Lost Without Your Love[1]
Released| January 1977
Recorded| 1976
Genre| Soft rock
Length| 3:05
Label| Elektra
Songwriter(s)| David Gates
Producer(s)| Mark Taylor
"Hold Tight"

Single by Vicki Sue Robinson
from the album  Half and Half[2]
B-side| "Falling in Love"
Released| August 1977
Genre|

* Disco
* dance

Label| RCA
Songwriter(s)| David Gates
Producer(s)| David Gates
Vicki Sue Robinson singles chronology
| "Should I Stay" / "I Won't Let You Go"
(1977)  | "Hold Tight"
(1977)  | "Trust In Me"
(1978)

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"'Hold Tight'" is a song written and composed by David Gates, and originally recorded by the pop-rock group Bread, of which Gates was the leader and primary music producer. It is a track from Bread's final LP, Lost Without Your Love from 1977.

## Vicki Sue Robinson cover[edit]

"Hold Tight" was covered by American actress and singer Vicki Sue Robinson in the summer of 1977. The single peaked at #67 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of 1977.[3] It was also a major dance hit, reaching #2.[4] The song did not chart outside the U.S. It preceded the release of the album on which it was included, her 1978 LP Half And Half.

### Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1977)  | Peak
position

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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] | 67
U.S. Billboard Dance/Disco[6] | 2

## Other versions[edit]

* Shaun Cassidy recorded "Hold Tight" as a live performance version. It was included as a track on the extended version of his 1979 LP, That's Rock 'n' Roll Live.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
2. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
3. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 \- ISBN 0-89820-089-X
4. ^ "Vicki Sue Robinson Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
5. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 \- ISBN 0-89820-089-X
6. ^ "Vicki Sue Robinson Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
7. ^ Shaun Cassidy – That's Rock 'N' Roll - Shaun Cassidy Live

## External links[edit]

* Lyrics of this song
* Bread - Hold Tight on YouTube
* Vicki Sue Robinson - Hold Tight on YouTube

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Bread

* David Gates
* Jimmy Griffin
* Robb Royer
* Mike Botts
* Larry Knechtel

Studio albums|

* Bread
* On the Waters
* Manna
* Baby I'm-a Want You
* Guitar Man
* Lost Without Your Love

Compilation albums|

* The Best of Bread
* The Best of Bread, Volume 2
* The Sound of Bread
* Anthology of Bread

Hit singles|

* "Make It with You"
* "It Don't Matter to Me"
* "If"
* "Baby I'm-a Want You"
* "Everything I Own"
* "Diary"
* "The Guitar Man"
* "Sweet Surrender"
* "Aubrey"
* "Lost Without Your Love"
* "Hooked on You"

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* "Hold Tight"

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