Hold on My Heart
"Hold on My Heart" | ||||||||||
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Single by Genesis | ||||||||||
from the album We Can't Dance | ||||||||||
B-side | "Way of the World" | |||||||||
Released | 6 April 1992 | |||||||||
Format | CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi | |||||||||
Recorded | The Farm, Surrey | |||||||||
Genre | Pop rock, soft rock | |||||||||
Length | 4:38 | |||||||||
Label | Atlantic, Virgin | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford |
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Producer(s) | Genesis, Nick Davis, Robert Colby |
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"Hold on My Heart" is a 1992 single by rock band Genesis. It was released as the third single from their 1991 album We Can't Dance. The song proved to be successful in both the UK and the U.S. reaching number one on the US Adult contemporary charts, Canadian singles chart and number twelve on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it also peaked number 16 on the official UK singles chart.
It was the last Top 20 single for Genesis on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The music video shows the band playing at an empty night club; similar to Collins' 1985 video for "One More Night."
Contents
Live performances
The song was played live during The Way We Walk,[1] Calling All Stations (with Ray Wilson on vocals,[2] though rarely played), and Turn It On Again: The Tour[3] tours.
A live version appears on their albums The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts, and Live Over Europe 2007, as well as on their DVDs The Way We Walk — Live in Concert and When in Rome 2007.
Track listings
- CD maxi
- "Hold on My Heart"
- "Way of the World"
- "Home by the Sea" (live)
- "Your Own Special Way" (live)
- 7" single
- "Hold on My Heart" – 4:38
- "Way of the World – 5:38
Charts
Peak positions
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Australian Singles Chart[4] | 63 |
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[4] | 16 |
Canadian Singles Chart[4] | 1 |
Dutch Singles Chart[4] | 13 |
French SNEP Singles Chart[4] | 19 |
German Singles Chart[5] | 45 |
Irish Singles Chart[6] | 20 |
UK Singles Chart[7] | 16 |
US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 12 |
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[8] | 1 |
End of year charts
End of year chart (1992) | Position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 62 |
References
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External links
Preceded by
"Hazard" by Richard Marx
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Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single 16 May – 13 June 1992 |
Succeeded by "If You Asked Me To" by Celine Dion |
- ↑ The Way We Walk Tour Songs & Dates
- ↑ Calling All Stations Tour Songs & Dates
- ↑ Turn it on again Tour Songs & Dates
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Hold on My Heart", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
- ↑ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
- ↑ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
- ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved 8 August 2008)
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- 1992 singles
- Genesis (band) songs
- Pop ballads
- Rock ballads
- Soft rock songs
- Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles
- Songs written by Tony Banks (musician)
- Songs written by Phil Collins
- Songs written by Mike Rutherford
- RPM Top Singles number-one singles
- 1991 songs
- Atlantic Records singles
- Virgin Records singles