Hold On Tight (Electric Light Orchestra song)

single by Electric Light Orchestra

"Hold on Tight" is a 1981 song by British band Electric Light Orchestra and taken from their ninth studio album Time. It went to number one in Spain and Switzerland, number 2 in Austria and Germany, number 5 in Australia and the Netherlands, number 7 in New Zealand, number 4 in the United Kingdom and number 10 in the United States.

"Hold On Tight"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Time
B-side"When Time Stood Still"
Released17 July 1981 (1981-07-17)[1]
StudioMusicland Studios, Munich
GenreRock and roll[2]
Length3:06
LabelJet
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Don't Walk Away"
(1980)
"Hold On Tight"
(1981)
"Twilight"
(1981)
Time track listing
13 tracks
Side one
  1. "Prologue"
  2. "Twilight"
  3. "Yours Truly, 2095"
  4. "Ticket to the Moon"
  5. "The Way Life's Meant to Be"
  6. "Another Heart Breaks"
Side two
  1. "Rain Is Falling"
  2. "From the End of the World"
  3. "The Lights Go Down"
  4. "Here Is the News"
  5. "21st Century Man"
  6. "Hold on Tight"
  7. "Epilogue"
Music video
"Hold On Tight" on YouTube

References

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  1. "Jet backs ELO to tune of £200,000" (PDF). Music Week. 11 July 1981. p. 2.
  2. "Electric Light Orchestra – Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008.