Don't Hold Back Your Love

"Don't Hold Back Your Love"
European sleeve
Single by Hall & Oates
from the album Change of Season
B-side	"Change of Season"
Released	December 1990 (1990-12)
Recorded	1990
Genre	Acoustic rock pop rock soft rock
Length	5:14
Label	Arista
Songwriters	David Tyson Richard Page Gerald O'Brien
Producer	David Tyson
Hall & Oatessingles chronology
"So Close" (1990) "Don't Hold Back Your Love" (1990) "Everywhere I Look" (1991)

"Don't Hold Back Your Love" is a song by the American pop duo Hall & Oates. It was released in December 1990 by Arista Records as the second single from the album Change of Season . It was written and produced by Canadian music producer David Tyson, alongside co-writers Richard Page and Gerald O'Brien. Daryl Hall performed the lead vocals of the song. It was the only song on the album to be produced by Tyson.

"Don't Hold Back Your Love" peaked at No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, it peaked at No. 10 on the RPM Top Singles chart and No. 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It ranked 78th and 44th on the respective year-end Canadian charts.

The producer, Tyson, won the Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year for his composition on the song. SOCAN named "Don't Hold Back Your Love" as one of the most played songs in Canada. ^[1]

Track listing

1. "Don't Hold Back Your Love" - 4:39
2. "Change of Season" - 5:42

Personnel

• Daryl Hall – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano, synthesizers, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, mandola, tambourine
• John Oates – backing vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bongos, clay drum
• Bob Mayo – keyboards, Hammond B3 organ, backing vocals
• Mike Klvana – additional synthesizer programming
• Pete Moshay – programming, sequencing, tambourine
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – Wurlitzer electric piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, tambourine, backing vocals
• Jimmy Rip – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Mike Braun – drums, percussion
• Jimmy Bralower – Akai MPC60 drum programming
• Charlie DeChant – saxophone
• David Tyson – keyboards, bass guitar
• Buzz Feiten – guitars
• Michael Thompson – guitars
• Pat Mastelotto – drums
• Wendy Fraser – backing vocals
• Portia Griffin – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [2]	10
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [3]	3
US Billboard Hot 100 [4]	41
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [5]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6]	78
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [7]	44

Daryl Braithwaite cover

"Don't Hold Back Your Love"
Single by Daryl Braithwaite
from the album Rise
B-side	"One Summer" (live) "Sugar Train" (live)
Released	August 19, 1991 (1991-08-19) [8]
Recorded	1990
Length	5:09
Label	Columbia
Songwriters	David Tyson Richard Page Gerald O'Brien
Producer	Simon Hussey
Daryl Braithwaite singles chronology
"Higher Than Hope" (1991) "Don't Hold Back Your Love" (1991) "Nothing to Lose" (1992)

Australian singer Daryl Braithwaite recorded a cover of "Don't Hold Back Your Love" and released it on his third studio album, Rise . It was released on August 19, 1991, as the fourth single from the album. It was produced by Simon Hussey. Braithwaite's cover was issued on Columbia Records. It peaked at No. 55 on the ARIA Charts.

Track listing

1. "Don't Hold Back Your Love"
2. "One Summer" (live)
3. "Sugar Train" (live)

Personnel

• Daryl Braithwaite – vocals
• Simon Hussey – keyboards, electric piano, drum machine
• Jef Scott – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, resonator guitar
• Andy Cichon – bass guitar
• John Watson – drums
• Scott Griffiths – keyboards, piano, Hammond organ
• Alex Pertout – percussion

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [9]	55

References

1. Larry LeBlanc (November 14, 1992). "'Do it for you' does it at the SOCAN Awards". Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 46. p. 48. ISSN   0006-2510.
2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1455." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
3. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1482." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
4. "Hall & Oates Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
5. "Hall & Oates Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
6. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2024." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
7. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1706." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
8. "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 19/08/91: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 82. August 18, 1991. p. 19.
9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.