Hold Her Tight

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"Hold Her Tight"
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U.S. 7" single
Single by The Osmonds
from the album Crazy Horses
B-side "Love Is"
ReleasedJune 24, 1972
RecordedMarch 17, 1972
Genre Hard rock [1]
Length3:16
Label MGM
Songwriter(s) Alan Osmond, Wayne Osmond, Merrill Osmond
Producer(s) Alan Osmond, Michael Lloyd
The Osmonds singles chronology
"Down by the Lazy River"
(1972)
"Hold Her Tight"
(1972)
"Crazy Horses"
(1972)

"Hold Her Tight" is a song written by Alan Osmond, Wayne Osmond, and Merrill Osmond and released by The Osmonds on June 24, 1972. It was featured on their 1972 album, Crazy Horses . [2] The song reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 5, 1972. [3] The verses of the song are sung by Alan, Wayne and Merrill and the chorus is sung by the whole group.

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References

  1. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Planet of the Apes: Hard Rock". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 107. ISBN   031214704X.
  2. The Osmonds, Crazy Horses Retrieved February 20, 2015
  3. The Osmonds 1972 timeline