Hold Me Now (album)

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Hold Me Now
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1987
Genre
Label Epic Records
Producer Bill Whelan
Johnny Logan chronology
Straight from the Heart
(1985)
Hold Me Now
(1987)
Mention My Name
(1989)
Singles from Hold Me Now
  1. "Hold Me Now"
    Released: April 1987
  2. "I'm Not in Love"
    Released: 1987

Hold Me Now is a studio album by Australian-born Irish singer and composer Johnny Logan. The album includes his 1987 Eurovision Song Contest winning song Hold Me Now and a new version of his 1980 Eurovision winning song What's Another Year?.

Contents

Track listing

LP/Cassette [1]
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hold Me Now"Johnny Logan3:03
2."Stay"Logan3:40
3."Foolish Love"Logan3:07
4."When Your Woman Cries"Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker 3:39
5."I'm Not In Love" Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman 4:41
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Helpless Heart" Paul Brady 3:45
2."What's Another Year? (New Version)" Shay Healy 3:12
3."Heartbroken Man"Logan, Trevor Knight 4:00
4."Living a Lie"Logan, Healy 
5."Such A Lady"Logan3:23

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
United Kingdom [2] 83
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart [3] 49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] 18
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 59
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [6] 12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 25

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