Hold Me Tight (Cold Chisel song)

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"Hold Me Tight"
Hold Me Tight - Cold Chisel picture sleeve.jpg
Single by Cold Chisel
from the album Twentieth Century
A-side
ReleasedOctober 1983
Recorded1983
Genre Rock
Length1:42
Label WEA
Songwriter(s) Don Walker
Cold Chisel singles chronology
"When the War Is Over"
(1982)		"Hold Me Tight" / "No Sense"
(1983)		"Saturday Night"
(1984)

"Hold Me Tight" is a 1983 song from Australian rock band Cold Chisel, and appeared on the album Twentieth Century . Released as double A-side single with "No Sense", it reached number 14 on the Australian charts. [1] Although the song charted, it failed to receive much radio airplay and did not appear on any later greatest hits compilations.

Contents

Lyrically similar to the Cole Porter song "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love", it comically lists groups that engage in sexual congress ("Presidents and chauffeurs do it / Terrorists on sofas do it / Movie stars repeat it till it's right"). [2] Musically, it is in the style of 1950s rock songs. [3] Tony Cohen, working with the band for the first time said it was, "a rude song about fucking that lasted about two minutes. It was not great but alright." [4]

The single was released months before the release of the album Twentieth Century. The version that appeared on the album was slightly different from the single version, which had more reverb. [3]

The video was directed by Chilean artist Eduardo Guelfenbein, who had also done the artwork for the album and the picture sleeves. [5]

Reception

Elly McDonald at RAM called it "a disgusting little number, but happy." [6]

Charts

Chart (1983/84)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [7] 14

References

  1. ↑ David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 72. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  2. ↑ Michael Lawrence (1998). Showtime: The Cold Chisel Story. Belmont, Victoria: Michael Lawrence. p. 214. ISBN   1-86503-118-6.
  3. 1 2 Michael Lawrence (2012). Cold Chisel: Wild Colonial Boys. Melbourne, Victoria: Melbourne Books. p. 129. ISBN   9781877096174.
  4. ↑ Tony Cohen with John Olson (2023). Half Deaf, Completely Mad. Black Inc. Books. p. 100. ISBN   978-1-74382-308-8.
  5. ↑ "director videography". mvdbase. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Elly McDonald (11 May 1984). "The Last Cold Chisel". RAM: 9.
  7. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 68. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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