Hold My Girl

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"Hold My Girl"
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Single by George Ezra
from the album Staying at Tamara's
Released28 September 2018
Recorded2017
Genre Soft rock
Length3:31
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Cam Blackwood
George Ezra singles chronology
"Shotgun"
(2018)		"Hold My Girl"
(2018)		"Pretty Shining People"
(2019)

"Hold My Girl" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Ezra. The song was written by Ezra and Joel Pott, and produced by Cam Blackwood. It was initially released as the second promotional single from Ezra's second studio album Staying at Tamara's on 9 March 2018 but later selected to be the album's fourth single and released to radio on 28 September 2018. [1] [2] [3] The song spent 26 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. [4] The song was added to Australian radio in January 2019. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

In a review for NME , Nick Reilly said, "The emotional thread gets a lot more serious during the final third, notably on the soft cut 'Hold My Girl', which sees Ezra ditching the twanging guitars for his most soul-baring song yet – one destined to become first-dance material." [6]

Music video

A lyric video to accompany the release of "Hold My Girl" was first released onto YouTube on 9 March 2018 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-five seconds and has about 8 million views as of February 2019. [7] This was followed by a stripped back performance of the track at Abbey Road Studios being uploaded a week later on 16 March 2018. The official music video for the single was released in Autumn 2018 and has over 2 million views as of December 2018. [8]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Hold My Girl"3:31

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [19] 3× Platinum210,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria) [20] Platinum30,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [21] Gold40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [22] Gold45,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [23] Gold200,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [24] Gold50,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [25] Gold10,000‡
South Africa (RISA) [26] Platinum20,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [27] Gold10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Various9 March 2018
United Kingdom28 September 2018 Airplay
AustraliaJanuary 2019 [29]

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