Hold On (Ian Thomas song)

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"Hold On"
Hold On - Santana.jpg
Single by Santana
from the album Shangó
B-side "Oxun (Oshun)"
ReleasedAugust 1982
Genre Yacht rock [1]
Length4:33 (album version)
3:49 (single version)
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Ian Thomas
Producer(s) John Ryan for Chicago Kid Productions
Santana singles chronology
"The Sensitive Kind"
(1981)
"Hold On"
(1982)
"Nowhere to Run"
(1982)
Music video
"Hold On" on YouTube

"Hold On" is a song written and first recorded by the Canadian singer and songwriter Ian Thomas, on his 1981 album The Runner. His version reached No. 28 on the Canadian pop singles chart. [2]

Contents

Santana cover

In 1982 the Latin rock band Santana, featuring lead vocalist Alex Ligertwood, covered the song for their album Shangó . It is the second track on the album and was released as the album's first single. The song reached No. 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, making it Santana's tenth most successful US hit. It also peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard rock chart. On the Cashbox chart, it reached No. 9.

In Canada, "Hold On" peaked at No. 4 for two weeks. [3]

Music video

The music video, directed by John Mark Robinson, [4] features Carlos Santana at a masquerade ball with his then-wife Deborah King as the intended object of his affection, his bandmate Orestes Vilató as his accompanying friend, and actor Henry Darrow as the prize wheel spinner.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Ian Thomas
Chart (1981)Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles [5] 28
Santana

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