Hold On Tight (Electric Light Orchestra song)

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"Hold On Tight"
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Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Time
B-side "When Time Stood Still"
Released17 July 1981 (1981-07-17) [1]
Studio Musicland Studios, Munich
Genre
Length3:06
Label Jet
Songwriter(s) Jeff Lynne
Producer(s) Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Don't Walk Away"
(1980)		"Hold On Tight"
(1981)		"Twilight"
(1981)
Time track listing
13 tracks
Side one
  1. "Prologue"
  2. "Twilight"
  3. "Yours Truly, 2095"
  4. "Ticket to the Moon"
  5. "The Way Life's Meant to Be"
  6. "Another Heart Breaks"
Side two
  1. "Rain Is Falling"
  2. "From the End of the World"
  3. "The Lights Go Down"
  4. "Here Is the News"
  5. "21st Century Man"
  6. "Hold on Tight"
  7. "Epilogue"

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