Hold On Tight (Samantha Fox song)

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"Hold On Tight"
Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight Single Cover.jpeg
Single by Samantha Fox
from the album Touch Me
B-side "It's Only Love"
Released1986
Genre
Length3:34
Label Jive
Songwriter(s) John David
Producer(s)
Samantha Fox singles chronology
"Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)"
(1986)		"Hold On Tight"
(1986)		"I'm All You Need"
(1986)
Music video
"Hold On Tight" on YouTube

"Hold On Tight" is the third single from English pop singer Samantha Fox's debut studio album Touch Me (1986). It became her third consecutive top 10 hit in Finland, peaking at number 7.

Contents

Song information

The music video for Hold On Tight reflects the song's rockabilly sensibilities with Fox in a 1950s-style diner sporting a ponytail, midriff-baring shirt, denim hot pants, and cowboy boots. Soon after putting her song on the diner's jukebox she goes outside, now wearing a fringe trimmed red leather dress. As she sings "Hold On Tight", Fox dances with greasers and youths in letterman jackets and poodle skirts, typical of 1950s fashion. [1]

Critical reception

Lucy O'Brien in a review of 30 August 1986 for New Musical Express gave a negative view of the song and video by saying that Samantha Fox was "aping Suzi Quatro with derivative R&R crap". She concluded: "It's not even worth a laugh on Wogan ". [2] William Shaw of Smash Hits expressed similar opinion. He called a voice of the singer "unpleasantly squeaky", the song itself he described as "attempt to try a spot of rock'n'roll" that became "absolute disgrace" and finalized single review by deride of Fox look as a "Bonnie Tyler motorcycle vixen" on picture sleeve. [3]

Track listings

Vinyl, 7"UK (FOXY 3) [4]

  1. "Hold On Tight" – 3:34
  2. "It's Only Love" – 3:36

Vinyl, 12", Picture DiscUK (FOXY S 3) [5]

  1. "Hold On Tight (Extended Version)" – 5:06
  2. "Hold On Tight (Instrumental Version)" – 3:36
  3. "Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (Blue Mix)" – 5:49
  4. "It's Only Love" – 3:34

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 81
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [7] 24
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles) [8] 44
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 7
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 13
Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg) [11] 17
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 24
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 26
West Germany (GfK) [14] 31

References

  1. ↑ "Samantha Fox Hold On Tight". YouTube. 1986. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  2. ↑ O'Brien, Lucy (30 August 1986). "Review: Samantha Fox – "Hold On Tight" (Jive)". New Musical Express . London: IPC Limited. p. 14. ISSN   0028-6362 . Retrieved 2 November 2022– via Flickr.
  3. ↑ Shaw, William (24 September – 7 October 1986). "Singles: Samantha Fox – "Hold On Tight" (Jive)". Smash Hits . Vol. 8, no. 19. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 53. ISSN   0260-3004 . Retrieved 2 January 2023– via Flickr.
  4. ↑ "Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  5. ↑ "Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St. Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 117. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Samantha Fox – Hold On Tight" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "European Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 3, no. 40. 11 October 1986. p. 12. OCLC   29800226 . Retrieved 17 March 2020– via American Radio History.
  9. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
  10. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hold On Tight". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Radio Luxembourg Singles". umdmusic.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Samantha Fox – Hold On Tight". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "Samantha Fox: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  14. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Samantha Fox – Hold On Tight" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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