Hold On Tight (Archie Roach song)

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"Hold On Tight"
Hold On Tight by Archie Roach.jpg
Single by Archie Roach
from the album Looking for Butter Boy
ReleasedJune 1997 (1997-06)
Studio Hanley House, Port Fairy
Length4:27
Label Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s) Archie Roach, Mark Seymour
Archie Roach singles chronology
"Walking into Doors"
(1993)
"Hold On Tight"
(1997)
"Watching Over Me"
(1997)

"Hold On Tight" is a song written by Australian singer Archie Roach. The song was released in June 1997 as the lead single from Roach's third studio Looking for Butter Boy . Upon release, Roach said "'Hold on Tight' is about holding on a bit tighter and loving someone a little bit more. It's based on a song about two people who went through that problem and now they're holding on tight to each other." [1]

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, the song won ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release. [2]

Track listing

CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Hold On Tight" 
2."Weeping in the Forest" (live) 
3."Intro" 
4."From Paradise" (live) 
5."A Child Was Born Here" 

Release history

RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
AustraliaJune 1997 [1] Standard Mushroom Records mush016202

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References

  1. 1 2 "Archie Roach…Getting A Grip". Deadly Vibe Magazine Issue 4 May 1997. May 1997. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 24 September 2018.