Hold On Tight (Electric Light Orchestra song)

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"Hold On Tight"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Time
B-side	"When Time Stood Still"
Released	17 July 1981 (1981-07-17) [1]
Studio	Musicland Studios, Munich
Genre	Rock and roll [2] roots rock [3]
Length	3:06
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 "Prologue" "Twilight" "Yours Truly, 2095" "Ticket to the Moon" "The Way Life's Meant to Be" "Another Heart Breaks" Side two "Rain Is Falling" "From the End of the World" "The Lights Go Down" "Here Is the News" "21st Century Man" "Hold on Tight" "Epilogue"

v t e Electric Light Orchestra singles
1970s	1972 "10538 Overture" "Mr. Radio" (withdrawn) 1973 "Roll Over Beethoven" "Showdown" 1974 "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" "Can't Get It Out of My Head" / "Illusions in G Major" 1975 "Boy Blue" / "Eldorado" "Evil Woman" 1976 "Strange Magic" "Nightrider" "Strange Magic" "Livin' Thing" / "Fire On High" 1977 "Rockaria!" "Do Ya" "Telephone Line" / "Poor Boy (The Greenwood)" "Turn to Stone" / "Mister Kingdom" 1978 "Mr. Blue Sky" / "One Summer Dream" "Sweet Talkin' Woman" "Wild West Hero" "It's Over" 1979 "Shine a Little Love" "The Diary of Horace Wimp" "Don't Bring Me Down" "Confusion" "Last Train to London"
1980s	1980 "I'm Alive" "Xanadu" (with Olivia Newton-John) "All Over the World" "Don't Walk Away" 1981 "Hold On Tight" "Twilight" 1982 "Here Is the News" / "Ticket to the Moon" "Rain Is Falling" "The Way Life's Meant to Be" 1983 "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" "Secret Messages" "Four Little Diamonds" "Stranger" 1986 "Calling America" "So Serious" "Getting to the Point"