Hold On Tight (Electric Light Orchestra song)

"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 (Munich, Germany)
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"

Weekly charts Chart (1981–1982) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) [8] 5 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [9] 2 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [10] 4 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [11] 6 France (IFOP) [12] 24 Ireland (IRMA) [13] 3 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [14] 5 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [15] 10 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [16] 7 Norway (VG-lista) [17] 7 South Africa (Springbok Radio) [18] 4 Spain (AFE) [19] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [20] 10 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 1 UK Singles (OCC) [22] 4 US Billboard Hot 100 [23] 10 US Rock Top Tracks ( Billboard ) [4] 2 US Cash Box Top 100 [24] 8 US Record World [25] 10 West Germany (GfK) [26] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1981) Rank Australia (Kent Music Report) [27] [28] 32 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [29] 6 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [30] 39 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [31] 38 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [32] 42 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [33] 49 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [34] 3 US Billboard Hot 100 [35] 81 US Cash Box Top 100 [36] 55 West Germany (GfK) [37] 37

Uses in other media

The song was the theme song for the National Coffee Association's "Join the Coffee Achievers" television commercials which ran in 1983 and 1984. ^[38]

See also

• List of number-one singles of 1982 (Spain)
• List of number-one singles of the 1980s (Switzerland)

References

1. "Jet backs ELO to tune of £200,000" (PDF). Music Week . 11 July 1981. p. 2.
2. "Electric Light Orchestra – Time". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 17 April 2008.
3. Considine, J.D.; Coleman, Mark; Evans, Paul; McGee, David (1992). "Electric Light Orchestra". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Random House. p. 111.
4. "Rock Albums & Top Tracks". Billboard. 12 September 1981. p. 30. ISSN   0006-2510.
5. UK Midlands Central TV News, August 1981
6. "Top Single Picks". Billboard. 25 July 1981. p. 67. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
7. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 25 July 1981. p. 147. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
9. "Electric Light Orchestra – Hold On Tight" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
10. "Electric Light Orchestra – Hold On Tight" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
11. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0392." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
12. "Le Détail par Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Select "Electric Light Orchestra" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
13. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hold On Tight". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
14. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 36, 1981" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
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16. "Electric Light Orchestra – Hold On Tight". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
17. "Electric Light Orchestra – Hold On Tight". VG-lista. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
18. "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (E)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
19. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
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21. "Electric Light Orchestra – Hold On Tight". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
22. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
23. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 3 October 1981. p. 68. ISSN   0006-2510.
24. "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending October 3, 1981". Cash Box . Archived from the original on 2 September 2012.
25. "Record World Singles" (PDF). Record World . 26 September 1981. p. 23. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
26. "Offiziellecharts.de – Electric Light Orchestra – Hold On Tight" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
27. "National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 11 January 2022– via Imgur.
28. "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
29. "Jahreshitparade 1981" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
30. "Jaaroverzichten 1981" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
31. "Top 100 Singles of 1981". RPM . Vol. 35, no. 22. 26 December 1981. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
32. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved 5 June 2014.
33. "End of Year Charts 1981". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
34. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1981" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
35. "Top 100 Hits for 1981". The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
36. "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1981". Cash Box . Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
37. "Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1981" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 13 February 2025.
38. "Advertising N. R. Kleinfield Campaign Seeks Lift for Coffee". The New York Times. 2 September 1983.