"Hold an Old Friend's Hand" | ||||
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Single by Tiffany | ||||
from the album Hold an Old Friend's Hand | ||||
B-side | "Ruthless" | |||
Released | April 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Genre | Electronic rock [1] [2] | |||
Length | 4:24 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Donna Weiss | |||
Producer(s) | George Tobin | |||
Tiffany singles chronology | ||||
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"Hold an Old Friend's Hand" is a song recorded by American pop music artist Tiffany. It is the title track to her second studio album Hold an Old Friend's Hand (1988). It was released as the third single from the album in April 1989 and was released exclusively to US adult contemporary radio, Australia and Japan. In Japan, the song was titled simply "Friends" (フレンズ, Furenzu). The song was written by Donna Weiss and was originally recorded by Brenda Patterson in 1973.
The song peaked at number 161 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number 37 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer | Length |
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1. | "Hold an Old Friend's Hand" | Donna Weiss | George Tobin | 4:24 |
2. | "Ruthless" | John Duarte | Tobin | 3:40 |
"Hold an Old Friend's Hand" debuted on the US Adult Contemporary chart the week of May 20, 1989 at number 48. It was Tiffany's fifth and most recent entry on the chart. The next week, it rose to number 42. It reached a peak of number 37 on the chart on June 10, 1989; it spent one week in the position. It spent 8 weeks in total and was Tiffany's last single to enter a Billboard chart until "Higher" off of her Dust Off and Dance album (2005) peaked at number 19 on the US Dance Club Songs in 2007.
Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [3] | 161 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [4] | 37 |
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