| "Holdin' On to Yesterday" | ||||
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| Single by Ambrosia | ||||
| from the album Ambrosia | ||||
| B-side | "Make Us All Aware" | |||
| Released | June 1975 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:19 | |||
| Label | 20th Century Fox | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Pack, Joe Puerta [4] | |||
| Producer(s) | Freddie Piro | |||
| Ambrosia singles chronology | ||||
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"Holdin' On to Yesterday" is the debut single by American rock band Ambrosia. It was written by David Pack and Joe Puerta.
The song was released in the spring of 1975 as the lead single from their eponymous debut album, peaking at No. 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [5] It was also a top 40 hit in Canada and New Zealand.
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [6] | 46 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [7] | 17 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 18 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles [8] | 37 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ) [9] | 36 |
| Netherlands (NED) [10] | 36 |
Ambrosia is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1970. Ambrosia had five top 40 hit singles released between 1975 and 1980, including the top 5 hits "How Much I Feel" and "Biggest Part of Me", and top 20 hits "You're the Only Woman " and "Holdin' on to Yesterday". Most of the original band members have been active with the group continuously since their 1989 reformation to the present day, with the notable exception of original guitarist and lead vocalist David Pack who left in 2000.
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Ambrosia is the debut album by Ambrosia. It was released in 1975 on 20th Century Fox Records. It spawned the top 20 chart single "Holdin' on to Yesterday" as well as the minor hit "Nice, Nice, Very Nice". The latter sets to music the lyrics to a poem in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording. Alan Parsons was the mixdown engineer for Ambrosia's first album and the producer for their second.
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Life Beyond L.A. is the third album by Ambrosia, and their first album on Warner Bros. Records, released in 1978. It marked the departure of their progressive rock roots in favor of a more commercial jazz & soft rock sound. "How Much I Feel," "Life Beyond L.A." and "If Heaven Could Find Me" were released as singles.
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