You Hold the Key

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You Hold the Key
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Studio album by
Released1993
Genre Country pop
Length49:15
Label Reprise
Producer Jim Ed Norman
Beth Nielsen Chapman chronology
Beth Nielsen Chapman
(1990)
You Hold the Key
(1993)
Sand and Water
(1997)
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You Hold the Key is Beth Nielsen Chapman's third album ('Hearing it first' was her first, in 1980). It was released in 1993 on Reprise Records, and features a duet with British singer-songwriter and Mike + The Mechanics vocalist/keyboardist Paul Carrack, called "In the Time It Takes".

Contents

The title of this album, as well as the song title it is named after, are from a line in the song "Open Your Heart", by US singer Madonna.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Beth Nielsen Chapman, except where indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Know" 3:57
2."You Hold the Key" 4:06
3."Dance with Me Slow" 4:18
4."Say It to Me Now" 4:48
5."When I Feel This Way" 4:20
6."Rage on Rage" 4:19
7."Only So Many Tears" 4:08
8."In the Time It Takes" (Duet with Paul Carrack) 4:18
9."You Say You Will"Beth Nielsen Chapman; Verlon Thompson 4:20
10."The Moment You Were Mine"Beth Nielsen Chapman; Steve Dorff 3:31
11."Faithful Heart"Beth Nielsen Chapman; Twila Paris 3:31
12."Dancer to the Drum" 3:39
Total length:49:15

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Personnel

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References

  1. Loftus, Johnny. You Hold the Key at AllMusic