Hold On (Triumph song)

"Hold On" is a song by the band Triumph. It appeared on their album Just a Game (1979) and was also released as a single. The single was released on August 6, 1979 and rose to number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] The song was written by Rik Emmett.

"Hold On"
Single by Triumph
from the album Just a Game
B-side"Just a Game (5:48)"
Released6 August 1979
Recordedlate 1978
GenreHard rock
Length6:06
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Rik Emmett
Producer(s)Mike Levine
Triumph singles chronology
"Lay It on the Line"
(1979)		 "Hold On"
(1979)		 "American Girls"
(1984)

The song, like "Lay It on the Line" from the same album, was written two years before the release of the album. After failing to be noticed as an acoustic track in concert the band decided to make it a rock song and placed it at the end of the concept song, The Twisted Maze which compasses the entire second side of the vinyl.

The song has never been performed by the entire band in concert, due to its broad and complex arrangements. The live version from Stages, which is the only official version, was done acoustically.

The B-side is the title track for the album.

The video of the song was cut up and altered to help its chart potential, where it became only a two-minute-and-fifty-nine-second track. The video did not include the acoustic folk section of the beginning or the disco-styled breakdown at the end. This version was also the version released on the singles for every foreign country, thus the only countries in which the entire song was released were Canada and the United States.

Track listing

North American version
  1. "Hold On" (Rik Emmett) – 6:04
  2. "Just a Game" (Rik Emmett) – 5:48

Holland, Spain and Japan version
  1. "Hold On" (Rik Emmett) – 2:59
  2. "Just a Game" (Rik Emmett) – 5:48

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 33
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 38


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References
  1. "Triumph - Chart History". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4400a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  3. "Triumph Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
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