Hold On Tight (Samantha Fox song)

"Hold On Tight"
Single by Samantha Fox
from the album Touch Me
B-side	"It's Only Love"
Released	1986
Format	7" single, 12" maxi
Genre	Rock & roll, rockabilly
Length	3:34
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	John David
Producer(s)	John David, Steve Power
Samantha Fox singles chronology
"Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" (1986) "Hold On Tight" (1986) "I'm All You Need" (1986)

"Hold On Tight" was the third single from British singer Samantha Fox's 1986 debut album Touch Me.

Song information

"Hold On Tight" is a classically styled rock and roll song. The late 1980s saw a renewed interest in retro-1950s pop culture, in part spurred on by the film Back to the Future. "Hold On Tight's" electric guitar and backbeat serve to evoke a 1950s rock and roll sound.

Music video

The music video reflects the song's rockabilly sensibilities by showing Samantha Fox in a diner sporting a ponytail, midriff-baring shirt, denim hot pants, and cowgirl boots. Soon after putting her song on the diner's jukebox she headed outside, this time wearing a fringe trimmed red leather dress. As she sings "Hold On Tight" Fox danced with greasers and youths in letterman jackets and poodle skirts, typical of 1950s fashion.^[1]

Track listings

Vinyl, 7" UK (FOXY 3)^[2]

1. "Hold On Tight" (3:34)
2. "It's Only Love" (3:36)

Vinyl, 12", Picture Disc UK (FOXY S 3)^[3]

1. "Hold On Tight (Extended Version)" (5:06)
2. "Hold On Tight (Instrumental Version)" (3:36)
3. "Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (Blue Mix)" (5:49)
4. "It's Only Love" (3:34)

Charts

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