The song was a huge success for the group and quickly rose to the top of charts around the world. The single is one of two Simply Red songs (the other being their cover of /"If You Don't Know Me by Now/") to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Remastered from the original 35mm film negative by James Wong (insta: @jmhwong)
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Words
Remember the years
Thinking of the fear I've had for so long
When someone hears
Listen to the fear that has disappeared
Strangled by father's wishes
Hoping for the arms of the master
Get to me sooner or later, oh
Remember the years
Chance for me to escape everything I know
Holding back tears
Because nothing here has grown
I wasted all my tears
Wasted all these years
Nothing had a chance of being good
Nothing could ever, yeah, oh
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'm gonna keep holding on, so tight
Alright, oh now
Well I wasted all my tears
I wasted all these years
And nothing had a chance of being good
Cause nothing could ever do it, oh yeah
Oh
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
Holding
Holding
Holding
Hold on, la-la-la, la, la-la
I said, ooh, yeah
That's all I have today
That's all I have to say
Simply Red has over 1 billion views on YouTube and has sold over 60 million albums worldwide, 5 of which went to number one in the UK. Their 1991 classic Stars was the best-selling album for two years running in Britain and Europe. They had two US Billboard chart toppers with the classic singles Holding Back The Years and If You Don't Know Me By Now. Every Simply Red studio album has made the top ten in the UK (the previous album Big Love having reached number 4 in 2015). Hucknall has been the band's songwriter and leader since its debut in 1985.
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