Holding Back the Years
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| "Holding Back the Years" | ||
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| Single by Simply Red | ||
| from the album Picture Book | ||
| Released | 1985 | |
| Genre | Pop/Soul | |
| Length | 4:27 | |
| Writer(s) | Mick Hucknall | |
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"Holding Back the Years" is the 7th track of Simply Red's debut studio album Picture Book. The song was a smash success for the group and quickly rose to the top of charts across the world. It remains as their most successful single.
Frontman of the group, Mick Hucknall, wrote the song when he was a teenager. He recorded a version of the song with his first group The Frantic Elevators back in 1979 but the real success came when the Simply Red version was released in 1985. In 2005, a brand-new stripped down acoustic version of the song was released on the album Simplified.
| Preceded by "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" by Billy Ocean |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 12, 1986 |
Succeeded by "Invisible Touch" by Genesis |
