Holding Back the Years (album version)

Name: Holding Back the Years
Duration: 4 min 30 s

~ Recording by Simply Red

Annotation

GBCRL0800119 is 2008 remaster

GBAHS8504143 is 2008 remaster

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Picture Book	1985-10-11 GB
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Picture Book	1985 XE
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Picture Book	1985 GB
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Picture Book	1985 FR
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Picture Book	1985 DE
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Picture Book	1985 US
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Picture Book (made in Switzerland)	1985 US
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:28	Simply Red	Picture Book	1985 DE
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Picture Book	1985 ZA
1.7	Holding Back the Years	?:??	Simply Red	Picture Book	1985 XE
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Picture Book (club edition, Made in USA by PDO)	1985 US
1.7	Holding Back The Years	4:28	Simply Red	Picture Book	1985 US
2.8	Holding Back the Years	4:27	Simply Red	Now That’s What I Call Music 7	1986-08-11 GB
2.8	Holding Back the Years	4:27	Simply Red	Now That’s What I Call Music 7	1986-08-11 GB
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Hot and New on CD	1986 XE
1.5	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	WEA Starforce on CD II	1987 XE
1.14	Holding Back the Years	4:26	Simply Red	Woman in Love, Volume 04	1987 NL
1.16	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Golden Love Songs, Volume 11: Just the Two of Us	1988-07 NL
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Picture Book	1989 US
1.9	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Schmuse Rock: Save Our Romantic Souls	1989 DE
1.4	Holding Back the Years	4:27	Simply Red	Boulevard des Slows	1990 XE
1.5	Holding Back the Years	4:31	Simply Red	KKSF 103.7 FM Sampler for AIDS Relief, Volume 6	1995-11 US
1.2	Holding Back the Years	4:31	Simply Red	Soon Come	1995 XE
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Greatest Hits	1996-10-07 GB
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Greatest Hits (Bonus Track version)	1996-10-17 JP
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Greatest Hits	1996-10-22 US
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Greatest Hits	1996-11-08 DE
1.1	Holding Back The Years	4:29	Simply Red	Greatest Hits	1996 ZA
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Greatest Hits (club edition)	1996 US
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Greatest Hits (club edition, WMO pressing)	1996 US
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Greatest Hits	1996 AU
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Simply the Best Love Songs: A Timeless Collection	1997-02-03 GB
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:31	Simply Red	Modern Rock: 1986-1987	1999 -
1.2	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	It's Only Love	2000-11-13 DE
1.2	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	It’s Only Love	2000-11-30 GB
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:33	Simply Red	Best of the Best	2000 GB
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	De Pre Historie 1986, Volume 3	2000 BE
1.2	Holding Back The Years	4:29	Simply Red	It's Only Love	2000 XW
1.9	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	New Millenium Love Songs	2001-01-16 US
1.4	Holding Back the Years	4:28	Simply Red	Wetten dass…? - Lovesongs	2001-12-14 DE
3.5	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Hit Me With Your 80’s Box	2002-01-29 US
2.14	Holding Back the Years	4:32	Simply Red	Ö3 Greatest Hits, Volume 18	2002-06-24 AT
1.19	Holding Back the Years	4:31	Simply Red	One Shot ’80, Volume 14: Cool	2002-09-09 IT
1.20	Holding Back the Years	4:32	Simply Red	The Very Best of The Tube	2002-11-04 GB
2.13	Holding Back the Years	4:32	Simply Red	All Time Classic Tearjerkers	2002-11-11 GB
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:31	Simply Red	Only Fools and Horses: The Album	2002-11-25 GB
1.11	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Absolute Love Classics	2002-12-25 SE
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:31	Simply Red	20 Years on MTV: 80s	2002 DE
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	The Essentials	2002 US
1.10	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Verrukkelijke Popclassics	2002 NL
1.14	Holding Back the Years	4:28	Simply Red	Pure 80's Love: The #1 Hits	2003-01-28 US
1.19	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	The Sex Album	2003-02-03 GB
1.18	Holding Back the Years	4:28	Simply Red	The Ultimate Smoochy Album	2003-04-07 GB
2.15	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	All Time Classic Tearjerkers	2003 AU
2.8	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Piano Love Songs	2003 ZA
1.8	Holding Back the Years	4:32	Simply Red	The Piano Songs	2004-01-21 JP
2.3	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Love Bites and School Nites: Smooching Classics From Behind the Bike Sheds	2004-03-29 GB
1.14	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Casey Kasem Presents America’s Top Ten 1980s: #1 Pop Hits	2004-06-22 US
2.17	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Ultimate 80’s	2004-11-22 GB
1.15	Holding Back the Years	4:28	Simply Red	That Loving Feeling	2005-01-31 GB
2.3	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	100% entspannt	2005-10-14 DE
2.2	Holding Back the Years	4:32	Simply Red	Piano Songbook	2005-10-31 GB
2.4	Holding Back the Years	4:27	Simply Red (Mick Hucknall)	WDR 200 – Die besten Sängerinnen & Sänger	2005-12-02 DE
2.17	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Knuffelrock 14	2005 NL
2.17	Holding Back the Years	4:27	Simply Red	Knuffelrock 17	2005 BE
1.6	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Ultimate 80s	2005 US
1.2	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	If You Don't Know Me By Now And Other Hits	2006 US
2.12	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Simply the Best Songs	2007-10-15 GB
2.14	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	’80s British Gold	2007 US
3.10	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	80 Hits of the 80's	2007 NL
1.9	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	From the Heart Classics	2007 CA
2.8	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Platin 2007, Volume 1	2007 DE
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Picture Book (Expanded Version)	2008-06-09 XW
5.14	Holding Back the Years	4:25	Simply Red	Top 100 anni ’80	2008-11-05 IT
1.18	Holding Back the Years	4:26	Simply Red	Smash Hits Party!	2008-12-08 GB
2.9	Holding Back the Years	4:27	Simply Red	Alle Hits!: Die 80er	2008 DE
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Picture Book: Collector’s Edition	2008 GB
2.16	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Kuschelrock Special Edition: Lovesongs of the 80’s	2009-02-06 DE
5.2	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Love 101: 101 Ways to Say I Love You	2009-02-17 SG
1.41	Holding Back the Years	4:26	Simply Red	Love 101: 101 Ways to Say I Love You	2009-12-14 BN 2009-12-14 KH (show 10 more) 2009-12-14 VN
1.6	Holding Back the Years	4:31	Simply Red	80s Music Explosion!	2009 US
1.6	Holding Back the Years	4:31	Simply Red	Smash Hits 1986	2009 GB
1.5	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Summer Lovin’	2009 GB
2.9	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Vox Pops Presents 1980s	2009 -
1.9	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Vox Pops Presents 1980s	2009 -
3.10	Holding Back the Years	4:28	Simply Red	Brit Awards With Mastercard 2010	2010-02-08 GB
2.10	Holding Back the Years	4:27	Simply Red	De mooiste openingsdansen, Volume 4	2010-10-29 BE
1.11	Holding Back the Years	4:29	Simply Red	Alle hits voor een onvergetelijk trouwfeest!	2010 BE
5.16	Holding Back the Years	4:26	Simply Red	Hitarchief Top 2000, Volume 2	2010 BE
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Original Album Series	2011-03-21 GB
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:30	Simply Red	Original Album Series	2011-03-21 XE
1.7	Holding Back the Years	4:31	Simply Red	Easy ’80s	2011-03-22 US
1.4	Holding Back the Years	4:12	Simply Red	The Greatest Hits	2011-03-28 XE
2.10	Holding Back the Years	4:28	Simply Red	Slows M80 Rádio	2011 PT
4.18	Holding Back the Years	4:28	Simply Red	The Collection: M80 Rádio A Musica Da Sua Vida	2011 PT
1.25	Holding Back the Years	4:27	Simply Red	Love Songs 2012: 55 sange du altid har elsket	2012-02-06 DK
2.16	Holding Back the Years	4:31	Simply Red	Kuschelrock 26	2012-09-14 DE
Promotion
29.15	Holding Back the Years	4:28	Simply Red	The Radio Essential Series	2000 CA
Bootleg
1.1	Holding Back the Years	4:25	Simply Red	The Best	1998 RU
1.13	Holding Back the Years	5:45	Simply Red	Home + Bonus	2003 RU

Relationships

assistant engineer:	Chris Dickie
engineer and mixer:	Femi Jiya
producer:	Stewart Levine
bass:	Tony Bowers (in 1985)
drums (drum set) and percussion:	Chris Joyce (in 1985)
guitar:	Sylvan (in 1985)
keyboard and background vocals:	Fritz McIntyre (in 1985)
trumpet:	Tim Kellett (in 1985)
lead vocals:	Mick Hucknall (in 1985)
performer:	Simply Red (in 1985)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Warner Music UK Ltd. (in 1985)

recorded at:	RAK Studios in London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985) Soundpush Studio in Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1985)
mixed at:	Air Recording Studio No. 1 in London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985)

music videos:	Holding Back the Years

stream video for free:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w [info]

recording of:	Holding Back the Years (in 1985)

Holding Back the Years

lyricist:	Mick Hucknall
composer:	Mick Hucknall Neil Moss

publisher:	EMI April Music Inc. EMI Songs Ltd. So What Ltd

Holding Back the Years (album version)

Genres: pop, blue-eyed soul, pop soul, sophisti-pop, ballad

Other tags: adult contemporary, pop/rock

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Holding Back the Years

Holding Back the Years (album version)

Genres: pop, blue-eyed soul, pop soul, sophisti-pop, ballad

Other tags: adult contemporary, pop/rock

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