Hold On Tight (Samantha Fox song)

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

Song information

"Hold On Tight" is a classically-styled rock & 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 & 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 heads outside, this time wearing a fringe trimmed red leather dress. As she sings "Hold On Tight" Fox dances with greasers and youths in letterman jackets and poodle skirts, typical of 50s 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

References