People Hold On

"People Hold On" is the title of a song performed by the British singer Lisa Stansfield. Stansfield co-wrote the track in the late 1980s with the members of the dance music outfit known as Coldcut, Jonathan More and Matt Black.

1 1989 version
2 1997 version
3 Charts
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

1989 version

Coldcut had established themselves within the acid house movement in the UK, scoring a dance hit in 1988 with "Doctorin' the House". A collaboration between More, Black and Stansfield in 1989 yielded the single "People Hold On", which reached #11 on the UK Singles Chart^[1] and #6 on the US Billboard dance chart.^[2] The song was credited to Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield. The song was featured on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City on the fictional in-game station "Vice City FM".

1997 version

Stansfield released her self-titled studio album in 1997. A bonus track on the CD was an updated version of "People Hold On" that was listed as the "Bootleg Mix" in the US. This remix was done by The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, music producers and DJs Dan Bewick and Matt Frost. When released as a single, this version of the song charted higher than the original, rising to #4 on the UK Singles Chart^[3] and spending one week atop the Billboard dance chart in April 1997.^[2] This version was credited to Lisa Stansfield vs. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in the UK while Stansfield was the listed artist on the US release.

Charts

"People Hold On"	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	UK Singles Chart
1989 version (with Coldcut)	6	11
1997 version (with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)	1	4

References

^ 1989 version UK chart info at chartstats.com
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.)
^ 1997 version UK chart info at chartstats.com

Preceded by "Discothèque" by U2	Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single April 5, 1997	Succeeded by "Give It Up" by Victor Calderone

External links

Lisa Stansfield

Discography • Awards

Studio albums	Big Thing (1988) • Affection (1989) • Real Love (1991) • So Natural (1993) • Lisa Stansfield (1997) • Face Up (2001) • The Moment (2004)

Compilations	In Session (1992) • Biography: The Greatest Hits (2003)

Soundtracks	The Bodyguard (1992) • Beverly Hills 90210: The College Years (1994) • The Pagemaster (1994) • Swing (1999)

Remix albums	The #1 Remixes (EP) (1998)

Box sets	The Complete Collection (2003)

Extended plays	What Did I Do to You (1990) • Five Live (1993)

Video albums	Live! All Around The World (1990) • Real Life (1992) • Lisa At Wembley - Live (1992) • Biography: The Greatest Hits (2003)

Singles	"Alibis" (1981) • "The Only Way" (1982) • "Listen to Your Heart" (1983) • "I Got a Feeling" (1983) • "Love Will Wait" (1986) • "Finest Thing" (1986) • "Thinking About His Baby" (1987) • "On Fire" (1987) • "Jackie" (1988) • "Big Thing" (1988) • "People Hold On" (1989) • "This Is the Right Time" (1989) • "All Around the World" (1989) • "Live Together" (1990) • "You Can't Deny It" (1990) • "Change (1991) • "All Woman" (1991) • "Time to Make You Mine" (1992) • "Everything Will Get Better" (1992) • "Set Your Loving Free" (1992) • "A Little More Love" (1992) • "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" (1992) • "In All the Right Places" (1993) • ""So Natural"" (1993) • "Little Bit of Heaven" (1993) • "Make It Right" (1994) • "Dream Away" (1994) • "People Hold On (Bootleg Mix)" (1997) • "The Real Thing" (1997) • "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1997) • "The Line" (1997) • "Never Gonna Fall" (1997) • "Don't Cry for Me" (1997) • "I'm Leavin'" (1998) • "The Longer We Make Love" (1999) • "Let's Just Call It Love" (2001) • "8-3-1" (2001) • "All Around the World (remix) (2003) • "Easier" (2004) • "Treat Me Like a Woman" (2004) • "If I Hadn't Got You" (2005) • "He Touches Me" (2005)

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