Hold On, I'm Comin' (song)

Infobox Single
Name =Hold On! I'm a Comin'


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Artist =Sam & Dave
Album = Hold On, I'm Comin'
B-side ="I've Got Everything I Need"
Released =March 1966
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1966
Genre =R&B, soul
Length = 2:35
Label =Stax/Atlantic
S-189
Writer =Issac Hayes
David Porter
Producer =Isaac Hayes
David Porter
Booker T. & the MG's
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Last single ="You Don't Know Like I Know"
(1965)
This single ="Hold On, I'm Comin'"
(1966)
Next single ="Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody"
(1966)
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"Hold On, I'm Comin'" (originally issued as "Hold On! I'm a Comin'") is a 1966 single recorded by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam and Dave, issued on the Atlantic-distributed Stax label in 1966.

The song was written by the Stax songwriting team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter, who came up with the title of the song spontaneously when Hayes was trying to get Porter to hurry out of the Stax Studios restroom and get back to songwriting. Released as Stax 189 in the spring of 1966, the "Hold On! I'm Comin'" single peaked at number one on the "Billboard" Hot Black Singles chart, and at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Hogan, Ed (2006). " [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:3jfrxxlaldde Review of "Hold On! I'm Comin'"] . "All Music Guide". Retrieved 2008-3-30]

In August 1979 Precious Wilson of the group Eruption recorded the song which was published by Hansa Records, it also was added to the album "Oceans of Fantasy" by Boney M..

A revamped version of the song, "Hold On, Edwin's Coming", was recorded by Sam & Dave as a promotional single for Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards' third election campaign in 1982. Three years later, Dave Prater teamed with new singing partner Sam Daniels as "The New Sam and Dave Review", and recorded "Medley/Hold On, I'm Comin" for Atlantic Records.

Amerie sampled the song on her hit Gotta Work.

Credits

*Vocals by Sam Moore and Dave Prater
*Instrumentation by Booker T. & the MG's and the Mar-Keys Horns

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