Hold the Line

Hold the Line

Infobox Single
Name =Hold the Line


Artist = Toto
from Album = Toto
B-side = "Takin' It Back"
Released = 1978
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:56
Label = Columbia
Writer = David Paich
Producer =
Chart position = * #5 (US)
*#14 (UK)
* #23 (GER)
Last single =
This single = "Hold the Line"
(1978)
Next single = "I'll Supply the Love
(1978)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = Single


Lower caption = German version

"Hold the Line" is a late 1978/early-1979 hit single by the American rock group Toto. The song was the band's very first single, and was featured on their debut eponymous album. It was also a #5 hit single in the US during the winter of 1978–79.

Trivia

*The song was covered in Yugoslavia by loval singer Zdravko Čolić under the title "Oktobar je, pocinje sezona kise" "It's October, the rainy season is beginning."
*The song was featured on the 2004 game "" on the classic rock radio station K-DST, and in the 2006 Adam Sandler comedy "Click".
*In an episode of That '70s Show, Fez sings it in a Bogart-like fantasy that Eric has.
*The song was featured on the "I Want to Keep My Baby" episode of WKRP in Cincinnati
*German rap artist Sido sampled the piano part in his song "Schlectes Vorbild"


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hold The Line — Single par Toto extrait de l’album Toto Sortie 1978 Enregistrement Los Angeles, 1977 Durée 3:55 Genre(s) Rock …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hold the line — Single par Toto extrait de l’album Toto Sortie 1978 Enregistrement Los Angeles, 1977 Durée 3:55 Genre(s) Rock …   Wikipédia en Français

  • hold the line — ► COMMUNICATIONS to keep a someone waiting on the telephone: »Will you hold the line while I check my calendar? ► to continue to have an opinion, especially after a lot of argument: »She must hold the line against this kind of criticism. ► to… …   Financial and business terms

  • Hold the Line — Single par Toto extrait de l’album Toto Sortie 1978 Enregistrement Los Angeles, 1977 Durée 3:55 Genre Roc …   Wikipédia en Français

  • hold the line on — hold the line (on (something)) to not reduce or increase something. Businesses are holding the line on hiring and spending plans because of uncertainty about the economy …   New idioms dictionary

  • hold the line — (on (something)) to not reduce or increase something. Businesses are holding the line on hiring and spending plans because of uncertainty about the economy …   New idioms dictionary

  • hold the line — ► hold the line not yield to pressure. Main Entry: ↑line …   English terms dictionary

  • hold the line — verb 1. hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant • Hypernyms: ↑conserve, ↑preserve, ↑maintain, ↑keep up • Verb Frames: Somebody s on something 2. hold the phone line open …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hold the Line — Este artículo o sección necesita una revisión de ortografía y gramática. Puedes colaborar editándolo (lee aquí sugerencias para mejorar tu ortografía). Cuando se haya corregido, borra este aviso por favor …   Wikipedia Español

  • hold the line — phrasal to maintain the current position or situation < hold the line on prices > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”