Hold On (KT Tunstall song)

Infobox single
Name = Hold On

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Artist = KT Tunstall
from Album = Drastic Fantastic
B-side = "Journey"
Released = flagicon|US 16 July 2007
flagicon|Canada 13 August 2007 flagicon|UK 27 August 2007
Format = CD single, Digital download, Vinyl single, DVD single
Recorded = 2006 – 2007
Genre = Alternative rock, Pop/Rock
Length = 2:57
Label = Virgin Records
Writer = KT Tunstall, Ed Case
Producer = Steve Osborne
Certification =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = KT Tunstall
Type = UK singles
Last single = "Another Place to Fall"
(2006)
This single = "Hold On"
(2007)
Next single = "Saving My Face"
(2007) Extra chronology
Artist = KT Tunstall
Type = US singles
Last single = "Other Side Of The World"
(2006)
This single = "Hold On"
(2007)
Next single = "Saving My Face"
(2007) "Hold On" is an alternative rock song performed by Scottish singer KT Tunstall. The song was written by Tunstall and produced by Steve Osborne for Tunstall's third album "Drastic Fantastic" (2007). The song was released as the album's first single on 16 July 2007 in the United States and on 13 August 2007 in Canada. It was released on CD and 7-inch in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2007. [ [http://billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=646480&aid=960512 Discography - KT Tunstall - Hold On] . Billboard.com. Retrieved 8 August 2007.]

Critical reception

"Hold On" received mixed reviews from music critics. Billboard.com's Susan Visakowitz called the song an "exhilarating three-minute ride" and "infectious and convincing". [Susan Visakowitz. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i4e5cfeef7081c5c8d945d14731c47377 Review of "Hold On"] . Billboard.com. Retrieved August 8, 2007.] Michael Slezak in a review for "Entertainment Weekly" was less impressed with the song, writing that "the melody lacks the immediate snap, crackle, pop of her previous hits". [Michael Slezak. [http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/07/kt-tunstall-hol.html "Snap judgment: KT Tunstall's 'Hold On'"] . "Entertainment Weekly". July 23, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2007.] This song was #55 on "Rolling Stone"'s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. [No byline (December 11, 2007). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/14 "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"] "Rolling Stone". Retrieved 2007-12-21]

Chart performance

In the United Kindgom, "Hold On" debuted at number thirty-four on 20 August 2007, on download sales only. [ [http://acharts.us/uk_singles_top_75/2007/34 "UK Singles Top 75 (August 20, 2007)] . aCharts.us. Retrieved August 23, 2007.] Two weeks later, after the song was released physically, the song jumped eighteen places to a new peak of 21. In Canada, the song was released on 13 August 2007. Two weeks later it debuted at number forty-six on the Canadian Hot 100 and at number twenty on the Digital Singles chart. [ [http://billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=793&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Canadian+Hot+100&ci=3085939&cdi=9367370&cid=09%2F01%2F2007 "Canadian Hot 100 - Hold On"] . Billboard.com. Retrieved August 23, 2007.] [ [http://billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=346&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Canadian+Digital+Singles&ci=3085940&cdi=9367441&cid=09%2F01%2F2007 "Hot Canadian Digital Singles - Hold On"] . Billboard.com. Retrieved August 23, 2007.] "Hold On" debuted on the United States "Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number eight, and exited the chart the following week. In its second week on the "Billboard" Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart the song reached number thirty-five. [ [http://billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=343&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Adult+Top+40+Tracks&ci=3085934&cdi=9367143&cid=09%2F01%2F2007 "Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks - Hold On"] . Billboard.com. Retrieved August 23, 2007.]

Chart Positions

Music video

The music video perimered in July 2007 on MTV's "Total Request Live". On BET's "106 & Park", it premiered in August 2007. On Yahoo! Music it premiered on 30 July 2007.

In the music video, Tunstall starts dancing in a bar, then she dances at venues, parodying music videos of various genres and ages.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single release of "Hold On".

Digital download
(Released 16 July 2007)
#"Hold On"

CD single
(Released 27 August 2007)
#"Hold On"
#"Journey"

Vinyl single
(Released 27 August 2007)
#"Hold On"
#"Suddenly I See" (Live)

DVD single
(Released 27 August 2007)
#"Hold On" music video
#"Hold On" (Behind the Scenes)
#"Hopeless" (Live acoustic) - audio
#Photo gallery

EU CD single
(Released 27 August 2007)
#"Hold On"
#"Journey"
#"Hold On" video

=Cover

Notes