Hold Me (Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston song)
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| “Hold Me” | |
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| Single by Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston | |
| from the album Love Language and Whitney Houston | |
| B-side | “Love” |
| Released | May 24, 1984 |
| Recorded | 1983 |
| Genre | R&B soul |
| Length | 6:00 |
| Label | Asylum |
| Songwriter(s) | Michael Masser Linda Creed |
| Producer(s) | Michael Masser |
| Teddy Pendergrass singles chronology | |
| “I Want My Baby Back” (1984)”Hold Me“ (1984)”You’re My Choice Tonight (Choose Me)” (1984) | |
| Whitney Houston singles chronology | |
| “Hold Me“ (1984)”You Give Good Love“ (1985) | |
“Hold Me” is a ballad duet performed by American singers Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston. The song was originally recorded solo by Diana Ross for her 1982 album Silk Electric under the title “In Your Arms”, with slightly different lyrics.
The Pendergrass and Houston version appears on Pendergrass’s eighth studio album Love Language (1984) and Houston’s self-titled debut album (1985).
It was written by Linda Creed and Michael Masser and production overseen by Masser.
“Hold Me” was the first single release of Houston’s career.
In the US, the song became a top ten hit on both the R&B singles chart and adult contemporary singles chart and peaked at number 46 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1984 and number 44 on the UK OCC Singles Chart in 1986.
It was a top thirty hit in Ireland, the Netherlands, and the Flemish region of Belgium, making it Pendergrass’ most successful international single. Houston delivers the song with both soft and soaring vocals. Ron Wynn of AllMusic highlighted this song when reviewing Pendergrass’s album in 1984 and called it a good duet.
With this song being released in 1984, Houston was ineligible for the nomination of Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 28th Grammy Awards in 1986, the year after her own debut album was released. The success of the song on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart gave Houston her first rank on a Billboard list, landing at number 41 in the magazine’s year-end adult contemporary list.
Track listing
7″ vinyl single
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | “Hold Me” (with Whitney Houston) | Michael Masser Linda Creed | 4:53 |
| 2. | “Love” (Teddy Pendergrass) | Masser Randy Goodrum | 3:04 |
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12″ vinyl single
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | “Hold Me” (with Whitney Houston) | 6:00 |
| 2. | “Love” (Teddy Pendergrass) | 3:04 |
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Personnel
- Vocals: Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston
- Drums: Carlos Vega
- Bass: Nathan East
- Keyboards: Randy Kerber, Michael Masser, Ray Parker Jr.
- Guitars: Paul Jackson
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1984–1986) | Peak position |
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| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 30 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 25 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) | 22 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) | 24 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 44 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) | 6 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 46 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) | 5 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1984) | Position |
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| US Top Adult Contemporary Singles (Billboard) | 41 |
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| South Korea International (Gaon) | 152 |
Hold Me Covers
- Glennis Grace ft Alain Clark
Hold Me may refer to :
Songs
- “Hold Me” (1933 song), written by Jack Little, David Oppenheim, and Ira Schuster
- Jodie Sands
- “Hold Me” (Menudo song), 1985
- “Hold Me” (Sandhja song), 2013
- “Hold Me”, by Brian McKnight from Anytime, 1997
- “Hold Me”, by Carl Wilson from Carl Wilson, 1981
- “Hold Me”, by Duran Duran from Notorious, 1986
- “Hold Me”, by England Dan & John Ford Coley from Some Things Don’t Come Easy, 1978
- “Hold Me”, by Farid Mammadov, representing Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
- “Hold Me”, by For Real from Free, 1996
- “Hold Me”, by Kenny Rogers from Eyes That See in the Dark, 1983
- “Hold Me”, by Rebecca Ferguson from Superwoman, 2016
- “Hold Me”, by R3hab, 2017
- “Hold Me”, by Status Quo from In Search of the Fourth Chord, 2007
- “Hold Me”, by Weezer from Make Believe, 2005
- Hold Me, by Jamie Grace, 2011
Albums
- Hold Me (Zard album), 1992
- Hold Me (Laura Branigan album), 1985
Hold Me (Zard Album)
| Hold Me | |
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| Studio album by Zard | |
| Released | September 2, 1992 |
| Genre | Pop rockfolk rock |
| Length | 48:19 |
| Label | Polydor, B-Gram |
| Producer | Daiko Nagato |
| Zard chronology | |
| Mou Sagasanai (1991)Hold Me (1992)Yureru Omoi (1993) | |
| Singles from Hold Me | |
| “Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite“ Released: 5 August 1992 | |
Hold Me is the third album by Japanese pop-rock group Zard and was released on September 2, 1992, under the Polydor label. In 1992, the album was released as a CD and cassette. In 1993, B-Gram Records re-released this album under CD format with code BGCH-1005.
Chart performance
The album reached number two in Japan in its first week on the charts. It charted for 71 weeks and sold, in total, 1,065,000 copies.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Izumi Sakai.
Hold Me
| No. | Title | Music | Arrangers | Length |
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| 1. | “Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite” (眠れない夜を抱いて) | Tetsurō Oda | Masao Akashi and Daisuke Ikeda | 4:28 |
| 2. | “Dareka ga Matteru” (誰かが待ってる) | Seiichiro Kuribayashi | Akashi | 3:55 |
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| 3. | “Sayonara Ienakute” (サヨナラ言えなくて) | Kuribayashi | Ikeda | 4:02 |
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| 4. | “Ano Hohoemi wo Wasurenai de” (あの微笑みを忘れないで) | Daria Kawashima | Akashi | 4:26 |
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| 5. | “Sukina you ni Odoritai no” (好きなように踊りたいの) | Kazuya Izumi | Takeshi Hayama | 4:23 |
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| 6. | “Dangerous Tonight” | Kuribayashi | Akashi | 4:13 |
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| 7. | “Konna ni Aishite mo” (こんなに愛しても) | Kuribayashi | Akashi | 5:00 |
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| 8. | “Why Don’t You Leave Me Alone” | Kawashima | Hayama | 3:24 |
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| 9. | “Ai wa Nemutteru” (愛は眠ってる) | Kawashima | Ikeda | 3:39 |
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| 10. | “Tooi Hi no Nostalgia” (遠い日のNostalgia) | Eisuke Mochizuki | Akashi | 5:49 |
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| 11. | “So Together” | Kawashima | Akashi | 5:02 |
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In media
- “Ano Hohoemi wo Wasurenaide” is theme song for drama series Udemakuri Kangofu Monogatari
- “Dareka ga Matteru” is theme song for Nihon TV program Magical Zunou Power!
- “Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite” is ending theme f
- or TV Asahi program Tonight
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position | Annual sales | Total sales | Yearly position |
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| 1992 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 2 | 536,020 | 1,056,130 | 26 |
Hold Me (Laura Branigan Album)
| Hold Me | |
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| Studio album by Laura Branigan | |
| Released | July 15, 1985 |
| Studio | Image Recording (Hollywood, California) Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California) Westlake (West Hollywood, California) Bodifications (Los Angeles, California) Preferred Sound (Woodland Hills, California) |
| Genre | Pop rock dance-pop synth-pop |
| Length | 39:47 |
| Label | Atlantic |
| Producer | Jack White Harold Faltermeyer Mark Spiro |
| Laura Branigan chronology | |
| Self Control (1984)Hold Me (1985)Touch (1987) | |
| Singles from Hold Me | |
| “Spanish Eddie“ Released: July 1985″Hold Me“ Released: 1985″Maybe Tonight” Released: 1985″I Found Someone“ Released: February 7, 1986 | |
Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
Hold Me is the fourth studio album by American singer Laura Branigan, released on July 15, 1985, by Atlantic Records. The album peaked at number 71 on the US Billboard 200, though it fared better internationally, reaching the top 10 in Sweden and Switzerland, and the top 15 in Norway.
The album’s lead single, “Spanish Eddie“, earned Branigan her sixth top-40 entry in two and a half years, peaking at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was moderately successful outside the United States.
Subsequent singles “Hold Me” and “I Found Someone” failed to make an impact, peaking at numbers 82 and 90 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Nevertheless, “Hold Me” reached number 39 on Billboard‘s Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart, while “I Found Someone” reached number 25 on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart.
The track “When the Heat Hits the Streets” was used in a television advertising campaign for the Chrysler Laser, with Chrysler serving as a sponsor for Branigan’s 1985–1986 Hold Me tour (a Chrysler Laser was prominently displayed in the “Spanish Eddie” music video).
According to Branigan, she said “the album is such a growth from my other albums. I really feel it’s the direction I want to go. My voice is definitely stronger and the material is just incredible. I honestly don’t feel there are any fillers.”
Reception
In their review of the album, Billboard commented that “Branigan’s latest includes several tracks by co-producer Harold Faltermeyer, giving the collection an added edge beyond the mainstream ballads and rockers that have characterized her earlier recordings. First single is “Spanish Eddie,” but the album should produce several other successful tracks, most notably “Hold Me” and “When I’m With You.”
Cashbox noted that “Laura Branigan’s fourth LP for Atlantic combines all of the elements that have brought her a handful of hit singles, from uptempo dance oriented tunes such as this album’s first single, the melodic and colorful “Spanish Eddie,” to beautiful ballads like “Forever Young.” Producer Jack White and other contributors like Harold Faltermeyer have chosen some excellent material here and Branigan shines on every cut.”
Allmusic were more mixed in their review, stating that “Laura Branigan began to falter in her quest to be the white, ’80s Donna Summer with her fourth album, which failed to scale the sales heights of her first three, despite another clutch of dramatic, heavily produced Eurodisco tracks, three of which found their way onto the singles charts. The closest thing to a hit was “Spanish Eddie” (this album’s remake of her first smash, “Gloria”), a song with an odd street-life lyric that made reference to Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row”…Elsewhere, Branigan again turned to songwriter Michael Bolton for “I Found Someone,” and as she had with “How Am I Supposed To Live Without You,” did it much better than its author, for what it’s worth. But on the whole, Hold Me found The Branigan formula growing stale.”
Track listing
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | “Hold Me“ | Beth Andersen Bill Bodine | Jack White Harold Faltermeyer | 4:43 |
| 2. | “Maybe Tonight” | Jack White Mark Spiro | Jack White Mark Spiro | 3:37 |
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| 3. | “Foolish Lullaby“ | Jack White Mark Spiro | Jack White Mark Spiro | 4:18 |
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| 4. | “Spanish Eddie“ | David Palmer Chuck Cochran | Jack White | 4:08 |
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| 5. | “Forever Young“ | Marian Gold Frank Mertens Bernhard Lloyd | Jack White | 3:52 |
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Side two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | “When I’m with You” | Jack White Mark Spiro Faltermeyer | Jack White Mark Spiro | 4:12 |
| 7. | “I Found Someone“ | Michael Bolton Mark Mangold | Jack White Faltermeyer | 4:00 |
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| 8. | “Sanctuary” | Gary Usher Tom Kelly | Jack White | 3:32 |
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| 9. | “Tenderness” | Jack White Mark Spiro Laura Branigan | Jack White Mark Spiro | 3:42 |
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| 10. | “When the Heat Hits the Streets” | Linda Schreyer Cappy Capossela | Mark Spiro | 3:43 |
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| Total length: | 39:47 | |||
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hold Me.
Musicians
- Laura Branigan – vocals
- Harold Faltermeyer – arrangements (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7); all keyboards and synthesizers (including programming, electronic drums and bass)
- Mark Spiro – arrangements (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 10); all keyboards and synthesizers (including programming, electronic drums and bass), background vocals
- Eddie Arkin – arrangements (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9); all keyboards and synthesizers (including programming, electronic drums and bass)
- Tom Keane – arrangements (track 5)
- Gary Usher – arrangements (track 8)
- Jerry Hey – horn arrangement, horn (track 9); flugelhorn (track 6)
- Dann Huff, Michael Landau, Craig T. Cooper – guitars
- Gary Herbig, Marc Russo – saxophone solos
- Gary Grant, Larry Williams, Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horns (track 9)
- Nathan Alford Jr. – percussion
- Brian Malouf – percussion, all keyboards and synthesizers (including programming, electronic drums and bass)
- Nathan East, Larry Ball – bass
- Bo Tomlyn, Michael Boddicker, Alan J. Pasqua, Steve Williams, Richard Ruttenberg, Michael Egizi, Michael Mason – all keyboards and synthesizers (including programming, electronic drums and bass)
- James Ingram, Jon Joyce, Richard Page, Joe Pizzulo, Jim Haas, Tom Kelly, Phillip Ingram, Beth Andersen, Maxine Anderson, Leslie Spiro, Kelly Bruss, Edie Lehmann, Andrea Robinson, Rod Burton, Kevin Dorsey, Tommy Funderburk, Kyle Henderson, George Merrill, Susan Boyd, Rosemary Butler, Jill Colucci, Angie Jaree – background vocals
Technical
- Jürgen Koppers, Brian Malouf, John Kovarek, Brian Reeves, John Van Nest, Ed Thacker, Dave Concors, Tom Whitlock, David Devore – engineering
- Steve Krause, Rick Butz, Peggy McAffee, Samii Taylor – engineering assistance
- Jürgen Koppers – mixing
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Jack White – production (tracks 1–9)
- Harold Faltermeyer – production (tracks 1, 7)
- Mark Spiro – associate production (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9); production (track 10)
Artwork
- Aaron Rapoport – photography
- Bob Defrin – art direction
Charts
Weekly chart performance for Hold Me
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | 37 |
| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) | 43 |
| European Albums (Music & Media) | 26 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | 22 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 31 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 75 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) | 12 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 7 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 10 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 64 |
| US Billboard 200 | 71 |
| US Cash Box Top 200 Albums | 65 |
Year-end charts
Year-end chart performance for Hold Me
| Chart (1985) | Position |
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| Norwegian Summer Period Albums (VG-lista) | 17 |
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