Hold On (Santana song)

"Hold On"
Single by Santana
from the album Shangó
B-side "Oxun (Oshun)"
Released August 1982
Genre Rock
Length 4:33
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Ian Thomas
Santana singles chronology
"The Sensitive Kind"
(1981)		 "Hold On"
(1982)		 "Nowhere to Run"
(1982)

"Hold On" is a song written and first recorded by the Canadian singer and songwriter Ian Thomas, on his 1981 album The Runner.

In 1982 the Latin rock band Santana, featuring lead vocalist Alex Ligertwood, covered the song for their album Shangó. It is the second track on the album and was released as the album's first single. The song reached No. 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making it Santana's tenth most successful US hit. It also peaked at No. 17 on Billboard's Top Tracks chart. On the Cashbox chart, it reached No. 9.

In Canada, "Hold On" peaked at No. 4 for two weeks, becoming their greatest Canadian hit to that date.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 34
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock 17
U.S. Cashbox Top 100[2] 9
Canadian RPM[3] 4
Netherlands 22
New Zealand 31

Year-end charts

Chart (1982) Position
U.S. Cash Box [4] 61
Canada [5] 40

References

  1. ↑ "Music lyrics, charts, Games, & more". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-31.

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