Electric Light Orchestra - Hold on Tight

[auntwayne]

We have listened to ELO for as long as I can remember,but, this is the first time that I You Tubed "Hold On Tight", what a great video!!!

[rosebuddy47]

love this song--great dancing beat and story behind the lyrics

[BARNABYJONES09]

@rosebuddy47 tienes razon es un tema estupendo con el estilo de la elo y el gran jeff lynne me recuerda mucho rockn roll is king

[ikeharmon1987]

Lemmy sighting at 1:57!

[MrJoebe1]

interesting video but great song.

[GuyGarcon]

my daddy brought me here..

[ResSiFulFulCar]

@GuyGarcon

nice one :D

[jacobo661]

dice en tu huerto no hay tomates en el minuto: 1:38 LOL

[backlighting]

The opening sounds like "Whole Lotta Shakin" by Jerry Lee Lewis.

[crepusculo871]

Hold On Tight To Your Dream SUPER SONG

[waltburg1963]

cool:>)

[cammefantaman]

e.l.o. forever they give me the hope to go on....thank you

[Lucas60348]

It's very onnaying those comercials.

[lightworker2278]

@peachloca much love

[jaywemm]

this song got me thru high school

[richiebear1969]

Coffee Drinkers of the Eighties.

[TheTalia108]

@richiebear1969 Whenever I hear this song, I gotta, GOTTA have a cup of coffee!

[peachloca]

my dad used to play this song when i was around 5 years old...pity he's not here anymore :(

[CVargas]

Jeff looks a lot like Ultimate Donnie in this video.

[reallyboardstiff]

Hold on tight to your dreams!

[boredflak]

the 160 dislikes is from Twilight-Vampire idiots who know nothing older than 3 weeks ago

[fairziff]

The first single I bought!

[TheCheezhead15]

Love this

[alansnecoe]

buena cancion solo por que lleva el ritmo de los the beatles



[wieslawl59]

I came here by myself. I do not need anybody to bring me anywhere!

[Kasine4412]

@wieslawl59 Me too,I am old enough to cross the street without holding somebodies hand!

[sturdle]

@wieslawl59 me 73 tonight and love this........sad or what!

[wieslawl59]

@sturdle Hold on tight to your dream.

[bobjones726]

Great song, great video.

[mkennedynz]

Jeff Lynne is a god amongst men.

[16wani]

@mkennedynz

He's a genius :-)

[JustForBrieLarson]

What a classic by one of the greatest bands of all time.Big Time Rush is no Electric Light Orchestra.

[Acuna770]

nice song

[Acuna770]

jjg

[pcmikefl]

These guys had some awsome 80s videos

[JH1311]

I have just past my driving test today, and honestly, i owe a good deal of it to this song. i dont konw why put it really inspires me when others dont so for that i thank you.

[gdlneo]

HOLD ON TIGHT TO YOUR DREAM!

[Victorthereal]

escuchen en el minuto 1:38 al 1:42 dice en tu huerto no hay tomates grax al pinguino rodriguez lo investigue y si se esccucha

[freakinstein69]

Coffee generation song?

[renski1792]

they sound like the beatles

[belair55zz56]

This song was used in a coffee Commercial with a Cinncinati Bengal QB.

[richiebear1969]

@belair55zz56 Ken Anderson.

[Suzukimad07]

class

[jgccnow]

It is the real thing

[theBretmas]

is this the video to the song? or some youtube creation

[no1elofaniknow]

@theBretmas It's the official music video for the song.

[HitchHikersBlues]

@woollify I thought it was a young Roy.

If you listen to some parts of the song you'll hear him...trust me!

[no1elofaniknow]

@HitchHikersBlues I think that Jeff Lynne would take that as a compliment.

[HitchHikersBlues]

I always thought this was Roy Orbison.

[renues]

@HitchHikersBlues Yeah Me Too

[TicklishTokolosh]

When things are looking bad remember that this too shall pass, so hold on tight to your dreams!

[antimanc9]

My alarm went off to this song this morning, not sure there's a better song to wake up to.....

[eddietwang]

@antimanc9 .."sing like crispy"...this song was used by the indulants as a wake up call on a pre recorded alarm call preset.it would be great if l could come and stay with you for a few months.l think l can finkkkkrrrraaarrggg!!!!!

[RGRIMOWEN]

Just getting my daily dose.

[alexweb8]

Is it supposed to say SUSPENCE at 0:52 or is it a typo?

[Vanillaska]

@alexweb8 it does...

[cchunya]

ДЖЕФФ  ЛАЙН ЗВЕЗДА.....

[TheLastBrainLeft]

My gods, I never knew ELO sung this song.

Just clueless.

[BEARARMZ]

for some reason i wanna hear this song in japanese lol

[kingguitar1]

EXCELLENT.It was 30 years ago when this made top 10 in U.K. and U.S. and it was

E.L.O.s last big hit,but still sounds great today. The greatest anti-depressant song ever written, cheers u right up.PLEEEEAAASSSSSEEEEEEEEEEE. come back

Jeff the world needs you now to write more MAGICAL MUSICAL MELODIES as only you can.

[raiderzfan2009]

158 got sick of tryin

[Thechoirboy29]

OH YES, SHAKE IT UP, this gets me moving like the old days & im 64,GGGGRRREAT

[maoriwood]

they dont make music like this these days.the music today is crap

[hospitalbedpan1]

@maoriwood you need to get out and live a little.

Plenty of good tunes. Just stay away from most of the american top 40 mainstream stuff. Maybe one or two songs on that countdown each week is worth listening to. The same crap was out in the 70's, only they don't play the crap. The good songs will persist.

[paulbuss]

jerry lee lewis...elo is sooooo weird

[ProMindandPeace]

"time just rolls on and on"

[Donnie88and3]

Thanks for sharing this video! I loved it then--I love it now!

[shandar7]

I think Jeff Lynne looks so handsome in this video.

[19111ellyc]

@shandar7 I so agree! What a piece of ass he was.

[HOSSHEAD]

dame good tune! aint heard this in yrs.. thanks for sharing

[99morgangreen99]

ELO just keeps being unique!!!!!!!!!!!

[sergei21s]

Супер! Эти ребята приезжают в наш город. Вспомним молодость!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elementfayt]

@sergei21s I don't know what you said... but... CHEERS!

[MichaelJacksonBabeh]

thankyou dad, for showing me this beautiful band!

[tiredfather2008]

Did Paul McCartney help with keyboard on this song? I know they were good friends.

[Matthewtjy]

Now this is a music video. No stupid acting before the video, just play the song and have some stupid background scenes. Awesome!

[ErikbangBB]

1:40

'En tu huerto no hay tomate' ._·''

[ErikbangBB]

1:40

'En tu huerto no hay tomate' ._·''

[Stevetheperformer]

You Go Jeff- You Da Man.

[clevishook]

@1:40 "en tu huerto no hay tomates" jajajajaja..gran canción

[Abuamina001]

Accroches-toi a ton reve

Accroches-toi a ton reve

Quand tu vois ton bateau partir

Quand tu sents -- ton coeur se briser

Accroches-toi a ton reve.

[westybum1]

ONE WORD "BRILLIANT"

[jacekaraczun]

Haha they are comming to Poland!!! Weeeee!

[moviemagic233]

the music video reminds me of Casablanca and the old Alfred Hitchcock movies.thumbs up if you agree!if you do here's a smile for your face---------> :)

[takarashin]

love elo more and more when listening to their songs!

[SuperPaulwalsh]

This is good song for Sex !!!

[MrDilkington2011]

Come back on ELO, and carry on playing.

[Millard234]

That What Was the Bike From RAD! On The Table; Yeah Yeah!

[ToxieDogg]

154 people don't have a dream to hold on tight to :(

[Cotronixco]

Great band and video, but very lame 3-chord song.

[M0nk3m4n]

@Cotronixco Funny, I never once heard anything that said a song had to be intricate or detailed to be good.

[CocteauDalighari]

@M0nk3m4n But it is intricate & detailed ... AND simple. Never a big Billy Joel fan, but I read that he said you rehearse & rehearse to sound spontaneous: that was ELO.

[M0nk3m4n]

@CocteauDalighari Hmm...I suppose he has a point...and he is definitely a great place to get an opinion...but I dunno, still I say if it sounds good, works. May not work for everybody but yeah, that's my view on it.

[xPORTERLOOx]

The beginning sound the the 'Only Fools and Horses' theme tune

[hojofan]

I've always thought this was an awesome song by ELO!! It's so uplifting! Looove it!! :) Peace, Alex

[DorothyShelley]

still listning to this whenive got the humpit really lifts me up love it mythras90x

[Radians51]

Man, I'll be rocking the old folks home when I eventually get there!!!!!

[vance2029]

One of the great bands of our time.

[poopy1239]

i have tha same bass! except with a darker neck

[woundspooden]

this band has great intros and verses. if they had good choruses theyd be legendary

[JamieC327]

Accroches-toi a ton reve

Accroches-toi a ton reve

Quand tu vois ton bateau partir

Quand tu sents -- ton coeur se briser

Accroches-toi a ton reve.

[adamNandrew]

I'm guessing that Lana Wimp is Horace Wimp's wife.

[marcoviews]

Oh, man I like to cry!! A lot of remembers go back!! Thanx for sharing!

[astralislux]

So Roy Orbison.

[JPRL38]

ACCROCHE TOIIIIIIIIIII A TON REVE !!! ( french words mean "hang on to your dream")

[jml21000]

best part of song 1:08 - 1:26

[cutegrandma]

Where r they now...loved this song...

[stusixtyone]

@cutegrandma now touring as "the orchestra". check out "robin 2 bilston" its a club close to my house, they play there regularly.

sadly kelly groucott on bass died a couple of years ago.

hope this helps. X

[amdispersed]

is this song used on transformers 2 on club party

[firstmusic00]

How lucky to have grown up in the 70's and 80's. I wouldn't trade a single second of it for anything!!

[Honey059]

153 didn't hold on to their dream.

[U01623AA]

153 jerks............

[susea333]

I love HOLD ON TIGHT!!!!!

[Tune4you]

I pray that before I hit my 60's that music finally hits it's full circle and comes back to these awesome times! "This" is music, and just like others of it's generation totally awesome. But I am an optimistic :) I'm thinking the kids of our teens will realize how great these songs are and get back in line. I'm in my 40's now, and patient. And I still 'hold on tight to my dreams'.

[saraw26]

@Tune4you I'm a teen and I love 50's-80's along side the more modern music, and also hope it does a circle :)

[LGTheOneFreeMan]

@Tune4you Well, sorry to say my friend, but the "FAGGOTS" who run the (American) music industry are the accountants, not the innovators. Same goes for the movie industry, hence the plotlines all being the same unless from a book or otherwise. That's why so many worthless people are so successful. It's all PROMOTION, PROMOTION, and PROMOTION. That's why we have that Canadian-Lesbian singer Justin(a) Bieber.

Nowadays, you gotta' dig for the good music. I do however, hold similar optimism.

[crorivpro]

Just a great real Rock & Roll tune

[mitchsquires66]

Saw E.L.O live last night at the salmon fest they opened for Kiss they both blew me away but Fefe dumbshit and Down With Webster sucked I flipped off DDW

[target42100]

this song is at the begining of tom hanks new film larry crowne.

[tonner45]

a wonderful song, that kept me alive, through my depression, ty ELO forever grateful

[youliveyoudie]

the most underrated band in the history of music. yeah thats right.

[DaveWollenberg]

Jeff Lynne and the boys hit #10 in Billboard, 10-3-81. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!

[grubeci]

bud light

[rickyragoo]

such a lovely song 

[TGRWorzel]

So much to think about in the lyrics, particularly if feeling blue...

[scotayr]

This song was the first single I ever bought & still sounds so good I,m still holding on tight to my dreams

[JOLENE2008]

lol!!!

[jadejadepaper8]

Love It!!!!

[DorothyShelley]

this is the one ive been hunting forlove it great beat thank you mythras90x just brilliant xim not young but i wont go old ha ha

[misskiller84]

Accroche toi à ton rêve !♥

[rickyragoo]

@misskiller84 what does this mean ? Accroche toi a ton reve ?? explain

[dapercodanman]

@rickyragoo It means "I don't normally drink beer but when I do...I like to rock with ELO"

[misskiller84]

@rickyragoo "Accroche toi à ton rêve" mean Hold on tight to your dream in french !

[romanjor]

Isn't this a John Lennon song or parts of it anyway?

[no1elofaniknow]

@romanjor No, John Lennon had nothing to do with this song. It was all written and produced by Jeff Lynne.

[hojofan]

What an uplifting song!!! :)

[dalgroves10]

This song reminds me of going to my uncles in Tilbury as a little kid about 8, he used to play ELO on his pioneer separates with speakers bigger than me, it sounded great! I would think when I grow up I want a system like that.....I now have a compact midi stereo with speakers the size of two bags of sugar.......bad times! lol

[Qtownpaintball2]

This song gives me hope to carry on, and to never let go of my dreams....very nice!

[SolacePiano]

I always thought he sounded remarkably like Paul McCartney in this one!

[MewSumomo1]

I've always thought they said hold on tight to your drink, this is a fantastic song regardless!

[svenssoncorps]

@MewSumomo1 LOL you really thought that?

[EddieAlda]

@MewSumomo1 I can see why you would say that. It does indeed. Now pass me another scotch

[ch3rrysunbur5t]

@MewSumomo1 i thought it was hold on tight to your jeans!!!lol love this song !!!

[momofallboys3]

@MewSumomo1 

[trippyseedsindeedz]

@MewSumomo1 that would also make a good lyric... reminds me of being in packed pubs and clubs

[TheKenfig]

Perfect hit single from the great summer of 1981 ; where did the time since go eh ?

[epistte]

I had tickets to this tour but the Cleveland date was cancelled due to lack of sales, so I never I got the chance to see ELO live. @Buckeye eddy, the French language verse is the first verse repeated, but in French. I took 2 years of Francis is HS and another year in college.

[frizzlefrap]

@epistte ..... you missed world series of rock "78" ........... they were awesome .... along with journey and foreigner ....... at municipal stadium

[epistte]

@frizzlefrap My oldest sister attended the WSoR and she brought me a Tshirt.

I was only 10 years old at the time and my parents refused to allow me to attend. I miss concerts at the Coliseum instead of Quicken.

[buckeyeeddy]

acoche tua aton reve (something like that)

[Muffett53]

I've had this dream. Well...many. One huge one is to see most of the people in the world get along. It may never happen. But I won't give that dream up. One dream I had for all my life....finding someone who cares so much that I care for equally as much. Accept each other for who we are. So I went thru trial and error. You can't choose by looks...nor by what someone has. Both of you have to agree at being best of friends. It will all come naturally. My dream? Far away...

[Atomicomet]

from a time when music was real

[RattusNorvegicus100]

Mike Edwards, 62, a musician and a founding member of rock group Electric Light Orchestra, was killed instantly when a 600 kg (1,300 lb) bale of hay rolled down a hill and landed on his passing van in Devon, southwest England.[190] A farm contractor had laid the fresh hay bale against a fence in a field above the road. However, the bale had toppled over, rolled down the slope, and smashed through a fence onto Edwards's vehicle

[WilliamLaSalle]

Hold on tight to your dreams.

Never give in and never give up.

[wilsbowski]

This song is a just rip off of Cut Copy - So Haunted*

I know Cut Copy is 17 years older and is just using a sample of this song, just thought I'd see if I could make any ELO fans temporarily incensed :)

[no1elofaniknow]

@wilsbowski (fake incension) GRRRR! ;-)

Cut Copy? Never heard of 'em.

[lplohmann]

@wilsbowski Cut Copy is almost 30 years younger! Not older. ;-)

[TheKenfig]

@wilsbowski No, one can't temporarily have sex with one's own family

[TheNessie95]

man thats deep sorry about ur friend this songs special to me cause my daughter aged 8 told me dad hold on tight to your dreams we were in the car a few days later and this song came on she said see dad told you hold on tight to your dream we sang the whole song i will never forget this 5 min of happieness with my wee lass music just brings you right back to a place and time thank god for music always try to put a tune to a friend

[gogetit2007]

My dad played this for me to sleep on every night from 5 to 14.

Now, I understand...dreams are the fuel of your life. You come to life with missions to accomplish. Like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford...my dad engineered the first electric powered car...and his son..me...founded the growing to be biggest Television network on internet. Television. God bless this song and my dad. Remember! Turn your dreams in reality your dreams they'll have a huge impact on people's lives.

[DavidFrat123]

i have a friend who hates ELO with a passion. His username is LeonH153

[WilliamLaSalle]

I love this group and this song.

Hold on tight to your dreams. If you want to do something, there will be those who try to stop you at every turn. You will fail over and over. You have to get up and try again.

You have to keep believing in yourself.

I am here to tell you, when you see an overnight sensation, you see someone who has worked hard all their life to get to that point. They have also had someone telling them every day they need to give up and do something useful.

[TheNessie95]

@WilliamLaSalle man this just blew my mind nice one and may ur life be great

[hammeredcrapvideos]

O Yeah!  Kikin' tune forever!

[schalke04meineliebe]

es lebe elo und schalke!!!!

[rongenman]

@Leffty99 thank you my friend!

[DarkMaiden7]

Every song of theirs sounds like it was recorded a decade later than it was.

Quand tu sens ton coeur se briser Accroches-toi à ton rêve.