Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

"Holding Back the Years" is the 7th track on Simply Red's debut studio album Picture Book. The song was a huge success for the group and quickly rose to the top of charts across the world. The single is one of two Simply Red songs (the other being their cover of "If You Don't Know Me by Now") to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, for the week ending July 12, 1986. It also reached #2 in the UK and was a worldwide hit. It had initially been released in the UK the year before, but only reached #51.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Simply
• Red
• Holding
• Back
• The
• Years
• pop
• 80s
• soul
• british rock
• rock

[stevedwnng]

We may not have had internet, iphones, or Xbox, but damn it we had music 10X better, cartoons with actual plots and storylines, and MTV was playing nothing but music videos all the time

[okrangler9]

This was the greatest musci of all time! i cannot count the number of songs of this era that just made life worth living for us...and the huge numbers who lost thier lives during this same time...why??? I love the music from this time

[QueensNewYorker718]

classic



[diskeywick]

Time is a ravenous bastard, but memories are beautiful window's to sancutary.

[MegaSweetessence]

@DenCoDom rofl can imagine that one

[bmaloy9]

I love this song



[iBruceBats]

JUST THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE MAKES ME WANT TO SING AND DANCE AND GET NAKED.......

[sakrihittn]

Wow....relax pure..........

[Midnightryder7]

@stevedwnng Don't forget Atari and Pinball machines..they were fun..missle comand was my favorite

[ilovesnoopdogg91]

My Favorite song..... Love this <3 <3 <3

[DenCoDom]

Man! I remember trying to record this song off the TV onto a cassette tape! LOL! This is fiya!

[decka71]

i know people say it all the time...enjoy each day as much as you can as before you know it its passed us all by!!!