Holding Back the Years (album version)
~ Recording by Simply Red
Annotation
GBCRL0800119 is 2008 remaster
GBAHS8504143 is 2008 remaster
Annotation last modified on 2025-01-09 22:02 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 2.7 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Mellow Magic | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88843040222 |
| 1.47 | Holding Back the Years (single version) | 4:31 | Simply Red | The Love Song | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music TV | |
| 3.7 | Holding Back the Years | 4:26 | Simply Red | The Love Song | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music TV | WMTV243 |
| 1.12 | Holding Back the Years (single version) | 4:31 | Simply Red | Love Songs: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 2.13 | Holding Back the Years | 4:28 | Simply Red | Love Songs: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0825646160983 |
| 2.4 | Holding Back The Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Big Love Greatest Hits Edition 30th Anniversary | Simply Red | Album |
| EastWest | 0825646015849 |
| 1.10 | Holding Back the Years | 4:26 | Simply Red | Smash Hits Years: 1986 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.7 | Holding Back the Years | 4:28 | Simply Red | Classic Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), Universal UMC | UWCLA021 |
| 3.17 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Top of the Pops: 1985–1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases) | 00600753675540, 5367554 |
| 1.14 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | The Eighties Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music TV | |
| 2.9 | Holding Back the Years | 4:28 | Simply Red | Let’s Dance: Das Tanzalbum 2017 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 0600753771273 |
| 2.14 | Holding Back the Years | 4:29 | Simply Red | The World’s Greatest 80s Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | |
| 1.30 | Holding Back the Years | 4:26 | Simply Red | 80 Smash Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.12 | Holding Back the Years (single version) | 4:31 | Simply Red | The Greatest Eighties Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label) | ||
| 1.12 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | The Greatest Eighties Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.10 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Now That’s What I Call Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | CDNNNOW 76 |
| 2.10 | Holding Back the Years | 4:26 | Simply Red | 80 Smash Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0190295694524 |
| 3.10 | Holding Back the Tears | 4:30 | Simply Red | Top of the Pops ’86 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases) | UMC 5383395 |
| 1.16 | Holding Back the Years (single version) | 4:30 | Simply Red | 100 Greatest Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.72 | Holding Back the Years (2008 remaster) | 4:29 | Simply Red | 100 Greatest Sad Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.43 | Holding Back the Years (2008 remaster) | 4:29 | Simply Red | Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.20 | Holding Back the Years | 4:26 | Simply Red | Born and Raised in the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.11 | Holding Back the Years | 4:26 | Simply Red | 80s Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.9 | Holding Back the Years | 4:26 | Simply Red | 80s Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.32 | Holding Back the Years (2008 remaster) | 4:29 | Simply Red | 80s Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.44 | Holding Back the Years (2008 remaster) | 4:30 | Simply Red | 80 Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.52 | Holding Back the Years (2008 remaster) | 4:30 | Simply Red | 80s: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.27 | Holding Back the Years | 4:26 | Simply Red | 100 Greatest Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 2.17 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Kuschelrock Best of Vol. 25 & 26 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 19075 90715 2 |
| 1.2 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Family Dinner | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.24 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | 80’s Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.21 | Holding Back the Years (2008 remaster) | 4:30 | Simply Red | Relax and Unwind: Chilled Pop Throwback Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.4 | Holding Back the Years | 4:27 | Simply Red | Greatest Ever 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | GTST4CDW08 |
| 2.8 | Holding Back the Years | 4:27 | Simply Red | Now That’s What I Call Music 7 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music on Demand, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194398185620, CDNOW7 |
| 1.22 | Holding Back the Years | 4:29 | Simply Red | 80’s Radio Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.46 | Holding Back the Years | 4:29 | Simply Red | Absolute 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 4.1 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Knuffelrock Top 100 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V. (Sony Music Entertainment’s NL subsidiary since 2009) | 0194398650326 |
| 1.7 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | 1980s Throwback | Various Artists | Other + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.16 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | 80’s UK Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.29 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Perfect 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.29 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Neverending 80s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.16 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Throwback 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.35 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | 80er - Alle Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.14 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | 80’s Music I Haven’t Heard in a While | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.31 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Solid Gold Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.7 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Billboard #1 Hits of the ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino) | 081227830724 |
| 1.2 | Holding Back the Years | 4:30 | Simply Red | Classic Tearjerkers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Time–Life Music | OPCD-7594 | |
| 1.12 | Holding | 4:32 | Simply Red | Home | Simply Red | Album | |||
| 2.7 | Holding Back the Years | 4:31 | Simply Red | Love 101: 101 Ways to Say I Love You | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | |
| 1.1 | Holding Back the Years | 4:32 | Simply Red | The Power of Love: Heart to Heart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Time–Life Music | TL629/28 | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.14 | Holding Back the Years | 4:31 | Simply Red | 20 Years on MTV: 1985 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 37.12 | Holding Back the Years | ?:?? | Simply Red | Promo Only: Platinum Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Promo Only | ||
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.17 | Holding Back The Years | 4:29 | Simply Red | Golden Hits Internacional | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Chris Dickie |
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| engineer and mixer: | Femi Jiya |
| producer: | Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist) |
| bass: | Tony Bowers (in 1985) |
| drums (drum set) and percussion: | Chris Joyce (in 1985) |
| guitar: | Sylvan (in 1985) |
| keyboard and background vocals: | Fritz McIntyre (in 1985) |
| trumpet: | Tim Kellett (in 1985) |
| lead vocals: | Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red) (in 1985) |
| performer: | Simply Red (English soul and pop band) (in 1985) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1985) |
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| recorded at: | RAK Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985) Soundpush Studio in Blaricum, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1985) |
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| mixed at: | Air Recording Studio No. 1 (located at Oxford Street 1970–1991) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985) |
| music videos: | Holding Back the Years |
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| recording of: | Holding Back the Years (in 1985) |
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Related works
Holding Back the Years
| lyricist: | Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red) |
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| composer: | Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red) Neil Moss |
| publisher: | EMI April Music Inc. EMI Songs Ltd. So What Ltd |
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