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Baby Hold On - Wikipedia

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"Baby Hold On"

One of vinyl editions

Single by Eddie Money

from the album Eddie Money^[2]

B-side

"Save a Little Room in Your Heart for Me"

Released

December 1977^[1]

Recorded

1977

Genre

Rock

Length

3:03 (single version)
3:30 (album version)

Label

Columbia

Songwriter(s)

James Lyon, Eddie Money^[3]

Producer(s)

Bruce Botnick

Eddie Money singles chronology

"Baby Hold On"
(1977)

"Two Tickets to Paradise"
(1978)

"Baby Hold On" is a song recorded by American rock singer Eddie Money. It was written by Money and guitarist Jimmy Lyon and released in 1977 as the first single from Money's debut album Eddie Money. The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 4 on the Canadian Hot 100, and number 19 on the Kent Music Report.

The song was a big success, and has since been considered one of Eddie Money's most famous songs. It still gets frequent airplay on classic rock and adult contemporary radio stations.

Content

"Baby Hold On" starts with a simple, catchy guitar introduction by Jimmy Lyon.^{[citation needed]} The song contains this similar riff, but builds in intensity as the song progresses.

The song contains the lines "Whatever will be, will be / the future is ours to see", which closely replicate the refrain from "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans as "Whatever will be, will be / The future's not ours to see".^[4] When asked about this similarity in 1978, Money commented that his music is "a conglomeration of so many kinds of material."^[5]

Critical reception

James Halliday of Rolling Stone magazine gave the song 4/5 stars in 1977. He stated "while 'Baby Hold On' is simple, it's simply catchy and it's bound to get stuck on your head; which is a good thing in this case."

In popular culture

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"Baby Hold On" was performed by Eddie Money on Saturday Night Live in 1978 and American Bandstand in 1980. The song was used in the films Queens Logic (1991), Imaginary Heroes (2004), Roll Bounce (2006), A Little Help, Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2016) and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). while he performed the song on NBC Sunday Night Football in 2011. It served as the opening number Cher performed during her 1989-90 worldwide Heart of Stone Tour.

The song was featured in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) and Rock Band 3 (2010), on the TV shows, Cold Case S5 E14 "The Cornerstone", Hawaii Five-O S4 E3 "The Last Break", as well as in an episode of the musical television series Take Me Out in 2013. It also appeared in a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado television commercial, and in an episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The song was covered by John Roberts for the Bob's Burgers episode O.T.: The Outside Toilet.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	19
Canada (RPM) Top Singles	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	11
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[6]	41

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Rank
U.S. Billboard ^[7]	67
U.S. Cash Box ^[8]	49
Canada ^[9]	56

References

^ "Eddie Money - Baby Hold on".
^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
^ "BMI Repertoire database". Repertoire.bmi.com.
^ Fine, Marshall (February 22, 1979). "Eddie Money cashing in". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. p. 8C. Retrieved February 3, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Eddie Money". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. February 25, 1978. p. 53. Retrieved February 3, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Eddie Money – Baby Hold On" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1978". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013.

External links

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v t e Eddie Money
Studio albums	Eddie Money Life for the Taking Playing for Keeps No Control Where's the Party? Can't Hold Back Nothing to Lose Right Here Love and Money Ready Eddie Wanna Go Back
EPs	Unplug It In The Covers EP: Volume One The Covers EP: Volume Two Brand New Day
Live albums	Shakin' with the Money Man Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection Complete Eddie Money Live
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money Good as Gold Super Hits Shakin' with the Money Man The Best of Eddie Money Let's Rock and Roll the Place The Essential Eddie Money
Singles	"Baby Hold On" "Two Tickets to Paradise" "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" "Maybe I'm a Fool" "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" "Get a Move On" "Let's Be Lovers Again" "Running Back" "Think I'm in Love" "Shakin'" "The Big Crash" "Club Michelle" "Take Me Home Tonight" "I Wanna Go Back" "Endless Nights" "We Should Be Sleeping" "Walk on Water" "The Love in Your Eyes" "Forget About Love" "Let Me In" "Peace in Our Time" "Heaven in the Back Seat" "I'll Get By" "She Takes My Breath Away" "Fall in Love Again"
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