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"Hold Her Tight"

U.S. 7" single

Single by The Osmonds

from the album Crazy Horses

B-side

"Love Is"

Released

June 24, 1972

Recorded

March 17, 1972

Genre

Hard rock^[1]

Length

3:16

Label

MGM

Songwriter(s)

Alan Osmond, Wayne Osmond, Merrill Osmond

Producer(s)

Alan Osmond, Michael Lloyd

The Osmonds singles chronology

"Down by the Lazy River"
(1972)

"Hold Her Tight"
(1972)

"Crazy Horses"
(1972)

"Hold Her Tight" is a song written by Alan Osmond, Wayne Osmond, and Merrill Osmond and released by The Osmonds on June 24, 1972. It was featured on their 1972 album, Crazy Horses.^[2] The song reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 5, 1972.^[3] The verses of the song are sung by Alan, Wayne and Merrill and the chorus is sung by the whole group.

Like many of the songs on the Crazy Horses album, this song was inspired by Rock music the Osmonds were hearing from other bands. The song heavily borrows its opening riff from Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song which was released 2 years early.^[4]

References

^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Planet of the Apes: Hard Rock". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 107. ISBN 031214704X.
^ The Osmonds, Crazy Horses Retrieved February 20, 2015
^ The Osmonds 1972 timeline
^ "Did the Osmonds Rip off Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song?'". Retrieved January 17, 2025.

v t e The Osmonds
Alan Osmond Wayne Osmond Merrill Osmond Jay Osmond Donny Osmond Marie Osmond Jimmy Osmond
Studio albums	The Wonderful World of The Osmond Brothers Hello! The Osmond Brothers Osmonds Homemade Phase III Crazy Horses The Plan Love Me for a Reason The Proud One Osmond Christmas Album
Live albums	The Osmonds Live
Compilation albums	Osmondmania!
Singles	"Mister Sandman" "Ovan Regnbagen" "Taking a Chance on Love" "One Bad Apple" "Yo-Yo" "Down by the Lazy River" "Hold Her Tight" "We Can Make it Together" "Crazy Horses" "Goin' Home" "Let Me In" "Love Me for a Reason" "I Can't Stop" "Having a Party" "The Proud One" "I'm Still Gonna Need You" "I Can't Live a Dream" "I Think About Your Lovin'" "Never Ending Song of Love" "Anytime"
Discographies	The Osmonds discography Donny and Marie Osmond discography Donny Osmond discography Marie Osmond discography
Films	Goin' Coconuts Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family Inside the Osmonds
Television series	The Osmonds (1972) Donny & Marie (1976) Marie (1980 variety show) Donny & Marie (1998)
Related articles	George V. Osmond Sr. (father) Olive Osmond (mother) Tom Osmond (brother) Aaron Osmond (nephew) George Osmond (politician) (great-grandfather) The Osmonds (stage musical) Stadium of Fire

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