Thompson Twins gold: #3 "Hold Me Now" (1983)

@JohnRoberts (109845)
Los Angeles, California
February 9, 2018 7:03am CST
“You say I’m a dreamer We’re two of a kind Both of us searching For some perfect world We now we’ll never find” “Hold Me Now” is the Thompson Twins most successful and highest charting single in the US attainting Billboard #3 and #1 on Hot Dance. The song went gold in the UK at #4. There are a myriad of sounds at play besides synthpop with marimba and latin percussion going on. From the platinum album “Into the Gap.” “Hold Me Now” has been frequently used in movies and television shows.
Original recording from German TV live coverage of the show from July 13, 1985. This song was not incorporated into the Live Aid DVDs as according to some so...
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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9 Feb 18
To quote NJChicca,
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (77415)
• United States
9 Feb 18
Aren't you a little old for them?
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JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
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9 Feb 18
@FourWalls Unfortunately I was working a Top 40 format when this was out
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (87664)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Feb 18
@FourWalls hey when I want to go down memory lane I still listen to all my old Partridge Family songs. I ain't too old for any kind of music doo dah doo dah
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One of the best known American Standards dating back nearly 150 years: The Captown Races! Here's the version from my Little Golden Record, recorded in the 19...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (77415)
• United States
9 Feb 18
The super big hit. Great song, but way overplayed.
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Angie
@andriaperry (118737)
• Anniston, Alabama
9 Feb 18
I know this one and I like it.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17001)
• United States
9 Feb 18
I was wondering when this one would show up. I think this is my favorite one by them. Now it will be playing in my mind all day.
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Feb 18
I was like 19 when this came out. My girlfriend at the time declared it as "our song."
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DB
@dgobucks226 (36773)
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18 Feb 18
Nice song! Written by band members Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie who were a couple and later married in 1991. It was based off a heated argument they had and resolved. Nothing like real life to provide inspiration for a "big hit" song.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (87664)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Feb 18
Thanks for sharing this. Love it. Will listen to more on them on YouTube.
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