Hold On Loosely

"Hold On Loosely" is a song by American rock band 38 Special and the first track from their fourth studio album Wild-Eyed Southern Boys.

"Hold On Loosely"
Single by 38 Special
from the album Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
ReleasedFebruary 1981
Recorded1979–1980
Genre
Length4:40 (album version)
3:58 (7" version)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Don Barnes, Jeff Carlisi, Jim Peterik
Producer(s)Rodney Mills

Release

Released as the lead single from the album, the song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Rock Tracks chart, and No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] It later appeared on their 1987 compilation album Flashback: The Best of 38 Special and their 1999 live album Live at Sturgis. It was the 13th music video to be played on the day that MTV debuted in 1981.[3] Don Barnes sang lead vocals on the song.

Origin

Don Barnes[4] was going through a difficult time in his marriage, lamenting that his wife was not being more supportive of his career aspirations. He presented a seed idea for a song to co writer Jim Peterik, asking what he thought of the title "Hold On Loosely", to which Peterik came back with, "...but don't let go".[5] For the music, Peterik described the song's opening riff as "Like the Cars meets Lynyrd Skynyrd or something".[4] Taking inspiration from "Just What I Needed" by the Cars, Jeff Carlisi wrote the famous riff to the .38 Special song.

The song was used in the Season 1 episode of The Middle titled The Break-Up.

References
  1. Clark, Jeff (7 June 2016). "38 Special bring thrill of 'Hold on Loosely' to Hard Rock Live". Sun Herald. Sun Herald. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 837.
  3. Daniel Rubin, "Blinq: After 25 years, do you still want your MTV?" Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 2006  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  4. Wardlaw, Matt. "How Survivor's Jim Peterik Helped .38 Special + Sammy Hagar Write Big Hits". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  5. 38 Special's Don Barnes talks Hold on Loosely, Decades TV Network (YouTube channel, uploaded Nov 16, 2018)


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