Hold On (If You Believe in Love)

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"Hold On (If You Believe in Love)"
Single by CB Milton
from the album It's My Loving Thing
Released1994
Genre
Length3:59
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • P. Bauwens
  • P. Wilde
  • X. Clayton
Producer(s)
  • Phil Wilde
  • Peter Bauwens
CB Milton singles chronology
"It's a Loving Thing"
(1994) 		"Hold On (If You Believe in Love)"
(1994) 		"It's a Loving Thing '95 Remix"
(1995)
Music video
"Hold On (If You Believe in Love)" on YouTube

"Hold On (If You Believe in Love)" is a song by Dutch dance music vocalist CB Milton, released in 1994 by Byte Records, BMG and Logic Records as the fourth single from Milton's debut album, It's My Loving Thing (1994). Written by Peter Bauwens, Phil WIlde and X. Clayton, and produced by Bauwens and Wilde, the song achieved moderate success in Europe. It was a top 20 hit in both Belgium (15) and Finland (15), and a top 40 hit in Milton's native Netherlands (33). Additionally, "Hold On (If You Believe in Love)" reached number 62 on the UK Singles Chart.

Critical reception[edit]

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote that "Hold On (If You Believe in Love)" "is more or less styled after the golden age of Stock. Aitken & Waterman".[1] They later added, "Whereas all competitors use hordes of female backing vocalists and a male rapper, a cheap sequencer, a simple pop song and his own voice is all this Euro dance singer needs."[2] A reviewer from Music Week gave it three out of five, commenting, "CB's excellent debut single "It's a Loving Thing" deserved more chart glory than its number 32 peak. The follow-up, in the same frantic Eurobeat vein, will do well to go higher."[3] James Hamilton from the RM Dance Update declared it as a "doubtless smashbound gruffy melodic exciting Belgia galloper from the 2 Unlimited stable".[4]

Track listing[edit]

  • 12", Germany (1994)
  1. "Hold On" (Euro Extended) — 6:04
  2. "Hold On" (X-Out In Rio) — 5:42
  3. "Hold On" (X-Out In Trance)
  • CD single, Belgium (1994)
  1. "Hold On" (Euro Edit) — 3:59
  2. "Hold On" (Album Version) — 3:46
  • CD maxi, Benelux (1994)
  1. "Hold On" (Euro Edit) — 3:59
  2. "Hold On" (Euro Extended) — 6:05
  3. "Hold On" (X-Out In Rio) — 5:42
  4. "Hold On" (X-Out In Trance) — 6:18

Charts[edit]

Chart (1994-1995) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 15
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] 99
Finland (IFPI)[6] 15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 33
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 35
Scotland (OCC)[9] 58
UK Singles (OCC) 62
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[10] 35

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 39. 25 September 1993. p. 16. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 21. 21 May 1994. p. 20. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 8 July 1995. p. 10. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ Hamilton, James (16 July 1994). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). p. 6. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 22. 28 May 1994. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ^ Week 20, 1994.
  7. ^ "CB Milton - Hold On (If You Believe In Love)". Top40.nl. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  8. ^ "CB Milton - Hold On (If You Believe In Love)". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 13 August 1995 - 19 August 1995". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  10. ^ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 9 July 1994. p. 4. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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