Help Me Hold On
"Help Me Hold On" | ||||
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Single by Travis Tritt | ||||
from the album Country Club | ||||
B-side | "All I'll Ever Be" | |||
Released | February 8, 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 4:00 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Nashville 19918 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Travis Tritt, Pat Terry | |||
Producer(s) | Gregg Brown | |||
Travis Tritt singles chronology | ||||
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"Help Me Hold On" is a song by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in February 1990 as the second single from his debut album Country Club. It reached number 1 in both the United States and Canada, thus becoming Travis Tritt's first number-one hit. The song was written by Tritt and Pat Terry.
Content
"Help Me Hold On" is a ballad telling of a failing relationship. In it, the male narrator asks his significant other not to abandon him, by confessing his mistakes.
Commercial performance
The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It has also sold 167,000 digital copies since it became available for download.[1]
Music video
The music video was directed by Greg Crutcher. It begins and ends with an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show playing on the television set.
Personnel
The following musicians play on this track:[2]
- Gregg Brown – acoustic guitar
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar solo
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Dana McVicker – background vocals
- Mark O'Connor – fiddle
- Michael Rojas – piano
- Jim "Jimmy Joe" Ruggiere – harmonica
- Steve Turner – drums, percussion
- Kent Wells – electric guitar
- Reggie Young – electric guitar
Chart positions
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1990) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 5 |
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 8 |
References
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (October 16, 2018). "The Top 30 Digital Country Tracks: October 16, 2018". RoughStock. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ Country Club (cassette liner). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1989. 4-26094.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1241." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 19, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ "Travis Tritt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
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- "Country Club"
- "Help Me Hold On"
- "I'm Gonna Be Somebody"
- "Put Some Drive in Your Country"
- "Drift Off to Dream"
- "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"
- "Anymore"
- "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (With Marty Stuart)
- "Nothing Short of Dying"
- "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man"
- "Can I Trust You with My Heart"
- "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
- "Looking Out for Number One"
- "Worth Every Mile"
- "Foolish Pride"
- "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof"
- "Between an Old Memory and Me"
- "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"
- "Sometimes She Forgets"
- "Only You (And You Alone)"
- "More Than You'll Ever Know"
- "Where Corn Don't Grow"
- "She's Going Home with Me"
- "Helping Me Get Over You" (With Lari White)
- "Still in Love with You"
- "If I Lost You"
- "No More Looking Over My Shoulder"
- "Start the Car"
- "The Girl's Gone Wild"
- "What Say You" (with John Mellencamp)
- "I See Me"
- "You Never Take Me Dancing"
- "Something Stronger Than Me"
- "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" (With Tyler Reese)
- "This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (with Marty Stuart)
- "Take It Easy"
- "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (With Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, and Marty Stuart)
- "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" (With Marty Stuart)
- "Hope"
- "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)" (With Bill Engvall)
- "Same Old Train"
- "Out of Control Raging Fire" (with Patty Loveless)
- "Southern Boy" (with Charlie Daniels)
- "Bible Belt" (with Little Feat)
- "Move It On Over"
- "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean"
- "Outlaws & Outsiders"