#HoldingBackTheYears

The official 4K remaster of 'Holding Back the Years', the smash hit from Simply Red's debut studio album Picture Book.The song was a huge success for the group and quickly rose to the top of charts across the world. The single is one of two Simply Red songs (the other being their cover of "If You Don't Know Me by Now") to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.Remastered from the original 35mm film negative by James Wong (insta: @jmhwong)Listen to Simply Red's brand new album 'Time' here: https://SimplyRed.lnk.to/TimeTickets for the Simply Red Summer ’23 European Tour are available now! Get yours at http://www.simplyred.com/Follow Simply Red:https://www.facebook.com/simplyred/https://instagram.com/simplyredofficialhttps://www.tiktok.com/@simplyredofficialhttps://twitter.com/SimplyRedHQSubscribe now to the Official Simply Red YouTube Channel, where you'll find music videos for classics such as Holding Back The Years, Come To My Aid and Sunrise, as well as ground-breaking Live Performances and interviews with Mick Hucknall, new and old: https://www.youtube.com/@simplyred/featured?sub_confirmation=1Watch Simply Red Official Music Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w&list=PL966EB62A778ED491&index=1LyricsHolding back the yearsThinking of the fear I've had so longWhen somebody hearsListen to the fear that's goneStrangled by the wishes of paterHoping for the arms of materGet to me the sooner or later, ohHolding back the yearsChance for me to escape from all I knowHolding back the tears'Cause nothing here has grownI've wasted all my tearsWasted all those yearsNothing had the chance to be goodNothing ever could, yeah, ohI'll keep holding onI'll keep holding onI'll keep holding onI'll keep holding on, so tightAlright, oh nowWell, I've wasted all my tearsWasted all of those yearsAnd nothing had the chance to be good'Cause nothing ever could, oh yeahOhI'll keep holding onI'll keep holding onI'll keep holding onI'll keep holding onHoldingHoldingHoldingHolding, la-la-la, la, la-laI said, ooh, yeahThat's all I have todayIt's all I have to saySimply Red have over a billion hits on YouTube, have sold over 60 million albums worldwide, 5 going to number one in the UK. Their 1991 classic Stars was the best-selling album for two years running in Britain and Europe. They have had two US Billboard chart toppers with classic singles Holding Back The Years and If You Don’t Know Me By Now. Every Simply Red studio album has been a UK top ten (with previous release Big Love reaching number 4 in 2015). Hucknall has been the songwriter and bandleader since the beginning in 1985.#SimplyRed #HoldingBackTheYears #PictureBook