Hold Tight!
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Hold Tight! is the name of a pop
/rock
song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
. The song was recorded on 11 January 1966 at Fontana's studios in Marble Arch, London and released as a single in February 1966 with the B-side You Know What I Want, and on 24 June 1966, on the band's debut album If Music Be the Food Of Love ... Prepare For Indigestion. The song reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart
. This was their first top ten hit, also reaching number 27 on the Australian Singles Chart and number 8 on the NZ Singles Chart. The song did not chart on the US Hot 100
, but then again, they saw limited success in the United States as even their top hit, Zabadak
, which reached number 3 in the UK and number 4 in New Zealand
, only reached number 52 on the US Hot 100.
The song was used in the soundtrack
to the 2007 Quentin Tarantino
film Death Proof
, in which Jungle Julia (Sydney Tamiia Poitier
) requests the song, calling in to the radio station for which she works, shortly before she and her friends are killed in a car crash instigated by Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell
).
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich , were a British pop/rock group of the 1960s. Two of their single releases sold in excess of one million copies each, and they reached Number One in the UK with the second of them, "The Legend of Xanadu".-Biography:Five friends from Wiltshire, David John Harman,...
. The song was recorded on 11 January 1966 at Fontana's studios in Marble Arch, London and released as a single in February 1966 with the B-side You Know What I Want, and on 24 June 1966, on the band's debut album If Music Be the Food Of Love ... Prepare For Indigestion. The song reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. This was their first top ten hit, also reaching number 27 on the Australian Singles Chart and number 8 on the NZ Singles Chart. The song did not chart on the US Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, but then again, they saw limited success in the United States as even their top hit, Zabadak
ZABADAK
is a Japanese musical group formed by Tomohiko Kira, Yoko Ueno, and Katushi Matsuda in 1985. In 1993, Ueno and Matsuda left and Kira continued the group as a solo act still under the name Zabadak...
, which reached number 3 in the UK and number 4 in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, only reached number 52 on the US Hot 100.
The song was used in the soundtrack
Death Proof (soundtrack)
-Extra tracks not on the Soundtrack album:# "Violenza Inattesa" — Ennio Morricone# "Gangster Story" — Guido & Maurizio De Angelis# "Italia a Mano Armata " — Franco Micalizzi# "La polizia sta a guardare " — Stelvio Cipriani...
to the 2007 Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
film Death Proof
Death Proof
Death Proof is a 2007 American action thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centers on a psychopathic stunt man who stalks young women before murdering them in staged car accidents using his "death-proof" stunt car...
, in which Jungle Julia (Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Sydney Tamiia Poitier is an American actress known for her work on television.- Biography :Sydney is the daughter of famous Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier....
) requests the song, calling in to the radio station for which she works, shortly before she and her friends are killed in a car crash instigated by Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell is an American television and film actor. His first acting roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters...
).