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"Holding Back the Years" is a song by the English soul and pop band Simply Red, released as the third single from their debut studio album, Picture Book (1985). In 1986, the ballad [ 5 ] reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart .
After training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, [1] she starred in the video for Simply Red's "Holding Back the Years" in 1986, then made her professional stage debut in Moving Pictures by Stephen Lowe at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in 1985.
However, upon being re-released in 1986, "Holding Back the Years" became a major hit, peaking at #1 in Ireland, #2 in the UK, #3 in the Netherlands, #20 in Italy and later #1 in the United States. Simply Red's second album, 1987's Men and Women , [ 9 ] saw the band adopting bowler hats and colourful suits instead of their earlier ragamuffin look.
"Holding Back the Years" was also nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals. A special version of the album was released on the then new Compact Disc + Graphics, or CD+G format which when played on a suitable CD player, 4 bit raster graphic images, text and animations would also be displayed on a connected TV screen.
Hucknall, born at Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester, on 8 June 1960, [4] [5] [6] was an only child. His mother abandoned the family when he was three; the upheaval caused by this event inspired him to write "Holding Back the Years", which would become one of Simply Red's biggest and best-known hits.
Simply Red Farewell – Live in Concert at Sydney Opera House is a live album by Simply Red that was released on 24 May 2011. It was recorded at the Sydney Opera House, in October 2010 during the Farewell Tour 2009 in support of their compilation album 25: The Greatest Hits.
Grasshopper Film has acquired North American distribution rights to “Holding Back the Tide,” Emily Packer’s meditation on New York’s oysters and their transformations in the face of an ...
Simply Red's version of "If You Don't Know Me by Now", recorded for their third studio album A New Flame, was a commercial success in 1989, giving the band their second US number one and also topping the charts of Australia and New Zealand; in the latter country, it was the best-selling single of 1989.