Critical reception Īlex Henderson from AllMusic felt the song is not "remotely convincing." Bill Coleman from Billboard described it as an "engaging and melodic pop confection".
It does, however, appear on Billboard's 60th anniversary "All-time chart" at number 228, ahead of many songs that do appear on the decade-end chart. ĭespite being number one on the US year-end for 1990, the song did not appear on the 1990s decade-end chart.
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In addition, "Hold On" peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart this was in large part due to a performance by the group on the legendary British music series Top of the Pops a week prior to the song's peak position. (This was the second and final concurrence of this to date, the first of which was " Stranger on the Shore" by "Mr." Acker Bilk in 1962.) The song also spent a week atop the adult contemporary chart that same year. "Hold On" became Wilson Phillips' first number one single, reaching the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 on June 9, 1990, and, despite spending only one week at number one, was ranked the top song of the year by Billboard. "I just remember thinking to myself, 'God, I hope he's wrong.'" Commercial performance "I remember one guy I played it for said, 'That's not going to go anywhere. Phillips based the lyrics off of the principles taught in AA, specifically the idea that things had to be taken "one day at a time." The next day, Phillips returned with "Hold On" and sang it for the Wilsons and Ballard, who immediately loved it. She explained to Kelly Clarkson, "I just said if I don't change my course, I'm going to be in a lot of trouble." Producer Glen Ballard presented the track to the group, noting it needed lyrics. Chynna Phillips wrote the song's lyrics while battling substance abuse as well as being in a "really bad" relationship.
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