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"Holding Back the Years" is the seventh track on Simply Red's debut studio album Picture Book (1985). The song's writing credits are shared between Simply Red's front-man, Mick Hucknall, and his friend Neil Moss (who was also a member of Hucknall's first group, the Frantic Elevators). They wrote the song when Hucknall was only 17 years old.
It remains the band's most successful single, having reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Official Singles Chart. It 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 in the United States. It also reached #4 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary charts and #29 on the R&B Charts.
The song was nominated in the category of Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 29th Annual Grammy Awards.
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