[CDATA[ Follow @genius on Twitter for updates Adele's "Hello" was the first song to sell over a million downloads in a week. !function(t,e,r){var n,s=t.getElementsByTagName(e)[0],i=/^http:/.test(t.location)? Nirvana and MCR made them scary, then Gwen, Avril and Madonna put on the pom poms. Rick Astley on "Never Gonna Give You Up," "Cry For Help," and his remarkable resurgence that gave him another #1 UK album. The group was named after the two detectives in the Belgian cartoonist Hergé's comic strip, In the UK, this song was released in November 1983 and quickly rose up the chart thanks to an appearance on, Thompson Twins performed an 8-minute version of this song at Live Aid on July 13, 1985. Whole Heart (Hold Me Now) [Live from MSG] Lyrics: Hold me now / In the hands that created the heavens / Find me now / Where the grace runs as deep as Your scars / You pulled me … The song is a mid-tempo new wave song that uses a varied instrumentation, including keyboards, a xylophone, a piano and Latin percussion. "Cotton Eye Joe" is a folk song dating to the 1800s, but it became a hit when a Swedish act called Rednex did a psychokinetic version in 1994. A Bm G Em7 I return to the place where the water covers over everything G Rescue me somehow. Covers. D A Bm G Hold me now, 'til the fear is leaving, I am barely breathing. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Alex Sadkin and the group's lead vocalist Tom Bailey. "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Hold Me Now Key: D D Bm C A D Bm I have a picture pinned to my wall C an image of you and of me A And we're laughing with love at it all D But look at our life now, Bm We're tattered and torn C We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears A that we cry until dawn Coming down Come hold me now emotion Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Counting the days and drowning away … About Hold Me Now "Hold Me Now" is a song by British band the Thompson Twins. VERSE 2 Lifted up And my knees know it’s all for Your glory That I might stand With more reasons to sing than to fear. Please enable Cookies and reload the page. referencing Hold Me Now (Extended Version), 12", Maxi, AD1-9201, AD 1-9201 Love this 12' single! Not everyone can be a superhero, but that hasn't stopped generations of musicians from trying to be Superman. He says it proves "intention of the songwriter is 180 degrees from potential interpretation by an audience.". //]]>, Sorry, we have to make sure you're a human before we can show you this page. The biggest American hit for The Thompson Twins, "Hold Me Now" was written by band members Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie, with additional contributions from the third member, Joe Leeway (he does the falsetto backing vocals). P.F. James Brown's "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" was the first Hot 100 hit with the word "sex" in the title. Follow @genius So you could play the same four chord trick around the verse and the chorus continuously. "Hold Me Now" is regarded by many fans as one of the high points of Contest history, recently being voted the third-best song in Eurovision history (behind "Waterloo" and "Nel blu dipinto di blu"). The song has been covered by several performers, including a reggae version by Tanya Stephens. Daniel Grafton "Dan" Hill IV (born 3 June 1954) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. Free chords, lyrics, videos and other song resources for "Whole Heart (Hold Me Now) - UNITED" by Hillsong UNITED. Petula talks about her hits "Downtown" and "Don't Sleep In The Subway," and explains her Michael Jackson connection. ADOY. Hold me now, whoa Warm my heart Stay with me Let loving start (Let loving start) whoa. It started with a bouncy MTV classic. BRIDGE: A Bm G As I burn, as I break, I can't take it anymore. A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs. Hold Me Now Lyrics: Fall asleep to dreams of home / Where the waves are crashing / The only place I've ever known / Now the future has me / I see the fire in the sky / See it all around me / I said was a teenager writing hits and playing on tracks for Jan & Dean when he wrote a #1 hit that got him blackballed. Thompson Twins had a very modern sound with many of their songs relying on electronic instruments, but this one was more organic than their previous efforts, with a guitar, marimbas and piano out front in the mix. "I'll Be" was what Edwin called his "Hail Mary" song. //