Don't Hold Others Back is an advertisement created by

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to encourage courtesy on the Melbourne Rail Network (

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) by implying that delays to a train which causes delays on the network are caused by people holding the doors open for other people, standing near the doorway when there are seats available, banging on the doors or hassling the train driver to open them. The music for the advertisement, an evocative Stalinist mood-piece titled ''No(t) Home'', was written especially for the video by Russian born,

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n based singer Zulya Kamalova, a leading proponent of

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External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20060820051251/http://www.dontholdothersback.com/
Official website which features more information and the option to view the television advertisement.
https://web.archive.org/web/20091112021151/http://www.connexmelbourne.com.au//index.php?id=46
Official website of Connex Melbourne. *
http://www.zulya.com/
Official website of Zulya Kamalova Public transport in Melbourne Australian advertising slogans 2006 quotations {{advertising-stub