"Hold You Tight" is a song performed by American

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singer

Tara Kemp Tara Leslye Kemp is an American singer best known for her two Billboard ''Hot 100'' top-ten singles in 1991: " Hold You Tight" and "Piece of My Heart." Career Kemp signed to Giant Records in 1990, a new sublabel of the Warner Brothers music ...

, issued as the lead single from her eponymous debut album. The song contains samples of "

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" by

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and "Kissing My Love" by

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. "Hold You Tight" was Kemp's biggest hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at #3 in April 1991. It also reached #1 on the ''

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'' 12-inch Singles Sales chart and reached the top 30 in Canada and New Zealand. The single was

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by the

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(RIAA) on June 7, 1991.

Track listings

* US 7-inch and cassette single : Australian cassette single : Japanese mini-CD single # "Hold You Tight" (radio edit) – 3:46 # "Hold You Tight" (All Night extended mix) – 6:44 * US 12-inch and maxi-cassette single :A1. "Hold You Tight" (All Night radio mix) – 4:33 :A2. "Hold You Tight" (All Night extended mix) – 6:45 :A3. "Hold You Tight" (All Night instrumental mix) – 4:33 :B1. "Hold You Tight" (Shaw & Jones remix) – 6:20 :B2. "Hold You Tight" (Sisters Gonna Work It Out mix) – 5:15 :B3. "Hold You Tight" (acapella) – 1:20 * UK 7-inch and cassette single # "Hold You Tight" (radio edit) # "Hold You Tight" (7-inch mix) * UK 12-inch and CD single : Australian 12-inch single # "Hold You Tight" (All Night extended version) # "Hold You Tight" (Tight mix) # "Hold You Tight" (Hold It Now Hit It mix)

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Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 1990 songs 1991 debut singles Giant Records (Warner) singles Tara Kemp songs