"Let's Hold Hands" () is the seventh single performed by Russian girl group

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and written by

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. The song is included on the group's second album (''

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'').

Background

Maxim Fadeev, Serebro's manager, composed the song and co-wrote it with band member

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. The demo version was released on 4 November 2010 through

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. Unlike previous

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songs released by Serebro, an

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version was not made available until the release of their second album where 'Angel Kiss' was released.

Music video

The music video for "Davay derzhat'sya za ruki" was directed by Yuri Kurokhtin. The video featured the band members performing

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, and in some scenes wearing white catsuits, against various white backgrounds. At the end of the video, all three members walk down a white hallway before the video fades to black.

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hosted the

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worldwide on 20 February 2011. The video was scheduled to be released on TV channel

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on 1 March 2011. The video also featured in Russia's most watched TV channels. A remix from DJ MIV was released for the House Megamix 2010 vol. 2. The video is Serebro's second most watched on YouTube, with more than 1,900,000 views as of June 2012.

Track listing

Digital download
(Released on 1 November 2010) #"Давай держаться за руки (Lets Hold Hands)" - 4:17 Other versions/remixes #"Давай держаться за руки (Dj MIV Remix)" - 4:40 #"Давай держаться за руки (Extended Edit)" - 6:15 #"Давай держаться за руки (Version II)" - 5:02 #"Давай держаться за руки (Dubsteb version)" - 3:48

Chart performance

The song debuted in

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at number 108, later peaking at number 3 becoming the band's seventh top 10 single. The song has also peaked at number 18 in

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and number 7 in

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Chart peaks and positions

Personnel

Anastasia Karpova Anastasia Karpova (; born 2 November 1984) is a Russian singer, best known as a member of girl group Serebro. She became a Serebro member after Marina Lizorkina left the band in 2009. Early life Anastasia Karpova was born on 2 November 1984 ...

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– songwriting, producer

References

External links

Official Website
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