The official 4K remaster of 'Holding Back the Years', the smash hit from Simply Red's debut studio album Picture Book. The song was a huge success for the group and quickly rose to the top of charts across the world. The single 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 on the Billboard Hot 100. Remastered from the original 35mm film negative by James Wong (insta: @jmhwong) Listen to Simply Red's brand new album 'Time' here: https://SimplyRed.lnk.to/Time Tickets for the Simply Red Summer ’23 European Tour are available now! Get yours at http://www.simplyred.com/ Follow Simply Red: https://www.facebook.com/simplyred/ https://instagram.com/simplyredofficial https://www.tiktok.com/@simplyredofficial https://twitter.com/SimplyRedHQ Subscribe now to the Official Simply Red YouTube Channel, where you'll find music videos for classics such as Holding Back The Years, Come To My Aid and Sunrise, as well as ground-breaking Live Performances and interviews with Mick Hucknall, new and old: null Watch Simply Red Official Music Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w Lyrics Holding back the years Thinking of the fear I've had so long When somebody hears Listen to the fear that's gone Strangled by the wishes of pater Hoping for the arms of mater Get to me the sooner or later, oh Holding back the years Chance for me to escape from all I know Holding back the tears 'Cause nothing here has grown I've wasted all my tears Wasted all those years Nothing had the chance to be good Nothing ever could, yeah, oh I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on, so tight Alright, oh now Well, I've wasted all my tears Wasted all of those years And nothing had the chance to be good 'Cause nothing ever could, oh yeah Oh I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on I'll keep holding on Holding Holding Holding Holding, la-la-la, la, la-la I said, ooh, yeah That's all I have today It's all I have to say Simply Red have over a billion hits on YouTube, have sold over 60 million albums worldwide, 5 going to number one in the UK. Their 1991 classic Stars was the best-selling album for two years running in Britain and Europe. They have had two US Billboard chart toppers with classic singles Holding Back The Years and If You Don’t Know Me By Now. Every Simply Red studio album has been a UK top ten (with previous release Big Love reaching number 4 in 2015). Hucknall has been the songwriter and bandleader since the beginning in 1985. #SimplyRed #HoldingBackTheYears #PictureBook