neoformracktv's video: Simple Red - Holding Back The Years Lyceum Theatre Live in London 1998

"Holding Back the Years" is the 7th track of Simply Red's debut studio album Picture Book (1985). It remains their most successful single, having reached on the US Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK Singles Chart. It is one of two Simply Red songs (the other being their cover of "If You Don't Know Me by Now") to reach in the US. "Holding Back the Years" had initially been released in the UK the year before, reaching . Frontman of the group, Mick Hucknall, wrote the song when he was 17, while living at his father's house. The chorus did not come to him until many years later. His mother left the family when he was three; the upheaval caused by this event inspired him to write the song. The song was co-written by Neil Moss, who was also a member of the Frantic Elevators. He recorded a version of the song with his first group the Frantic Elevators in 1982, but the real success came when the Simply Red version was released in 1985. In 2005, a brand-new stripped down acoustic version of the song was released on the album Simplified; this version received heavy airplay on smooth jazz radio stations. Album: Picture Book Released: October 1985 Recorded Soundpush Studios in Blaricum, Holland RAK Studios, London, 1985 Label: Elektra WEA Records Producer(s): Stewart Levine Genre (s): Pop Rock, Soft Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul