Holding Back the Years (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Holding Back the Years" in English language version.

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austriancharts.at

"Simply Red – Holding Back the Years" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

bac-lac.gc.ca

"Top RPM Singles: Issue 0689." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
"Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 0699." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
"Top 100 Singles of '86". RPM. Retrieved 16 December 2020 – via Library and Archives Canada.

bbc.co.uk

"Mick Hucknall thanks Manchester for 'amazing start'". BBC News. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

billboard.com

"Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 12 July 1986. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
"Adult Contemporary". Billboard. 24 May 1986. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
"Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. 26 July 1986. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
"Simply Red Chart History (Smooth Jazz Airplay)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2023.

bpi.co.uk

"Search Simply Red".
"British single certifications – Simply Red – Holding Back the Years". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

cashboxmagazine.com

"Cash Box Top 100 Singles: July 5, 1986". Cash Box. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

charts.nz

"Simply Red – Holding Back the Years". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

cleveland.com

Smith, Troy L. (13 May 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 1980s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 18 June 2025. Hucknall manages to pull it off. Simply Red's catalog peaks with "Holding Back the Years," the blue-eyed soul song most suitable to Hucknall's smooth voice.

dutchcharts.nl

"Simply Red – Holding Back the Years" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

imgur.com

i.imgur.com

"Kent Music Report No 650 – 29 December 1986 > National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 10 December 2019 – via Imgur.

inbetweendrafts.com

Gibbs, Ryan (15 November 2022). "An introduction to Sophisti-pop". In Between Drafts. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

irishcharts.ie

"The Irish Charts – Search Results – Holding Back the Years". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

musiikkiarkisto.fi

Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Simply Red". Sisältää hitin – 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 235. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

nytimes.com

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Holden, Stephen (11 March 1987). "Simply Red's 2D Album Blends Funk with Ballads". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

officialcharts.com

"Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
"ANOTHER LEVEL | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.

rollingstone.com

"Toto Eclipse of the Heart: The Best of Eighties Soft Rock". Rolling Stone. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

simplyred.com

"Holding Back The Years". Simplyred.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

telegraph.co.uk

Wintle, Angela (23 February 2013). "Mick Hucknall on his daily routine, going solo and etching". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
Davies, Hugh (19 June 2001). "Simply Red star cleared after arrest for rape". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 11 October 2008.

theguardian.com

Simpson, Dave (27 November 2018). "Simply Red: how we made Holding Back the Years". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

top40.nl

"Nederlandse Top 40 – week 4, 1986" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
"Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1986" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

ultratop.be

"Simply Red – Holding Back the Years" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
"Jaaroverzichten 1986" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

web.archive.org

"Toto Eclipse of the Heart: The Best of Eighties Soft Rock". Rolling Stone. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
"Holding Back The Years". Simplyred.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
"Simply Red Chart History (Smooth Jazz Airplay)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2023.

worldradiohistory.com

"European Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 3, no. 23. 14 June 1986. p. 13. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

youtube.com

Simply Red (26 April 2009). "Simply Red – Holding Back The Years". Retrieved 25 January 2018 – via YouTube.