Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes
| "Hold Me 'Til the Morning Comes" | ||||
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| Single by Paul Anka | ||||
| from the album Walk a Fine Line | ||||
| B-side | "This Is the First Time" | |||
| Released | November 1983 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 4:40 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Anka, David Foster | |||
| Producer(s) | Denny Diante | |||
| Paul Anka singles chronology | ||||
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"Hold Me 'Til the Morning Comes" is a 1983 song by Paul Anka, featuring backing vocals by then Chicago singer Peter Cetera. It was written by Anka with David Foster, and produced by Denny Diante. It was released as the first single from Anka's 1983 album, Walk a Fine Line. It was later included on Anka's 1998 duets album A Body of Work, with re-recorded keyboards and drums.
Lyrical content[edit]
The song describes a man who is in a relationship that's dying, yet both are afraid to walk away from it. They both want to keep the relationship alive, yet both acknowledge that it is not the same anymore, and wonder if the other one still loves them.
Chart performance[edit]
The song scratched the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at only number 40. It spent four months on the chart, longer than almost all of Anka's other hits, including some of his highest-charting songs. This was his last (and final top 40 hit) of 53 charting pop singles in the US to date. The song also spent three weeks at number two on the US Adult Contemporary chart.[1] It was blocked from the number-one spot first by DeBarge's "All This Love" and then by Rita Coolidge's "All Time High".
In Canada, the song failed to enter the pop singles chart, however, it reached number one on the Adult Contemporary chart in August 1983.[2]
Weekly charts[edit]
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[2] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 40 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary[1] | 2 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[4] | 38 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Hold Me 'Til The Morning Comes by Paul Anka - Songfacts". www.songfacts.com.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 17, 1983". Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2017.