Hold my hand

This article covers the 2010 song by Michael Jackson and others; for the song from 1953 cf. Hold My Hand (Don Cornell Song)

Hold my hand
Michael Jackson duet with Akon
publication	November 15, 2010
length	3:32 3:44 (music video)
Genre (s)	Contemporary R&B , soul
Author (s)	Aliaune Thiam, Claude Kelly, Giorgio Tuinfort
album	Michael

Hold My Hand is a song by the musician Michael Jackson with Aliaune Thiam, Claude Kelly, Giorgio Tuinfort, which Jackson recorded as a duet with the singer Akon . The song was released as the first single from the album Michael . The song was initially recorded by Jackson in 2007 and was to be the first single from Akon's album Freedom . According to Michael Jackson's own wishes to release Hold My Hand as the first single of his new project, the single was released on November 15, 2010. Hold My Hand was nominated for Record of the Year.

Charts

In Germany and New Zealand, the single was able to place it up to number 7 and in Austria to position 9. The song was able to conquer the highest positions in Denmark with position 3 and in Italy with position 5. In other countries such as Switzerland, Sweden and Japan, the song was able to reach positions 9, 10 and 13. In the German airplay charts , the single reached the top position for two weeks .

Chart placements Charts Top ranking Weeks Chart placements  Germany (GfK) 7th (15 weeks) 15th  Austria (Ö3) 9 (10 weeks) 10  Switzerland (IFPI) 9 (11 weeks) 11  United Kingdom (OCC) 10 (8 weeks) 8th  United States (Billboard) 39 (9 weeks) 9

Annual charts Charts (2010) placement Annual charts (2010)  Germany (GfK) 91

Publications

country	date	format
Australia	November 15, 2010	Download
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
New Zealand
Sweden
Spain
Austria
People's Republic of China	17th November 2010
Poland	November 18, 2010
United States
Germany	December 3, 2010	CD
Austria
United Kingdom	5th December 2010	Download
	December 6, 2010	CD
France	December 6, 2010

Web links

• Official music video for Hold My Hand on YouTube

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1. ↑ breakingsnews.com
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4. ↑ Chart placements in New Zealand ( memento of the original dated December 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Chart positions in Denmark ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Chart positions in Italy
7. ↑ Chart positions in Sweden
8. ↑ Chart positions in Japan ( Memento from November 16, 2010 on WebCite )
9. ↑ Airplay Charts Germany: Week 51/2010. germancharts.de, accessed on June 12, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Chart positions Germany
11. ↑ Chart positions Austria
12. ↑ Chart placements in Switzerland
13. ↑ United Kingdom
14. ↑ Chart positions United States
15. ↑ German annual charts 2010. In: VIVA.tv. Archived from the original on January 11, 2011 ; accessed on August 26, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Release in Australia (download)
17. ↑ Publication in Belgium (download)
18. ↑ Publication in Denmark (download)
19. ↑ Publication in Germany (download)
20. ↑ Publication in France (download)
21. ↑ Publication in New Zealand (download)
22. ↑ Publication in Sweden (download)
23. ↑ Publication in Spain (download)
24. ↑ Publication in China (download) ( Memento from December 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
25. ↑ Publication in Poland (download) ( Memento from November 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
26. ↑ Publication in the United Kingdom (Download) ( Memento from November 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
27. ↑ Publication in the United Kingdom (CD)