Hold the line

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Hold the line
Toto
publication September 1978
length 3:55
Genre (s) Rock music
Author (s) David Paich
Producer (s) Toto
Label Sony Music
album Toto

Hold the Line is a song by the American rock band Toto that was released as the band's debut single in September 1978.

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Hold the Line was written by David Paich , the band's keyboardist . He started with the piano riff that can be heard from the beginning of the song. The line "Hold the line, love isn't always on time", which later became the lyrics of the chorus , occurred to him in one night, after which he wrote the song within two hours. The phrase Hold the Line means to maintain or stick with the current state . The lines of the stanzas always begin with the words "It's not ...", with the lyric self explaining what love is not while trying to find out what love is. The song was produced by the band and sung by Bobby Kimball and is included on their first studio album, Toto .

reception

Chart placements

Hold the Line became a worldwide success. The single rose to number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and was most successful in Sweden at number three. Top 20 positions were reached in the New Zealand , Dutch and British charts, in Germany the single rose to number 23.

Chart placements
Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 23 (11 weeks) 11
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 14th (11 weeks) 11
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 5 (21 weeks) 21st

Awards for music sales

Hold the Line has been awarded a total of one silver, three gold and two platinum records for over 1.4 million units sold.

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 70,000
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 45,000
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) Gold record icon.svg gold 25,000
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) Gold record icon.svg gold 75,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver 200,000
All in all Silver record icon.svg1 × silver
Gold record icon.svg3 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg2 × platinum
 1,415,000

Web links

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  1. ↑ TOTO - 40 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN - new album and new tour 2018 , behring-berlin.com
  2. ↑ HOLD THE LINE - , toto99.com
  3. ^ Hold The Line , songfacts.com
  4. ↑ Bobby Kimball is the Toto voice , Westdeutsche Zeitung
  5. ↑ Chart placements at austriancharts.at
  6. ↑ Chart placement in Germany
  7. ↑ Chart placement in the UK
  8. ↑ Chart placement in the United States
  9. ↑ Award in Australia
  10. ^ Award in Denmark
  11. ↑ Award in Italy
  12. ↑ Award in Canada
  13. ↑ Distinction in the United States
  14. ↑ Award in the United Kingdom