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Help Me Hold On

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B-side
  
"All I'll Ever Be"

Recorded
  
1989

Length
  
4:00

Released
  
February 8, 1990

Genre
  
Country

Format
  
CD single, Cassingle, 7"

"Help Me Hold On" is a song co-written and performed by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in February 1990 as the second single from his debut album Country Club. It reached number 1 in both the United States and Canada, thus becoming Travis Tritt's first number-one hit. The song was written by Tritt and Pat Terry.

Contents

Content

"Help Me Hold On" is a ballad telling of a failing relationship. In it, the male narrator asks his significant other not to abandon him, by confessing his mistakes.

Music video

The music video was directed by Greg Crutcher. It begins and ends with an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show playing on a television set.

Personnel

The following musicians play on this track:

  • Gregg Brown – acoustic guitar
  • Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar solo
  • Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Dana McVicker – background vocals
  • Mark O'Connor – fiddle
  • Michael Rojas – piano
  • Jim "Jimmy Joe" Ruggiere – harmonica
  • Steve Turner – drums, percussion
  • Kent Wells – electric guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric guitar
  • References

    Help Me Hold On Wikipedia