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Released
  
November 1988

Hold an Old Friend's Hand (1988)
  
New Inside (1990)

Release date
  
November 1988

Label
  
MCA Records

Length
  
43:28

Artist
  
Tiffany

Producer
  
George Tobin

Genres
  
Pop music, Dance-pop

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Recorded
  
August, September, and October, 1988

Similar
  
New Inside, Dreams Never Die, The Color of Silence, Dust Off and Dance, Tiffany – Greatest Hits

Hold an Old Friend's Hand is the second studio album by American pop singer Tiffany, released in November, 1988 (see 1988 in music). The album was reasonably successful, achieving a platinum certification, peaking at #17 on the U.S. charts and yielding one top-ten single ("All This Time") and another in the top 40 ("Radio Romance"); however, it did not equal the multi-platinum success of her first album, which had two #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

In her summer tour, where she was to once again have the New Kids on the Block as her opening act as she did the year before, the sudden popularity of the New Kids caused their roles to be reversed, with Tiffany opening for them, although they were officially billed as co-headliners.

The title track was a cover, though the original version (released by Tracy Nelson in 1974) was not famous enough to be widely known. It was written by Donna Weiss, who also co-wrote "Bette Davis Eyes", a hit for Kim Carnes (another artist for whom Tiffany's manager/producer George Tobin has produced records). It was an unusual song to be sung by somebody so young (Tiffany was 17 at the time), as its lyrics seem to be sung from a perspective of many years' experience.

"Hearts Never Lie" is a duet with Chris Farren, who went on to some country music success.

The final track, "Overture", is an instrumental acoustic guitar performance by Grant Geissman. It includes the tunes to several of the songs from this album, and is an unusual track to have on a teen bubblegum pop album, especially since Tiffany is not involved in the track.

Tiffany hold an old friend s hand


B-sides

  • "Can't Stop a Heartbeat" (Paul Mark, John Edward Duarte)
  • "I'll Be the Girl" (George Tobin, Mike Piccirillo)
  • "Gotta Be Love" (Paul Mark, John Edward Duarte)
  • "Ruthless" (Donna Weiss, John Duarte)
  • Songs

    1All This Time4:24
    2Oh Jackie4:17
    3Hold an Old Friend's Hand4:26

    References

    Hold an Old Friend's Hand Wikipedia