50+ Music<p>"Holding Back the Years" is a song by the English <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/soul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soul</span></a> and pop band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SimplyRed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimplyRed</span></a>, released as the third single from their debut studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PictureBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PictureBook</span></a> (1985). In 1986, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> reached number one on the US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 and number two on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UKSinglesChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKSinglesChart</span></a>. "Holding Back the Years" had initially been released in the UK the year before, reaching number 51. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR7zKA7tPS8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=SR7zKA7tPS8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>