Hold Me Tight or Don't explained

Hold Me Tight or Don't
Cover:Fall Out Boy Hold Me Tight or Don't Remixes.jpg
Caption:Remix single
Type:single
Artist:Fall Out Boy
Album:Mania
Released:November 15, 2017
Prev Title:The Last of the Real Ones
Prev Year:2017
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Next Year:2018

"Hold Me Tight or Don't" (stylised in all caps)[1] is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on November 15, 2017, through Island Records and DCD2. It was released as the fourth single from their seventh studio album, Mania. A music video was released with the single.[2]

"Hold Me Tight or Don't (The Remixes)" was released on April 13, 2018, featuring three remixes of the song.[3]

Composition

"Hold Me Tight or Don't" was written in the key of C# minor with a vocal range of E4 to C♯6.[4]

Al Shipley of Spin called the song "trendy trop house",[5] while also comparing it to reggae.[5] Dave Simpson of The Guardian described the song as a "Shakira-type Europop wobbler".[6] The Musical Hype has described the song, particularly the lyrical content, as emo.[7]

Music video

The music video was directed by Brendan Walter and Mel Soria. It is set on Día de Muertos and features the band performing in the festival. The video also has a romantic subplot between a woman, dressed in traditional Day of the Dead costume, and a man wearing a skull mask.[1] The San Gabriel Mission Museum is visible in the background, implying the video was filmed in San Gabriel, California.[8]

Reception

Maeve McDermott of USA Today called the song a "lazy attempt" at tropical house music,[9] while Hannah Mylrea of NME felt that it is a "chiming tropical jam".[10]

Personnel

Fall Out Boy

Production

Charts

Year-end charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat
United StatesNovember 15, 2017Digital download
November 21, 2017Alternative radio[12]
Top 40 radio[13]
April 13, 2018Digital download (remixes)[14]

Notes and References

  1. Fall Out Boy Dance For Day of the Dead in Colorful 'HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON'T' Video. Billboard. November 20, 2017.
  2. See Fall Out Boy Celebrate 'Day of the Dead' in 'Hold Me Tight or Don't'. Rolling Stone. November 20, 2017.
  3. Web site: HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON'T (The Remixes) by Fall Out Boy. Genius. en. 2018-04-21.
  4. Web site: Fall Out Boy "Hold Me Tight or Don't" Sheet Music in E Major (transposable) - Download & Print. Patrick. Stump. Musicnotes.com. 5 March 2018 . 2018-04-20.
  5. Web site: Review: Fall Out Boy Have the Wrong Ideas About Pissing Off Punk Purists. Spin. August 6, 2021. Al. Shipley. And the trendy trop house vibes of “Hold Me Tight or Don’t” also contain shades of the jittery neurotic intensity of an Elvis Costello cod reggae track..
  6. Web site: Fall Out Boy: Mania review – songs to appal and appease the hardcore. The Guardian. Dave. Simpson. January 19, 2018. February 2, 2023. …while Hold Me Tight or Don’t – a Shakira-type Europop wobbler with whistling – seems to have been mischievously designed to appal the hardcore..
  7. Web site: Fall Out Boy, 'Hold Me Tight or Don't' Track Review. February 4, 2023. November 20, 2017. The Musical Hype. On the pre-chorus, the emo is amped up to the nth degree…That emo-ness continues on throughout the chorus, where it’s clear this relationship needs max effort or to be curbed..
  8. Web site: HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON'T (Beyond the Video). Youtube.
  9. Web site: Review: Fall Out Boy's 'Mania' is an unholy mess. USA Today. Maeve. McDermott. January 19, 2018. January 27, 2023. Worse are the guitar-less tracks, stripping the group’s music of any identifiable traits, as heard on the lazy trop-house attempts of single Hold Me Tight Or Don’t..
  10. Web site: Fall Out Boy – 'Mania' review. NME. Hannah. Mylrea. January 27, 2023. January 19, 2018. From chiming tropical jam ‘Hold Me Tight Or Don’t’ to the batshit but brilliant EDM of ‘Young And Menace’, the quartet have thrown everything they’ve done previously out of the window..
  11. Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2018. Billboard. March 24, 2020.
  12. News: Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations, Independent Artist Song Releases .... All Access. November 21, 2017.
  13. News: Top 40/M Future Releases Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates .... All Access. November 21, 2017.
  14. Web site: HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON'T (The Remixes) – Single by Fall Out Boy. 13 April 2018 . iTunes Store. United States. June 28, 2018.

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