| Hold On | |
| Cover: | HoldOnSkepta.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Skepta |
| Released: | 1 January 2012 |
| Recorded: | 2011 |
| Genre: | Electro-grime |
| Length: | 3:47 (original mix) 2:23 (radio edit) |
| Chronology: | Skepta |
| Prev Title: | Amnesia |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Make Peace Not War |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
"Hold On" is a song by British MC Skepta. It was released on 1 January 2012, as a digital download on iTunes in the United Kingdom. It was released as an EP for Skepta and didn't take part in any album features.
A music video to accompany the release of "Hold On" was first released onto YouTube on 2 October 2011, at a total length of three minutes and fifteen seconds.[1]
Skepta performed a live special acoustic version of the song when he visited The Wrap Up at MTV.[2]
"Hold on" samples a riff from the song "Jacuzzi Suzy" by the Icelandic rock band Brain Police. According to an interview with Jakob FrÃmann Magnússon, the head of the Icelandic music composers association, the riff was used without permission and Brain Police's label, Small Stone Records has their lawyer looking into the matter.