Thopson Twins: "Hold Me Now" (1983)

"Hold Me Now" is a song by British pop/new wave band the Thompson Twins. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Alex Sadkin, and the group's lead vocalist Tom Bailey. It was released in November 1983 as the first single of their fifth studio album, Into The Gap. The song is a new wave ballad that uses a varied instrumentation, including a xylophone, a piano and Latin percussion.

Released in the United Kingdom in late 1983, the song peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart in November of that year, and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 1983, becoming the band's biggest-selling single, and their first top five in that country. The song was released in the United States in February 1984. It became the band's highest charting single, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in May, and remained in the chart for twenty-one weeks. In addition, the song topped Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week in April 1984.


- Lyrics:

I have a picture pinned to my wall
an image of you and of me
And we're laughin' with love at it all.
Look at our life now
tattered and torn

We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears
That we cry until dawn.

Oh
oh
hold me now. Oh
warm my heart

Stay with me
let lovin' start
let lovin' start.
You say I'm a dreamer
we're two of a kind

Both of us searching for some perfect world
We know we'll never find.
So perhaps I should leave here
yeah-yeah
go far away

But you know that there's nowhere
That I'd rather be than with you here today.
Oh
oh
hold me now. Oh
warm my heart
. . .
Oh
hold me now. Oh
warm my heart
. . .

You asked if I love you
what can I say?
You know that I do and that this is just one of those games that we play.
So I'll sing you a new song
please
don't cry anymore

I'll even ask your forgiveness though I don't know
Just what I'm asking it for.
Oh
oh
hold me now. Oh
warm my heart
. . .
Oh
hold me now. Oh
warm my heart
. . .
Oh
hold me now. Oh
warm my heart
. . .
Oh
hold me now. Oh
warm my heart
. . .