Simply Red's 'Holding Back the Years' Revealed as Heartbreaking Tribute to Absent Mother

On the Billboard Hot 100 dated July 12, 1986, Simply Red's "Holding Back the Years" reached the top and held it for a week.
BroadwayWorld

Simply Red Release Brand New Single 'Just Like You'

Simply Red continue their phenomenal return with the release of a brand new single 'Just Like You' - out now. The single is from their new record Time - out May 26th on Warner Music. Musicianship and ...
Rolling Stone

‘Holding Back the Years’: Why the Quintessential Eighties Mope Ballad Fits Perfectly on Obama’s Summer Playlist

Simply Red is the wild card on this year’s Obama summer playlist. You expect the former president’s curated playlists to be loaded with impeccably hip picks, from all over the worlds of pop, soul, ...
Stereogum

The Number Ones: Simply Red’s “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. A vast chunk of ...
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The Number Ones: Simply Red’s “Holding Back The Years”

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Mick Hucknall ...