Simply Red
Holding Back the Years





Release Year: 1985

Rankings:
All-Time
#3463 / 1980s #516 / 1985 #52

Genres: Blue Eyed Soul, Pop Soul, Sophisti-Pop
Parent Genres: Pop, R&B, Soul


Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update) 1002
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017) 801-900
TimeOut (USA) - 1000 Songs to Change Your Life (2008) No Order
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) - 1020 Songs 1955-2005 (2005) No Order
Luca Sofri (Italy) - Playlist: 2978 canzoni di cui non potete fare a meno [2,978 Songs You Can't Live Without] (2008) No Order
Massimo Cotto (Italy) - We Will Rock You: 709 Canzoni [709 Songs] (2009) No Order
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Songs of the Century (2003) No Order
End of Year Lists
Face (UK) - Singles of the Year 47