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Hold an Old Friend's Hand (song)

Field	Value
name	Hold an Old Friend's Hand
cover	Tiffany - Hold an Old Friend's Hand single.jpg
type	single
artist	Tiffany
album	Hold an Old Friend's Hand
B-side	Ruthless
released	April 21, 1989
recorded	1988
genre	Electronic rock
length	4:24
label	MCA
writer	Donna Weiss
producer	George Tobin
prev_title	Radio Romance
prev_year	1989
next_title	It's the Lover (Not the Love)
next_year	1989
misc	{{Extra album cover
type	single
cover	Tiffany-Hold-An-Old-Frien-8855.jpg
border
caption	CD promo single cover

| B-side = Ruthless

"Hold an Old Friend's Hand" is a song by American pop singer Tiffany. It is the title track to her second studio album Hold an Old Friend's Hand (1988). It was released as the third single from the album on April 21, 1989 exclusively to North America, Australia and Japan. In Japan, the song was titled simply "Friends". The song was written by Donna Weiss and was originally recorded by Brenda Patterson in 1973.

The song peaked at number 161 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number 37 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.

Critical reception

Barry Walters of The San Francisco Examiner said the song conjured "images of pedophilia" due to Tiffany's age at the time. John Milward of The Scranton Times-Tribune said the music production was reminiscent of music by the Eagles and defined Tiffany's new sound. Ron Fell and Diane Rufer of the Gavin Report wrote this about it, "Written by Donna Weiss, who co-wrote "Bette Davis Eyes," this song takes Tiffany's career right to the core of A /C radio."

Track listings and formats

7" and cassette single

"Hold an Old Friend's Hand" – 4:24
"Ruthless" – 3:40

Commercial performance

"Hold an Old Friend's Hand" peaked at number 37 on the Adult Contemporary chart on June 10, 1989; it spent one week in the position. It spent 8 weeks in total and was Tiffany's last single to enter a Billboard chart until "Higher" off of her Dust Off and Dance album (2005) peaked at number 19 on the US Dance Club Songs in 2007.

Personnel

Taken from the Hold an Old Friend's Hand booklet.

John Duarte – drums and keyboard programming, arrangement
Mike Thompson – guitar
Richard Elliott – sax and solo
Tiffany – background vocals

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)	161
US Adult Contemporary (Gavin Report)	35
US Adult Contemporary (Radio & Records)	25

References

(April 21, 1989). "AC National Airplay: Significant Action".
Henderson, Bill. (January 29, 1989). "Tiffany". [[The Orlando Sentinel]].
Milward, John. (January 22, 1989). "Tiffany and Debbie Reach Pivotal Stage: Are They Just Teen Idols or Enduring Stars?". [[The Scranton Times-Tribune.
Walters, Barry. (January 5, 1989). "Tiffany: immaterial girl". [[The San Francisco Examiner]].
Fell, Ron. (May 5, 1989). "Inside A/C: Reviews". [[Gavin Report]].
(1989). "Hold an Old Friend's Hand". MCA Records.
(1988). "Hold an Old Friend's Hand". MCA Records.
"Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016". imgur.com.
(June 9, 1989). "the Gavin Report: Adult Contemporary".
(June 2, 1989). "The Back Page: Adult Contemporary".

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