"Hold Her in Your Hand" is a country ballad recorded by

Maurice Gibb Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician. He achieved fame as a member of the pop group Bee Gees. Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb were the group's main le ...

; it was his second and last single after "

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" in 1970. Samantha Gibb, the daughter of Maurice, recorded an acoustic version that was independently released on CD in 2013.

Recording

It was originally recorded by the

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and was written by

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and Maurice Gibb in the sessions of '' Living Eyes'' in 1981, but was not released at that time. Maurice re-recorded the song for the film ''

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''. Gibb played numerous instruments on this track, including

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and bass. However, the musician who played

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and

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was not credited. The country ballad-style would have made it ideal for

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(as the Gibbs wrote songs for him in 1983) The instrumental mix Maurice made for the B side has a little of his backing vocal in it.

Release

It was released as a single in September 1984 also appearing on the movie's soundtrack release. The music video was also included on the film. The

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was an instrumental version of the song. He recorded this song in 1983, during the same time that he re-recorded "

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", originally released by the Bee Gees in 1972 as the B-side of " My World". The single was released in the Audiotrax Records in the

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and

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but failed to chart in either the US or the UK. "Hold Her in Your Hand" was included on the disc three of ''

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''.

References

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