"Holding On for Life" is a song performed by American alternative rock band

Broken Bells Broken Bells is an American indie rock band composed of artist-producer Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins. Broken Bells compose and create as a duo, ...

. Written by band members James Mercer and

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and produced by the latter, the song was originally recorded for the band's second studio album, ''

After the Disco ''After the Disco'' is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Broken Bells. Recorded with the seventeen-piece Angel City String Orchestra and a four-piece choir, the album was released by Columbia Records on January 31, 2014. T ...

'', on which it appears as the third track. It was released as the album's lead single on November 21, 2013. The song is featured in the soundtrack for the video game '' MLB 14: The Show''.

Reception

Kory Grow of '' Rolling Stone'' described the song as "a

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-like indie-disco number," a sentiment also expressed by NPR's Bob Boilen, who wrote that he "heard Bee Gees in something like this." In an interview with Boilen,

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concurred with this comparison, saying, "It sounded kind of like the Bee Gees a little bit, but so what? The Bee Gees had some good choruses."

Music video

A music video for the song was directed by Jacob Gentry, and stars Kate Mara and

Anton Yelchin Anton Viktorovich Yelchin ( rus, Антон Викторович Ельчин, p=ɐnˈton ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtɕɪn; March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was an American actor. Born in the Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family, he emigr ...

. The video serves as a sequel to the previously released video for the song "Angel and the Fool", also from ''After the Disco''.

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* {{authority control Broken Bells songs 2013 singles Columbia Records singles 2013 songs Songs written by Danger Mouse (musician) Songs written by James Mercer (musician) Song recordings produced by Danger Mouse (musician)