Hold an Old Friend's Hand

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Hold an Old Friend's Hand
Tiffany - Hold an Old Friend's Hand.jpg
Studio album by
Tiffany
ReleasedNovember 25, 1988
Australia - 12 December 1988[1]
RecordedAugust - October 1988
GenrePop, dance-pop
Length43:28
LabelMCA
ProducerGeorge Tobin
Tiffany chronology
Tiffany
(1987) 		Hold an Old Friend's Hand
(1988) 		New Inside
(1990)
Singles from Hold an Old Friend's Hand
  1. "All This Time"
    Released: September 1988
  2. "Radio Romance"
    Released: January 1989
  3. "Hold an Old Friend's Hand"
    Released: April 1989
  4. "Oh Jackie"
    Released: May 1989
  5. "It's the Lover (Not the Love)"
    Released: June 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
Robert ChristgauB–[3]
Rolling Stone1/5 stars[4]

Hold an Old Friend's Hand is the second studio album by American pop singer Tiffany, released in November 1988. The album was commercially successful, achieving a platinum certification, peaking at #17 on the U.S. charts and yielding one top-ten single ("All This Time")[5] and another in the top 40 ("Radio Romance"); however, it did not equal the multi-platinum success of her debut album, which had two #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

In Tiffany's summer tour, where she was to once again have the New Kids on the Block as her opening act as she did the year before, the sudden popularity of the New Kids caused their roles to be reversed, with Tiffany opening for them, although they were officially billed as co-headliners.

The title track is a cover, though the original version, released by Tracy Nelson in 1974, was not famous enough to be widely known when the album was released. It was written by Donna Weiss, who also co-wrote "Bette Davis Eyes", a hit for Kim Carnes (another artist for whom Tiffany's manager/producer George Tobin has produced records). It was an unusual song to be sung by somebody so young (Tiffany was 17 at the time), as its lyrics seem to be sung from a perspective of many years' experience.

"Hearts Never Lie" is a duet with Chris Farren, who went on to some country music success.

The final track, "Overture", is an instrumental acoustic guitar performance by Grant Geissman. It includes the tunes to several of the songs from this album, and is an unusual track to have on a teen bubblegum pop album, especially since Tiffany is not involved in the track.

Track listing[]

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."All This Time"Tim James, Steven McClintock4:20
2."Oh Jackie"T. James, McClintock, Tim Heintz, Kimberly Feldman4:14
3."Hold an Old Friend's Hand"Donna Weiss4:24
4."Radio Romance"John Duarte, Mark Paul4:04
5."We're Both Thinking of Her"George Tobin, Mark Keefner3:40
6."Walk Away While You Can"Mike Piccirillo4:04
7."Drop That Bomb"Duarte, Bill Bowersock3:44
8."It's the Lover (Not the Love)"Rich Donahue, Patrick Dollaghan4:08
9."I'll Be the Girl"George Tobin, Piccirillo4:27
10."Hearts Never Lie"Allan Roy Scott, Hugh James4:59
11."Overture"T. James, McClintock, Scott, Hugh James, Weiss1:24

B-sides[]

  • "Can't Stop a Heartbeat" (Paul Mark, John Edward Duarte)
  • "Gotta Be Love" (Paul Mark, John Edward Duarte)
  • "Ruthless" (Donna Weiss, John Duarte)

Charts[]

Certifications and sales[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[11] Gold 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[13] Platinum 1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ "Platterlog : LP & Tape – New Releases > 12 December 1988". Imgur.com (original document published by Platterlog). Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (March 14, 1989). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review
  5. ^ Boehm, Mike, "Heartaches of two songwriters are behind Tiffany's latest hit", Los Angeles Times, Fri., Feb. 10, 1989, Orange County Edition, Calendar Section(6), p. 23
  6. ^ "Charts.nz – Tiffany – Hold an Old Friend's Hand". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  7. ^ "Tiffany | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  8. ^ "Tiffany Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  9. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Tiffany – Hold an Old Friend's Hand". Music Canada.
  11. ^ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1989". IFPI Hong Kong.
  12. ^ "British album certifications – Tiffany – Hold an Old Friend's Hand". British Phonographic Industry.Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Hold an Old Friend's Hand in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – Tiffany – Hold an Old Friend's Hand". Recording Industry Association of America.



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