chart run comparison--"Hold On" vs. "Hold On"

[ct2874]

Wondering how the chart runs for both Wilson Phillips'
and En Vogue's versions of "Hold On" compared to
one another.

[jond7699]

I am not sure how they did on the radio but i know En Vogue's version peaked at # 2 on the BillBoard Hot 100 and Wilson Phillips version peaked at #1. I am guessing Wilson Phillips did better on the chr/pop chart

[Hervard]

On R&R, En Vogue peaked at 12 and Wilson Phillips got as high as number three, its very position on the year end survey, since it spent seventeen weeks on the chart, many of them in the Top 20. It looked like they were going to spend possibly eighteen weeks on until the last week, when the law of gravity finally set in and they tumbled from 20-35. I was hoping they'd slow down and spend another week on, but that was not to be. En Vogue's song, by the way, barely made the Top 100 of that year on the R&R chart, coming in at number 100.

[JCMF3]

ulij20 said:

On R&R, En Vogue peaked at 12 and Wilson Phillips got as high as number three, its very position on the year end survey, since it spent seventeen weeks on the chart, many of them in the Top 20.

According to chart boy's archive site, En Vogue's version peaked at #11.

[irice22]

Wilson Phillip's "Hold On" is one of my biggest guilty pleasures of all time!

[Gorminako]

En Vogue's "Hold On" is so much better than Wilson Phillips'.

[620 Soul Train]

I prefer En Vogue's song. In 1990 the song charted on much higher on my chart, I don't have positions available at this time.

[BillboardBoy]

During one chart week in 1990, both "Hold On"s fell back-to-back. That didn't happen again until 1998 when "Stop" by The Spice Girls found itself sitting next to "Stop" by Meredith Brooks.

Recently, Casey mentioned that were 6 top 40 hits titled "Hold On" in the Rock Era. The most recent is by Good Charlotte.

[mst3k]

Here's their Hot 100 runs side-by-side, starting with the 3/17/90 chart:

WP	EV
74	--
56	--
43	--
33	--
25	--
20	--
16	--
12	61
06	32
04	24
04	18
03	14
01	14
02	11
04	08
05	06
09	05
15	03
22	02
29	05
39	09
53	19
71	27
85	33
99	38
--	41
--	45
--	60
--	67
--	77
--	86
--	100

Interestingly, both songs spent 25 weeks on the Hot 100, and both singles were certified gold the same week.

[Whi$tlin' Pete]

Funny that even though Wilson Phillips hit received a ton of radio airplay En Vogue sold more than 1 million copies. On the R&R charts WP hit number 3 and spent 9 weeks in the top 10 and 17 weeks top 40, almost unheard of at that time. En Vogue hit number 11. It was already certified gold before hitting the R&R chart.

[johnnywest]

I preferred Wilson Phillips' version, although it's been really overplayed on AC radio in the years since.

[areyoureadytojump]

I found this old thread about En Vogue's Hold On.

[TGAC]

Time for it to have its own thread, just like the other "Hold On", I guess.

[johnm1120]

I prefer Jonas Brothers' Hold On :)

[onebuffalo]

What about Rosanne Cash's Hold On? A #5 hit for her in 1986.

[johnnywest]

I like Jamie Walters' "Hold On."