Holdin' Out for Love

About Holdin' Out for Love

"Holdin' Out For Love" is a song introduced by American singer-actress Cher from her sixteenth studio album, Prisoner: written by Tom Snow and lyricist Cynthia Weil, the song has subsequently been recorded by the Pointer Sisters and Angela Bofill. "Holdin' Out..." was the first songwriting collaboration between Tom Snow and lyricist Cynthia Weil: Weil and her husband Barry Mann, who formed the iconic Mann/ Weil songwriting team, had attended the BMI Awards banquet where Snow had been an honoree for writing the song "You", and Snow would recall: "I did something I'm not prone to doing because I'm not a real self-promoter. I 'ginned-up' the courage, went over and introduced myself." After checking out Snow's output and being favorably impressed, Weil had agreed to collaborate with him, the inaugural Snow/ Weil composition "Holdin' Out For Love" being recorded by Cher for her 1979 album Prisoner, her second and final album for Casablanca Records: the track was released as a promo single in late 1979 in North America (only as a DJ promo), Europe and Japan. Because of the lack of promotion by the label, it failed to the chart and was largely ignored commercially. more »

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1979

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Had my share of disco nights
Did some talking, rainbow lights
Easy smile shines like gold
Burning hot and turning cold
Live that kind of life before
Lost the note to learn the score
Something tells me that
There must be something more

[Chorus]
This time I'm holdin' out for love
Made up my mind
I'm holdin' out for love
Mister this time
I'm holdin' on, holdin' back
Holdin' out for love

Had my fill of party scenes
One night stands and neon dreams
Good times friends and fancy clothes
Flashing highs and crashing lows
So if that's what's on your mind
Well I'll just take a pass this time
I believe I rather leave it all behind

[Chorus]

I need to find someone
Who'll still be holding me
When the dance is done

[Chorus: x 3]

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Cher

Cher ( /ˈʃɛər/; born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer and actress. A major figure for over five decades in popular culture, she is often referred to as the Goddess of Pop for having first brought the sense of female autonomy and self-actualization into the entertainment industry. She is known for her distinctive contralto and for having worked in various areas of entertainment, as well as for continuously reinventing both her music and image, the latter of which has caused controversy. more »

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