Pop Song 519 of 1000 'Hold on Loosely' .38 Special 1980

Pop Song 519 of 1000 'Hold on Loosely' .38 Special 1980

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Barnes going through a difficult time in his marriage, lamented that his wife was not being more supportive of his career aspirations. He presented a seed idea for a song to co-writer Jim Peterik, asking what he thought of the title "Hold On Loosely", to which Peterik came back with, "...but don't let go". For the music, Peterik described the song's opening riff as "Like the Cars meets Lynyrd Skynyrd or something". Taking inspiration from "Just What I Needed" by the Cars, Jeff Carlisi wrote the famous riff to the song.

You see it all around you
Good lovin' gone bad
And usually it's too late when you
Realize what you had
And my mind goes back to a girl I met
Some years ago who told me
Just hold on loosely, but don't let go
If you cling too tightly, you're gonna lose control
Your baby needs someone to believe in
And a whole lot of space to breathe in
So damn easy
When your feelings are such
To overprotect her
To love her too much
And my mind goes back to a girl I met
Some years ago who told me
Just hold on loosely, but don't let go
If you cling too tightly, you're gonna lose control
Your baby needs someone to believe in
And a whole lot of space to breathe in
Don't let her slip away
Sentimental fool
Don't let your heart get in the way
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You see it all around you
Good lovin' gone bad
And usually it's too late when you