Rate Your Music score: 2.84 out of 5!
I can't believe Rate Your Music reviewers gave this great record only a 2.84. Anyone who gives this song less than a 5 out of 5 ought to be required to visit the toughest biker bar in town wearing a Metric Man costume. It's equally tragic that this single only spent one week in the Hot 100 - at #99.
Colin Hay is best known as the lead vocalist of Men At Work and one of the greatest guitarists around. I once traveled all the way to Toronto to see him perform - back before the Bush regime began requiring a passport just to reenter the United States. Four years after Men At Work's heyday, "Hold Me" was a minor solo hit for Colin.
When the song came out, I thought the video was absolutely hilarious. The clip consists of Colin sitting next to what appears to be a robot version of himself that has a distorted head that is capable of spinning. Finally, Colin punches the robot and knocks his noggin off. The robot catches the head in the palm of his hand. The head then spins around on the floor and flies through the air.
This song also reminds me of another lost hit by a big-name act that peaked below #90 on the Hot 100: "Dancing With The Mountains" by John Denver. But it's unmistakably Colin.
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