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JAMES BAY - HOLD BACK THE RIVER (SONG)
Label:UMA
Entry:04/01/2015 (Position 46)
Last week in charts:07/06/2015 (Position 50)
Peak:4 (3 weeks)
Weeks:23
Place on best of all time:1243 (609 points)
Year:2014
Music/Lyrics:Iain Archer
James Bay
Producer:Jacquire King
World wide:
ch  Peak: 4 / weeks: 30
de  Peak: 4 / weeks: 36
at  Peak: 4 / weeks: 25
fr  Peak: 72 / weeks: 14
nl  Peak: 12 / weeks: 39
be  Peak: 7 / weeks: 19 (Vl)
  Tip (Wa)
se  Peak: 17 / weeks: 39
no  Peak: 24 / weeks: 13
dk  Peak: 20 / weeks: 18
it  Peak: 7 / weeks: 24
es  Peak: 58 / weeks: 19
au  Peak: 4 / weeks: 23
nz  Peak: 8 / weeks: 24

Digital
Republic -
Digital EP
Republic 919590836


TRACKS
17/11/2014
EP - Digital Republic 919590836 (UMG)
1. Hold Back The River
4:01
2. Sparks
3:06
3. Wait In Line
4:00
4. Hold Back The River (Live At The Hotel Cafe)
3:59
   
21/11/2014
Digital Republic - (UMG)
1. Hold Back The River
4:03
   
13/03/2015
CD-Single Republic 4726318 (UMG) / EAN 0602547263186
1. Hold Back The River
3:40
2. Wait In Line
4:02
   

AVAILABLE ON FOLLOWING MEDIA
VersionLengthTitleLabel
Number
Format
Medium
Date
4:01Hold Back The River [EP]Republic
919590836
Single
Digital
17/11/2014
Live At The Hotel Cafe3:59Hold Back The River [EP]Republic
919590836
Single
Digital
17/11/2014
4:03Hold Back The RiverRepublic
-
Single
Digital
21/11/2014
Live At The Hotel Cafe3:59Other Sides [EP]Republic
14UMGIM62910
Album
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13/01/2015
3:59Hitzone 72USM
5357419
Compilation
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13/02/2015
3:58Bravo Hits 88Polystar
060075358183 (4)
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13/02/2015
3:58KlangCaféUniversal
06007 5358151 3
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20/02/2015
3:58Maximum Hit Music 2015 Vol. 1Sony
88875073922
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02/03/2015
3:59The Dome Vol. 73Sony
88875 05923 2
Compilation
CD
06/03/2015
3:40Hold Back The RiverRepublic
4726318
Single
CD-Single
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3:59Chaos And The CalmRepublic
472476-0
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20/03/2015
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5359189
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2564614323
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3:59Best Of 2015 - FrühlingshitsPolystar
060075358808 (6)
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3:54Now That's What I Call Music! 90Now
CDNOW90
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88875081752
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13/04/2015
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536.141-6
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25/05/2015
3:39NRJ Total Hits 2015Smart
88875102792
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Album Version3:56Ö3 Greatest Hits Vol. 69 [Libro Edition]Universal
536 123 4
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88875 10280 2
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536.537-8
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88875169112
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0600753646441
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5370275
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537.383-7
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25/11/2016
3:38KlangCafé - The FinestPolystar
06007 5377765 7
Compilation
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04/08/2017
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19075801512
Compilation
CD
10/11/2017
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538.156-1
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MUSIC DIRECTORY
James BayJames Bay: Discography / Become a fan
JAMES BAY IN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Hold Back The River04/01/2015423
Let It Go05/04/2015823
Scars08/11/2015401
 
Albums

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Chaos And The Calm05/04/2015342
Electric Light03/06/2018141
SONGS BY JAMES BAY
All My Broken Pieces
Bad
Best Fake Smile
Better
Blue No More (Buddy Guy feat. James Bay)
Break My Heart Right
Brilliant Still
Chasing Stars (Alesso, Marshmello & James Bay)
Chew On My Heart
Clocks Go Forward
Collide
Craving
Crystal Clear
Dogfight
Easy Distraction
Endless Summer Nights
Everburn
Everybody Needs Someone
Fade Out
Funeral (Maisie Peters feat. James Bay)
Get Out While You Can
Give Me The Reason
Go On
Goodbye Never Felt So Bad
Hear Your Heart
Heavy Handed
Hey Bulldog (The Beat Bugs feat. James Bay)
Hold Back The River
Hope
Hopeless Heart
I Found You
If You Ever Want To Be In Love
I'm On Fire
In My Head
Incomplete
Just For Tonight
Kings Highway
Let It Go
Love Don't Hate Me
Move Together
Need The Sun To Break
Nowhere Left To Go
One Life
Peer Pressure (James Bay feat. Julia Michaels)
Pink Lemonade
Rescue
Right Now
Running
Save Your Love
Scars
Silent Love
Slide
Some People
Sparks
Speed Limit
Stand Up
Stealing Cars
Sugar Drunk High
Sunshine In The Room (James Bay feat. Jon Batiste)
Talk
Two Way (KT Tunstall feat. James Bay)
Up All Night (James Bay feat. The Lumineers & Noah Kahan)
Us (James Bay & Alicia Keys)
Us
Wait In Line
Wanderlust
Waste (Myles Smith feat. James Bay)
Wasted On Each Other
We Used To Shine
When We Were On Fire
Wild Love
You And Me Time (James Bay feat. Sheryl Crow)
ALBUMS BY JAMES BAY
Changes All The Time
Chaos And The Calm
Electric Light
Leap
Let It Go
Oh My Messy Mind
Other Sides
The Dark Of The Morning
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 4.03 (Reviews: 109)
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***
Quite nice. 3.2.
****
I like it.
*****
Pretty good.
Last edited: 11/02/2018 00:50
****
Proof that this style doesn't have to be dulled down to the masses to be accessible. The guitar riff is really lovely and the main melody that accompanies makes this a winner. 4.5
Last edited: 31/03/2015 14:09
****
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6jXqdtZi10<;br><br>Identical melodies. I'm sure this wasn't copied because James Bay is a completely different musical style to Hillsong, but I just can't ignore the similarities. I'm baffled as to how this became a hit when 'Let It Go' was frankly better and should have been noticed instead of this. I do like this though and it's good.
****
Netter Track, der super für das Radio ist!<br>4*
****
Very nice track.
****
Stört nicht, ist aber nicht interessant.
*
Just the latest in a long line of boring indie pop/folk/rock songs that have no business being near the top of the mainstream charts. It's so frustrating!<br><br>Edit: 2 stars down to 1. The song annoys the crap out of me now.
Last edited: 14/07/2015 05:16
***
Uneventful but somewhat enjoyable. It gets better towards the end and I like his voice.
*****
I think this is nice - has grown on me somewhat over the past couple of weeks. James Bay is one of the best new talents of 2015 - his voice is good and a bit rough around the edges which is a nice change from many of his pop contemporaries.
Last edited: 25/12/2015 06:29
***
Pleasant sound. This may take a while to grow on me more. It takes long to get into a groove. 3.5*
******
Absolutely love this track. A breath of fresh air for music. This was only compounded when Hozier and George Ezra (both very similar artists) released tracks around the same time. Favourite track of the year so far, and it will be hard to knock off.
Last edited: 10/06/2015 03:14
****
Ok
****
I have to admit I expected to get bored of this after about a month, but I still enjoy it quite a bit. I'd say I like the guitar riff the most which always sticks in my head and is better than the one in "Let It Go". Aside from those vocals from 1:56 to 2:08 I enjoy his performance here. I especially enjoy 1:29 to 1:55. I've always enjoyed how it changes up throughout the song, it still surprises me sometimes when it changes into something I wasn't expecting. Still nice to listen to and I think the #4 peak is fair.
******
I find this to be an enjoyable and strong single months after release also.<br><br>Very catchy.
*****
ok
****
This is a great song to just listen to and very catchy. UK#2 and Ireland#1.
**
Gähn.
*****
Topped my personal chart for two weeks.<br><br>Came in at #7 on my TOP 100 OF 2015.<br><br>P = 110
****
Aardig popnummer van de Britse zanger en zijn grootste hit in NL.
****
Quite a nice track.
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