Released: September 7, 2009
Songwriter: Duran Duran
Producer: Colin Thurston
[Verse 1]
Hold back the rain
So what if the words ain’t rhyming
Did you think that it’s just a game?
I probably didn’t even say that right
And I really don’t give a damn
Okay go off and wander
I'm guilty just the same
Sometimes you're needed badly
So please come back again
[Chorus]
And if the fires burn out there's only fire to blame
(hold back the rain)
No time for worry cause we're on the roam again
(hold back the rain)
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane
(hold back the rain)
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain
(hold back the rain)
(hold back the rain)
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane
(hold back the rain)
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain
(hold back the rain)
(hold back the rain)
(hold back the rain)
(hold back the rain)
Hey, hey
Hold back the rain
And if the fires burn out there's only fire to blame
No time for worry cause we're on the roam again
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain
Hold back the rain
And if the stars burn out, there's only fire to blame
(Hold back the rain)
No time for worry 'cause we're on the roam again
(Hold back the rain)
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane
(Hold back the rain)
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain
So what if the words ain’t rhyming
Did you think that it’s just a game?
I probably didn’t even say that right
And I really don’t give a damn
Okay go off and wander
I'm guilty just the same
Sometimes you're needed badly
So please come back again
[Chorus]
And if the fires burn out there's only fire to blame
(hold back the rain)
No time for worry cause we're on the roam again
(hold back the rain)
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane
(hold back the rain)
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain
(hold back the rain)
(hold back the rain)
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane
(hold back the rain)
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain
(hold back the rain)
(hold back the rain)
(hold back the rain)
(hold back the rain)
Hey, hey
Hold back the rain
And if the fires burn out there's only fire to blame
No time for worry cause we're on the roam again
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain
Hold back the rain
And if the stars burn out, there's only fire to blame
(Hold back the rain)
No time for worry 'cause we're on the roam again
(Hold back the rain)
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane
(Hold back the rain)
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
Hold back the rain...
The Singles 81-85
- Hungry Like the Wolf
- New Moon on Monday (Dance Mix)
- Faster Than Light
- Hungry Like the Wolf (Night Version)
- Girls on Film [Night Version]
- Planet Earth (Night version)
- Like an Angel
- Is There Something I Should Know? (Monster Mix)
- Careless Memories (live)
- Union of the Snake (Monkey Mix)
- The Chauffeur (Blue Silver) (Early version)
- A View to a Kill (That Fatal Kiss)
- The Wild Boys (Wilder Than Wild Boys Extended Mix)
- Hold Back the Rain (12'’ remix)
- Faith In This Colour
- Tiger Tiger
- Hold Back the Rain (Alternate Remix) [Strange Behaviour Remix]
- Faith In This Colour (Alternate Slow Mix)
- Save a Prayer (7" edit)
- The Wild Boys [45 Mix]
- A View to a Kill
- Is There Something I Should Know?
- Girls on Film
- Planet Earth
- Union of the Snake
- Careless Memories
- New Moon on Monday
- My Own Way
- (I’m Looking For) Cracks in the Pavement
- Khanada
- Secret Oktober
- Fame
- Late Bar
- My Own Way (Night version)
- The Reflex (7'’ version)
- The Reflex (Dance Mix)
- Rio (Part Two)
- Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (Live) [London, Hammersmith Odeon, UK - 1982/11/16]
- Strange Behavior (1999)
- The Singles 81-85 (2003)
- Rio (Collector’s Edition) (2009)
- Ordinary World
- Come Undone
- Hungry Like the Wolf
- Rio
- Save a Prayer
- Girls on Film
- The Reflex
- The Chauffeur
- Notorious
- A View to a Kill
- The Wild Boys
- New Moon on Monday
- Planet Earth
- Is There Something I Should Know?
- Union of the Snake
- New Religion
- Drug (It’s Just a State of Mind)
- Faster Than Light
- Hungry Like the Wolf (Night Version)
- American Science (Meltdown Dub)
- Girls on Film [Night Version]
- I Believe / All I Need To Know
- I Don’t Want Your Love (7" mix)
- This Is How A Road Gets Made