Hold Back the River

E342811
single song

"Hold Back the River" is a soulful, folk-influenced pop song by English singer-songwriter James Bay that became one of his breakout hits.

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Label Occurrences
Hold Back the River canonical 8
Hold Back the River (Live) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumArtist James Bay ⓘ
artist James Bay ⓘ
associatedAct James Bay live band ⓘ
certification multi-platinum in several countries ⓘ
chartSuccess charted in multiple international markets ⓘ
top 10 in the UK Singles Chart ⓘ
chronology James Bay singles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
distributionFormat CD single ⓘ
digital download ⓘ
streaming ⓘ
fromAlbum Chaos and the Calm ⓘ
genre folk rock ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
soulful pop ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
includedInAlbum Chaos and the Calm ⓘ
includedInEP Let It Go ⓘ
instrumentation backing vocals ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:00 ⓘ
livePerformance performed at major festivals ⓘ
performed on television shows ⓘ
musicVideoDirector unknown ⓘ
musicVideoPlatform YouTube ⓘ
nextSingle Scars ⓘ
notableFor breakthrough hit for James Bay ⓘ
performer James Bay ⓘ
performerNationality English ⓘ
previousSingle Let It Go ⓘ
producer Jacquire King ⓘ
recordingPeriod 2013–2014 ⓘ
recordLabel Republic Records ⓘ
EMI Records ⓘ
surface form: Virgin EMI Records
releaseDate 2014-11-17 ⓘ
releaseType lead single ⓘ
songwriter Iain Archer ⓘ
James Bay ⓘ
theme emotional connection ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
reflection on relationships ⓘ
vocalist James Bay ⓘ
writer Iain Archer ⓘ
James Bay ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Bay → notableWork → Hold Back the River ⓘ
James Michael Bay → notableWork → Hold Back the River ⓘ
James Michael Bay → notableSingle → Hold Back the River ⓘ
Let It Go → precedesSingle → Hold Back the River ⓘ
Chaos and the Calm → hasPart → Hold Back the River ⓘ
Chaos and the Calm (2015) → hasPart → Hold Back the River ⓘ
subject surface form: Chaos and the Calm
Chaos and the Calm (2015) → notableWork → Hold Back the River ⓘ
subject surface form: Chaos and the Calm
Chaos and the Calm (2015) → hasSingle → Hold Back the River ⓘ
subject surface form: Chaos and the Calm
Electric Light (2018) → hasPart → Hold Back the River ⓘ
subject surface form: Electric Light
this entity surface form: Hold Back the River (Live)