1983 Toto – I Won’t Hold You Back (US: #10 UK: # 37)

“I Won’t Hold You Back“ is a ballad by American rock band Toto, written and sung by Steve Lukather for their fourth album, Toto IV, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). The song reached the top ten, peaking at number ten in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in mid-1983 and spent three weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.

The song features the Eagles’ bass player Timothy B. Schmit on backing vocals during the choruses and arrangements by James Newton-Howard.

The song was later sampled by house DJ Roger Sanchez in 2001 for his song “Another Chance”, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart.

Album

 Toto IV is the fourth studio album by American rock band Toto released on April 8, 1982 by Columbia Records. The album marks the band’s career breakthrough. The lead single, “Rosanna”, peaked at number 2 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, while the album’s third single, “Africa”, topping the Hot 100 charts […]

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Musicians

Bass	David Hungate
Drums	Jeffrey Porcaro
Guitar	Steve Lukather
Keyboards	David Paich
Keyboards	Steve Porcaro
Background Vocals	Timothy B. Schmit
Vocals	Steve Lukather

Produced By

Toto

Songwriters

Steve Lukather

Charts

US: #10
UK: # 37