I Won’t Hold You Back

~ Recording by Toto

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • US1982-04-08
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)FC 37728
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back?:??TotoToto IV (clear shell)TotoAlbum
  • US1982-04-08
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CT 37728, PCT 37728
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back?:??TotoToto IV (beige shell)TotoAlbum
  • US1982-04-08
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CT 37728, PCT 37728
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back?:??TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • US1982-04-08
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)1R1 7408
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • JP1982-10-01
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)35DP 12
1.1I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoI Won’t Hold You BackTotoSingle
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)A-2691, CBS A-2691
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IV (picture disc)TotoAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)30AP 2697
1.3I Won't Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)S 85529
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:54TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)40-85529
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IV (TML Mastering)TotoAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)FC 37728
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 450088 1
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 85529
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IV (cap obi)TotoAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)20AP 2280
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)20AP 2280
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)30AP 2312
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)25KP 1189
1.13I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoAb und los! 14 Hits für OlympiaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 24027
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)25AP 2970
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • JP1988-03-20
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)28DP 5039
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)450088 2
1.1I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoDreams in Rock (Memory Pop Shop)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 465010 2
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:59TotoPast to Present 1977–1990TotoAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1990-06-13
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)01-465998-10, 465998 2, COL 465998 2
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:59TotoPast to Present 1977–1990TotoAlbum + Compilation
  • ZA1990-08-30
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CDASF 3328
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:59TotoPast to Present 1977–1990TotoAlbum + Compilation
  • US1990-08-30
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 45368
1.7I Won’t Hold You Back4:57TotoGreat Love Songs 5Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS Records AB (SE subsidiary of CBS Records, renamed Sony Music Entertainment (Sweden) AB in 1991)467583 2
1.16I Won’t Hold You Back4:53TotoKnuffelrock 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)467572 2
1.16I Won’t Hold You Back4:53TotoKuschelrock 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)467475 2
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:59TotoPast to Present 1977–1990TotoAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)465998 2
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:59TotoPast to Present 1977–1990TotoAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)465998 1
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:59TotoPast to Present 1977–1990 (text under barcode reads "0 20831-4113-2 71")TotoAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 45368
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:59TotoPast to Present 1977–1990TotoAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)465998 2
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IV (NICE PRICE FROM CBS)TotoAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)01-450088-10, CBS 450088 2
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • JP1991-03-01
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)CSCS 6068
1.15I Won't Hold You Back4:55TotoBoulevard des slows, vol. 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music Special Marketing (from ca. 1990s–2003, renamed Sony Music Special Markets ca. 2003)469451 2, 772
1.6I Won’t Hold You Back4:52TotoSchmusesongs, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)982665 2
1.2I Won't Hold You Back4:58TotoThe Best of TotoTotoAlbum + Compilation
Universe (compilations – attention, some releases may be bootlegs)3715
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CDANIC 089
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:53TotoDreams in Rock, Vol. 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 472374 2
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:57TotoFeelings 7Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
SR International77 617 9
1.12I Won't Hold You Back4:52TotoKnuffelrockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997)472388 2
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IV (Sony MasterSound Gold Remaster)TotoAlbum
  • US1993-08-24
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 57188
1.6I Won't Hold You Back4:52TotoSchmusesongs, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1993-09-15
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.16I Won’t Hold You Back4:53TotoKuschelrock 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)467475 2
3.13I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoLove AffairVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)474638 2
2.5I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoThe Emotion Collection: Reaching OutVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time‐Life Books B.V.TL 571/22
1.11I Won't Hold You Back4:56TotoThe Rock Collection: The Heart of RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 527/34
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • JP1994-03-21
Sony Records (Japanese imprint)SRCS-6997
1.16I Won’t Hold You Back4:53TotoKuschelRock 4 (gold‐edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)467475 9
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:59TotoPast To Present 1977-1990 (Club Edition, Repress)TotoAlbum + Compilation
Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)786764T, CCK 45368
1.4I Won't Hold You Back4:55TotoSchmusesongs, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)477846 10
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 64423
1.8I Won't Hold You Back4:56TotoBest BalladsTotoAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1995-01-18
1.4I Won’t Hold You Back4:58TotoHot Hits of the 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-04-16
Sony Music Special ProductsA 26019
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • JP1995-12-21
Sony Records (Japanese imprint)SRCS-7917
9.14I Won't Hold You Back4:59TotoBillboard Hottest Hits 1950-1990Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Jingo Records (Taiwanese label, Chinese name: 金革唱片.)
1.16I Won’t Hold You Back4:53TotoKnuffelrock 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 467572 9
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:57TotoThe Best OfTotoAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CDCOL 5493 Z
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL 1-250
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • JP1996-08-01
Sony Records (Japanese imprint)SRCS-9040
1.7I Won’t Hold You Back4:58TotoBest Ballads (1996 Release)TotoAlbum + Compilation
  • -1996
1.6I Won’t Hold You Back4:54TotoCareless Whisper, Vol. 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.10I Won’t Hold You Back4:58TotoGreatest HitsTotoAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media485500 2, SMM 485500 2
1.10I Won’t Hold You Back4:58TotoGreatest HitsTotoAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Entertainment (Denmark) A/S (not an imprint, pre-2005 subsidiary)9604-05
1.8I Won’t Hold You Back4:54TotoGreatest HitsTotoAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)485 122 2
1.16I Won’t Hold You Back4:53TotoKuschelrock 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media467475 2
1.8I Won’t Hold You Back4:54TotoLegend: l'ultime best ofTotoAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 485 122 2
1.8I Won’t Hold You Back4:54TotoLegend: The Best ofTotoAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 485 122 2
1.10I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoSuper Hit‐CocktailVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
2.4I Won’t Hold You Back4:51TotoThe Very Best of Pop Music 1983–84Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Egmont Music ClubEMC8384010
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • JP1997-11-21
Sony (logo contains only the SONY® wordmark! do not use if there is a more specific label)SRYS-1226
1.10I Won’t Hold You Back4:57TotoBody Talk: The Language of Love 1965-1995: Sweet NothingsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR834-16, A2-28770
1.7I Won’t Hold You Back4:58TotoPremium BestTotoOther + Compilation
  • JP1998-11-21
SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”)SRCS 8822
1.12I Won't Hold You Back4:53TotoBoulevard des slows, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Versailles (French label)488879 2, VER 488879 2
2.14I Won’t Hold You Back4:55TotoThe Power of Love: 1982–1985Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL629/14
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:57TotoToto IV (MFSL remaster)TotoAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDCD 747
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • US1999-11-23
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CS 37728
1.2I Won't Hold You Back4:56TotoGreat Emotions Special EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
stereoplay
1.16I Won't Hold You Back4:53TotoKuschelrock 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media467475 5, 4674755000, SMM 467475 5
1.3I Won't Hold You Back4:56TotoSoft Love: Greatest Soft Rock HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Platinum Disc Corporation (La Crosse, WI)A 30873
1.16I Won’t Hold You Back4:59Toto80’s LoveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Entertainment Chile Ltda.
1.10I Won’t Hold You Back4:55TotoGreatest Hits… and MoreTotoAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-01-01
1.7I Won’t Hold You Back4:55TotoWetten dass…? - LovesongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2001-12-14
Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)74321 90986 2
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)5050842000, SMM 505084 2
2.21I Won't Hold You Back4:55TotoSampled, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-02-25
Virgin TVVTDCD 427
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:55TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
  • US2002-05-28
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CS 86544
1.9I Won’t Hold You Back4:55TotoThe Very Best of TotoTotoAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2002-10-14
Sony Music MediaSMM509963 2
2.6I Won’t Hold You Back4:57TotoWhile My Guitar Gently WeepsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2002-11-19
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)583444, 585895
1.10I Won’t Hold You Back4:55TotoGreatest Hits… and MoreTotoAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2002-12-09
Sony Music Media508420 9
2.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:53TotoHeart Beats: Das geht unter die HautVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Ariola Express74321 91036 2
1.2I Won’t Hold You Back4:57TotoLove SongsTotoAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-01-14
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)CK 87114, D148008
1.8I Won't Hold You Back4:56TotoThe Essential TotoTotoAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-09-30
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 90623
1.2I Won’t Hold You Back4:57TotoLove SongsTotoAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 510715 2
1.2I Won’t Hold You Back4:57TotoLove SongsTotoAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 87114
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:56TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 450088 7
2.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:55TotoToto IVTotoAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 450088 7
1.7I Won’t Hold You Back4:59TotoThe EssentialTotoAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2004-10-04
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)518609 2, 5186092000
1.14I Won’t Hold You Back4:57TotoDie Hits der 80er: Love EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2004-11-08
Sony Music Special ProductsSSP 989488-9
1.16I Won’t Hold You Back4:58TotoEven Bigger, Even Better, Power Ballads IIIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-11-15
Virgin TVVTDCD 684
Promotion
1.3I Won’t Hold You Back4:54TotoToto IV (picture disc)TotoAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)[none]
(unknown)
1.12I Won't Hold You Back4:56TotoForever Love, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1997
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 488164 2

Relationships

recording engineer:John Kurlander (engineer) (strings)
Al Schmitt
producer:Toto (US rock group)
mixer:Greg Ladanyi
bass guitar:David Hungate
drums (drum set) and percussion:Jeff Porcaro
guitar and lead vocals:Steve Lukather
piano:David Paich
strings:The Martyn Ford Orchestra
synthesizer:Steve Porcaro
background vocals:Steve Lukather
Timothy B. Schmit
conductor:James Newton Howard (American score composer)
orchestrator:James Newton Howard (American score composer)
David Paich
Marty Paich
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1982)
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1982)
additionally recorded at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
sampled by:Another Chance (radio edit) by Roger Sanchez
Another Chance by Roger Sanchez
Another Chance (Afterlife mix) by Roger Sanchez
Another Chance (Afterlife remix) (part of a “MoS: Chilled 1991–2008” DJ‐mix) by Roger Sanchez
Another Chance (S-Man's Dark Nite mix) by Roger Sanchez
edits:I Won’t Hold You Back (single version)
recording of:I Won’t Hold You Back

I Won’t Hold You Back

lyricist and composer:Steve Lukather
publisher:Rehtakul Veets Music
Universal Music–MGB Songs
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.)
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
is the basis for:Another Chance