Hold On (Wilson Phillips song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Hold On

| cover = Wilson Phillips Hold On single cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Wilson Phillips

| album = Wilson Phillips

| B-side = Over and Over

| released = {{Start date|1990|2|27}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length =

4:27 (album version)
3:42 (single/video version)

| label = SBK

| writer =

| producer = Glen Ballard

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Release Me

| next_year = 1990

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Wilson Philips - Hold On.ogg

| description = "Hold On"

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|uIbXvaE39wM|"Hold On"}}}}

}}

"Hold On" is a song by American vocal group Wilson Phillips, released on February 27, 1990, by SBK Records as the lead single from their debut studio album, Wilson Phillips (1990). The song was written by Carnie Wilson, Chynna Phillips and Glen Ballard, and produced by Ballard. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for a week in June 1990 and was the most successful single of that year in the US. It also became a worldwide hit, peaking within the top three in Australia and Canada and the top 10 in Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The song received platinum sales certifications in Australia and the UK and a gold certification in the US. Julien Temple directed its music video, which was filmed on sites in California.

"Hold On" won the Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year for 1990. At the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards, "Hold On" was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, losing in both categories.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/33rd-annual-grammy-awards|title=1990 Grammy Awards|publisher=Grammy Awards|access-date=June 23, 2023}} In 2017, Billboard ranked the song number 15 in their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".{{cite magazine|title=100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7857816/100-greatest-girl-group-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 11, 2017}} In 2020, Cleveland.com ranked it at number 37 in their list of the best Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song of the 1990s.{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/10/every-no-1-song-of-the-1990s-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|title=Every No. 1 song of the 1990s ranked from worst to best|first=Tony L.|last=Smith|work=Cleveland.com|date=October 21, 2020|access-date=February 5, 2021}} In 2022, Pitchfork ranked number 246 in their list of "The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s".{{cite web|title=The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-songs-of-the-1990s/|website=Pitchfork|date=September 27, 2022|access-date=October 29, 2022}}

Background

Chynna Phillips wrote the song's lyrics while battling substance abuse as well as being in a "really bad" relationship. She explained to Kelly Clarkson in 2020, "I just said if I don't change my course, I'm going to be in a lot of trouble."{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_LNEbRbbMk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/N_LNEbRbbMk |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Wilson Phillips On Growing Up With The Beach Boys And The Mamas And The Papas As Their Parents

|date=February 4, 2020 |publisher=YouTube |author=The Kelly Clarkson Show}}{{cbignore}} Producer Glen Ballard presented the track to the group, noting it needed lyrics. Phillips based the lyrics off of the principles taught in AA, specifically the idea that things had to be taken "one day at a time." The next day, Phillips returned with "Hold On" and sang it for the Wilsons and Ballard, who immediately loved it. "I remember one guy I played it for said, 'That's not going to go anywhere. That's not a very good song. It's really corny,'" Phillips recalls. "I just remember thinking to myself, 'God, I hope he's wrong.'"{{cite magazine |last1=Spannos |first1=Brittany |title='Here Comes Hope!': The Winding 30-Year Journey of Wilson Phillips' 'Hold On' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/wilson-phillips-hold-on-bridesmaids-interview-957375/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 27, 2020 |access-date=July 14, 2020}}

Commercial performance

"Hold On" became Wilson Phillips' first number one single, reaching the top spot of the US Billboard Hot 100 on June 9, 1990, and, despite spending just a single week at number one, was ranked the top song of the year by Billboard. (This was the second and most recent concurrence of this to date, the first of which was "Stranger on the Shore" by "Mr." Acker Bilk in 1962.) The song also spent a week atop the adult contemporary chart that same year. In Europe, "Hold On" peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart; this was in large part due to a performance by the group on the legendary British music series Top of the Pops a week prior to the song's peak position.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} Additionally, it was a top 10 hit also in Belgium, Ireland and Sweden, while peaking within the top 20 in the Netherlands, Switzerland and West Germany.

Despite being number one on the US year-end for 1990, the song did not appear on the 1990s decade-end chart. It does, however, appear on Billboard's 60th anniversary "All-time chart" at number 228, ahead of many songs that do appear on the decade-end chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart – Billboard|magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 25, 2019}}

Critical reception

Alex Henderson from AllMusic felt that the song is not "remotely convincing."{{cite web|first= Alex |last= Henderson |title= Wilson Phillips – Wilson Phillips |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= November 18, 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/wilson-phillips-mw0000203633}} J.D. Considine from The Baltimore Sun complimented it as "a tough-but-tuneful paean to self-reliance" and "irresistibly catchy".Considine, J.D. (1990). "Wilson Phillips – Wilson Phillips". Baltimore Sun – via Milwaukee Journal. (May 20, 1990). Bill Coleman from Billboard described it as an "engaging and melodic pop confection".{{cite magazine|first=Bill|last=Coleman|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-03-03.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=March 3, 1990|access-date=February 15, 2020|page=69}} In 2020, Tony L. Smith from Cleveland.com wrote, "A decade or two ago, Wilson Phillips' inspirational anthem "Hold On" wasn't regarded as anything more than a cheesy (maybe the cheesiest) pop song from the Nineties. But opinions change. For a generation big on nostalgia, it gets no bigger than "Hold On", a song that has good times written all over it."{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/10/every-no-1-song-of-the-1990s-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|title=Every No. 1 song of the 1990s ranked from worst to best|first=Tony L.|last=Smith|work=Cleveland.com|date=October 21, 2020|access-date=March 5, 2021}} The Daily Vault's Christopher Thelen stated in his review of Wilson Phillips, that it's the "defining moment" for the album, "setting the tone for what was to come as well as letting the listener know that all they have to do is sit back and enjoy the ride."{{cite web|first= Christopher |last= Thelen |title= Wilson Phillips – Wilson Phillips |publisher= The Daily Vault |date= December 31, 1998 |access-date= November 22, 2020 |url= http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=643}} A reviewer from Music & Media called the song "melodic, well crafted and extremely catchy", and "everything you would expect from a band madeup of daughters of rock stars."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-06-16.pdf|title=Previews: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=7|issue=24|date=June 16, 1990|page=22|access-date=February 19, 2020}} David Quantick from NME felt the single "is fine and rather thrashes everything else here [on the album]. However, since it was one of the songs here written by the cowboy-booted threesome, it bodes well for the future."{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Quantick|magazine=NME|title=Long Play|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52181019805/|date=August 18, 1990|access-date=February 24, 2023|author-link=David Quantick}}

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by English film, documentary and music video director Julien Temple. It begins with aerial shots of a mountain side in California's San Gabriel Mountains.{{Cite web |last=Hodge |first=Will |date=May 8, 2020 |title=California Girls, California Dreamin': Wilson Phillips Reminisce On 30 Years Of "Hold On" And Their Multi-Platinum Debut Smash |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/california-girls-california-dreamin-wilson-phillips-reminisce-30-years-hold-and-their |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Grammy Awards}} Wilson Phillips sings as they sit on the side of the mountain. Later, they sing as they sit together on the beach by the ocean.{{cite web|title= Wilson Phillips - Hold On (Official Music Video) |publisher= YouTube |date= March 13, 2009 |access-date= July 5, 2022 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbXvaE39wM}}

Regarding the video, Wendy Wilson stated:

{{blockquote|For that video, we spent the whole day in the mountains. We were up so high where you could only get there by helicopter. It was just breathtaking. I actually got a little hypothermia and they had to take me down from the mountain at one point. The director, Julien Temple, is this super creative British guy and it was all his concept. He saw us as these California girls who represented the "girls next door" idea. He wanted to put us out in nature as an embodiment of that. It feels very "California" but I guess that’s just who we are. I think that’s what helped to make it work.''}}

Impact and legacy

In 2017, Billboard magazine ranked "Hold On" number 15 on their "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time" list. In 2020, Cleveland.com ranked it number 37 on their list of the best Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song of the 1990s. In 2022, Pitchfork ranked it number 246 on their list of "The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s". In October 2023, Billboard ranked "Hold On" number 312 on their "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time" ranking.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/wilson-phillips-hold-on/|title=The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine=Billboard|date=October 19, 2023|access-date=October 20, 2023}}

Track listings

US CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Hold On|others=Wilson Phillips|year=1990|type=US CD Single liner notes|publisher=SBK Records|id=DPRO-05334}}

"Hold On" (single fade) 3:40
"Hold On" 4:35

US and Canadian 7-inch vinyl and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Hold On|others=Wilson Phillips|year=1990|type=US 7-inch Single liner notes|publisher=SBK Records|id=B-07322}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hold On|others=Wilson Phillips|year=1990|type=US Cassette Single liner notes|publisher=SBK Records|id=4JM-07322}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hold On|others=Wilson Phillips|year=1990|type=Canada 7-inch Single liner notes|publisher=SBK Records|id=B-07322}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hold On|others=Wilson Phillips|year=1990|type=Canada Cassette Single liner notes|publisher=SBK Records|id=4JM-07322}}

"Hold On" – 3:30
"Over And Over" – 4:40

UK CD

"Hold On" (single version) 3:42
"Hold On" (album version) 4:25
"Over and Over" 4:27

West German maxi-CD

"Hold On"
"Over and Over"
"A Reason to Believe"

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="row"\|Denmark (Hitlisten)Danish Charts Archive. August 18, 1990. \| 3
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1990) !Peak position
{{single chart\|Australia\|2\|artist=Wilson Phillips\|song=Hold On\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Flanders\|9\|artist=Wilson Phillips\|song=Hold On\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 10, 2019}}
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|3\|chartid=1256\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 10, 2019}}
{{single chart\|Canadaadultcontemporary\|1\|chartid=7976\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 10, 2019}}
scope="row"\|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-07-07.pdf\|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=7\|issue=27\|date=July 7, 1990\|page=IV\|access-date=July 1, 2020}} \| 10
scope="row"\|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book\|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=283\|first=Timo\|last=Pennanen\|year=2021\|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021\|section=Wilson Phillips\|page=283\|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava\|location=Helsinki\|access-date=June 9, 2024\|language=Finnish}} \| 9
{{single chart\|Ireland2\|7\|song=Hold On\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 10, 2019}}
scope="row"\|Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite web\|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php\|title=Classifiche\|work=Musica e dischi\|language=it\|access-date=June 8, 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Wilson Phillips". \| 25
{{single chart\|Dutch40\|15\|year=1990\|week=23\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 10, 2019}}
{{single chart\|Dutch100\|16\|artist=Wilson Phillips\|song=Hold On\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 10, 2019}}
{{single chart\|New Zealand\|6\|artist=Wilson Phillips\|song=Hold On\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Sweden\|10\|artist=Wilson Phillips\|song=Hold On\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|Switzerland\|15\|artist=Wilson Phillips\|song=Hold On\|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart\|UK\|6\|date=19900630\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 10, 2019}}
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|1\|artist=Wilson Phillips\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 2, 2019}}
{{single chart\|Billboardadultcontemporary\|1\|artist=Wilson Phillips\|rowheader=true\|access-date=December 2, 2019}}
{{single chart\|West Germany\|15\|artist=Wilson Phillips\|song=Hold On\|songid=2129\|rowheader=true}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1990) !Position
scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA){{cite web\|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1990/singles-chart\|title=1990 ARIA Singles Chart\|publisher=ARIA\|access-date=April 10, 2019}} \| 11
scope="row"\|Belgium (Ultratop){{cite web\|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1990\|title=Jaaroverzichten 1990\|publisher=Ultratop\|language=nl\|access-date=April 10, 2019}} \| 73
scope="row"\|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9139&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9139.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9139\|title=Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990\|magazine=RPM\|via=Library and Archives Canada\|access-date=April 10, 2019}} \| 20
scope="row"\|Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9175&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9175.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9175\|title=Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1990\|magazine=RPM\|via=Library and Archives Canada\|access-date=April 10, 2019}} \| 20
scope="row"\|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-12-22.pdf\|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1990\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=7\|issue=51\|date=December 22, 1990\|page=36\|access-date=July 1, 2020}} \| 82
scope="row"\|Germany (Media Control){{cite web\|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1990\|title=Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1990\|publisher=GfK Entertainment\|language=de\|access-date=April 10, 2019}} \| 54
scope="row"\|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1990-12-31\|title=End of Year Charts 1990\|publisher=Recorded Music NZ\|access-date=July 1, 2020}} \| 33
scope="row"\|Sweden (Topplistan){{cite web\|url=http://www.grammotex.se/topp90singlar.htm\|title=Årstopplistan 1990, Singlar\|publisher=Grammotex\|language=sv\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010216102929/http://www.grammotex.se/topp90singlar.htm\|archive-date=February 16, 2001\|access-date=April 7, 2025}} \| 50
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web\|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1990\|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1990\|access-date=September 15, 2009\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706053853/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1990\|archive-date=July 6, 2009}} \| 1
scope="row"\|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine\|title=The Year in Music 1990: Top Adult Contemporary Tracks\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=102\|issue=51\|page=YE-36\|date=December 22, 1990}} \| 12

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1990)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1990/singles-chart|title=1990 ARIA Singles Chart|publisher=ARIA|access-date=April 10, 2019}}

| 11

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1990|title=Jaaroverzichten 1990|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=April 10, 2019}}

| 73

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9139&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9139.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9139|title=Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=April 10, 2019}}

| 20

scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9175&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9175.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9175|title=Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1990|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=April 10, 2019}}

| 20

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-12-22.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1990|magazine=Music & Media|volume=7|issue=51|date=December 22, 1990|page=36|access-date=July 1, 2020}}

| 82

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1990|title=Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1990|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=April 10, 2019}}

| 54

scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1990-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1990|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=July 1, 2020}}

| 33

scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan){{cite web|url=http://www.grammotex.se/topp90singlar.htm|title=Årstopplistan 1990, Singlar|publisher=Grammotex|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010216102929/http://www.grammotex.se/topp90singlar.htm|archive-date=February 16, 2001|access-date=April 7, 2025}}

| 50

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1990|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1990|access-date=September 15, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706053853/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1990|archive-date=July 6, 2009}}

| 1

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music 1990: Top Adult Contemporary Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=102|issue=51|page=YE-36|date=December 22, 1990}}

| 12

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|access-date=August 8, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Wilson Phillips|title=Hold On|award=Platinum|relyear=2006|certyear=2022|id=13597-2257-1|access-date=April 19, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Wilson Phillips|title=Hold On|award=Gold|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|access-date=April 10, 2019}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"\|Region !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Format(s) !scope="col"\|Label(s) !scope="col"\|{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row"\|United States \|February 27, 1990 \|{{hlist\|7-inch vinyl\|cassette}} \|rowspan="3"\|SBK \|{{citation needed\|date=March 2025}}
scope="row"\|United Kingdom \|May 7, 1990 \|{{hlist\|7-inch vinyl\|12-inch vinyl\|CD\|cassette}} \|{{cite magazine\|title=New Singles\|magazine=Music Week\|page=35\|date=May 5, 1990}}
scope="row"\|Japan \|May 30, 1990 \|Mini-CD \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/25994/products/270418/1/\|title=ウィルソン・フィリップス {{!}} ホールド・オン\|trans-title=Wilson Phillips {{!}} Hold On\|publisher=Oricon\|language=ja\|access-date=March 25, 2025}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|United States

|February 27, 1990

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|cassette}}

|rowspan="3"|SBK

|{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|May 7, 1990

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=35|date=May 5, 1990}}

scope="row"|Japan

|May 30, 1990

|Mini-CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/25994/products/270418/1/|title=ウィルソン・フィリップス {{!}} ホールド・オン|trans-title=Wilson Phillips {{!}} Hold On|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=March 25, 2025}}

In popular culture

Harold & Kumar sing the song as a duet while they are driving in the film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/QHwvM8Lw4v0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110823024626/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHwvM8Lw4v0&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHwvM8Lw4v0| title = Harold and Kumar Sing Wilson Phillips' Hold On | website=YouTube| date = November 7, 2009 }}{{cbignore}} The song was featured in the finale of the 2011 film Bridesmaids, performed by the band members as themselves, bringing renewed recognition to Wilson Phillips.{{cite web|author=THR staff|date=May 27, 2011|title=How Bridesmaids Landed '90s Girl Group Wilson Phillips|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-bridesmaids-landed-90s-girl-192848}}{{cite magazine|last=Harding|first=Cortney|date=May 22, 2011|title=Wilson Phillips Gets New Boost from Bridesmaids Movie|magazine=Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471190/wilson-phillips-gets-new-boost-from-bridesmaids-movie|access-date=July 9, 2017}}