"Daite Hold on Me!" (抱いてHOLD ON ME!, Hold me Hold on Me!) is the third single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on September 9, 1998 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 410,850 copies. In 2004 it was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD. Lead vocals of this single were Natsumi Abe and Asuka Fukuda. It was Morning Musume's first single to reach the #1 position on the Oricon music charts.
| "Daite Hold on Me!" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single by Morning Musume | ||||
| from the album Second Morning | ||||
| Released | September 9, 1998 (JP) | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Length | 12:55 (8 cm CD) | |||
| Label | Zetima | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tsunku | |||
| Producer(s) | Tsunku | |||
| Morning Musume singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Music video | ||||
| Daite Hold on Me! on YouTube | ||||
Track listing
All songs written by Tsunku.
8 cm CD
- Daite Hold on Me! (抱いてHOLD ON ME!) – 4:26
- Tatoeba (例えば, For Example) – 4:07
- Daite Hold on Me! (Instrumental) – 4:22
12 cm CD (Early Single Box and individual release)
- Daite Hold on Me! (抱いてHold on Me!)
- Tatoeba (例えば, For Example)
- Daite Hold on Me! (Instrumental)
- Daite Hold on Me! (Morning Keiji Version) (Daite Hold on Me! (｢モーニング刑事｣ Version))
Members at time of single
- 1st generation: Yuko Nakazawa, Aya Ishiguro, Kaori Iida, Natsumi Abe, Asuka Fukuda
- 2nd generation: Kei Yasuda, Mari Yaguchi, Sayaka Ichii
Cover versions
- You Kikkawa covered the song on her 2012 cover album Vocalist?.
External links
- Daite Hold on Me! entry on the Up-Front Works website