DEF: Simply Red “Holding Back the Years”

Of Manchester, England-based band Simply Red‘s seven appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, the band reached its greatest success with a pair of number one singles. Exactly 30 years ago, the first of Simply Red’s two number one hits, “Holding Back the Years,” climbed to the top of the chart for a one-week run. Today, “Holding Back the Years” by Simply Red is the Daily Eighties Flashback.