Hold Tight

"Hold Tight" is a song recorded and produced by American singer Madonna from her thirteenth studio album, Rebel Heart (2015). She co-wrote the track with Diplo, MoZella, Toby Gad, Ariel Rechtshaid, and MNEK. A demo of "Hold Tight" was leaked onto the internet on December 22, 2014, while its final version was released by Madonna on February 9, 2015 on the iTunes Store. The song was later sent to Italian radio on July 24, 2015, as the third single from Rebel Heart in that country. "Hold Tight" is a midtempo pop song, incorporating military drums, atmospheric keyboards, and flourishes of electronics in its instrumentation. Lyrically, the song talks about love triumphing through tough times, with a message of holding onto one another and being strong. The song received mixed reviews from music critics: some praised its chorus and picked it as a standout track, while others named it dull and generic. The song charted in several European territories, reaching the top 40 in Finland, Hungary, and Spain. Background and release Initially, Madonna was set to release her thirteenth studio album, Rebel Heart, in March 2015, with its lead single set to premiere on Valentine's day of the same year. However, fifteen demos of her songs were leaked to the Internet between November and December 2014, which led the singer to release six completed tracks on iTunes as pre-order for the album on December 20, 2014. Three days later, fourteen other tracks leaked online, including the demo version of "Hold Tight". On February 9, 2015, Madonna released three more tracks from the album, including the finished version of "Hold Tight", "Iconic" and "Joan of Arc", as well as the album's track list. After its full release, some websites suggested that Ryan Tedder was the song's producer, since he had confirmed that he was working on material for Rebel Heart, claiming that the songs were "[Madonna's] best stuff in over a decade" and that "[t]he tracks [he did] with her are really hard to explain". However, Tedder's productions were not used in the album's final track list, although rumors claimed him to be the producer of "Hold Tight". Later, Diplo was rumored to be its producer, but eventually it was confirmed on Madonna's official website that she produced the track herself. "Hold Tight" was selected as the third single from Rebel Heart in Italy, and was added to the country's radio stations on July 24, 2015.