Hold on to What?

Hold on to What?

Infobox Song
Name = Hold on to What?


Type = Song
Artist = The Beautiful South
alt Artist =
Album = Miaow
Published =
Released = March, 1994
track_no = 1
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 6:28
Writer =
Composer = Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray
Label = GO! Discs
Producer = Jon Kelly, The Beautiful South
Background = #D8BFD8
Tracks =
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prev_no =
next = "Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud)"
next_no = 2

Hold on to What? is a song by English pop group The Beautiful South, the opening track of their fourth album "Miaow". It was written at a time of alcoholism in lead singer Paul Heaton's life, and is one of their darkest and most sarcastic protest songs.

The song is a look at the phrase "hold on" from the perspective of a working class person, who has nothing to hold on too. The song changes tempo and becomes fast paced and angry towards the end, with the verse "To achieve the American dream, you need a Trampoline, to achieve the counter-affect, get that whisky down your neck" and the proclamation "Chamberlain had his paper, Jesus had his cross, they held on, we held on to what?"

The song made a live comeback on the band's 2006 DVD 'Live at Dalby Forest'.


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