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En Vogue

Hold On

1990 · via JAŸ-Z

En Vogue’s 1990 recording of “Hold On” is the earliest release on file. Terry Ellis, Denzil Foster, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Thomas McElroy and Dawn Robinson are credited as its writers. JAŸ-Z’s “Blue Magic” (2007) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

En Vogue – Hold On
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The credits on "Blue Magic" quietly hand six seats to the writers of "Hold On," a 1990 record that got there first. Play the two back to back and listen for where one ends up living inside the other.

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Credited writers: Terry Ellis, Denzil Foster, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Thomas McElroy and Dawn Robinson.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1990.

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JAŸ-Z’s “Blue Magic” (2007) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

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JAŸ-Z's "Blue Magic" carries the writing credit of an earlier song, "Hold On." Who first recorded "Hold On"?En Vogue
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