Hangin' On (The Gosdin Brothers song)

"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On"
"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On"
	Cover of the single released in Germany
Single by Cliff Richard
B-side	"Love Is Here"
Released	26 April 1974
Recorded	11 & 13 February 1974
Studio	EMI Studios, London
Genre	Baroque pop; country;
Length	2:59
Label	EMI
Songwriters	Buddy Mize; Ira Allen;
Producer	David Mackay
Cliff Richard singles chronology

"Hangin' On"
"Hangin' On"
Single by The Gosdin Brothers
B-side	"Multiple Heartaches"
Released	August 1967
Recorded	July 1967
Studio	Gary Paxton Studios, Bakersfield, California
Genre	Country rock; Bakersfield sound;
Length	2:46
Label	Bakersfield International
Songwriters	Buddy Mize; Ira Allen;
Producer	Gary S. Paxton
The Gosdin Brothers singles chronology

"Hangin' On" is a song by the Gosdin Brothers, released in August 1967.^[1] It has been recorded by numerous artists, including Joe Simon, Ann Peebles, Cher, Cliff Richard and Ann-Margret & Lee Hazlewood.

Charting versions

The Gosdin Brothers

Chart (1967–68)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	68
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	37

Leon Ashley & Margie Singleton

Chart (1967)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	54

Joe Simon

Chart (1968)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[5]	48
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	25
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[7]	11

Ann Peebles

Chart (1974)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[8]	54
US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 (Billboard)^[9]	102
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[10]	37

Vern Gosdin (with Emmylou Harris)

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[11]	15
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[12]	16

Lane Brody

Chart (1984)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[13]	59

Cliff Richard version

Richard covered "Hangin' On" in 1974, using the title "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On", as used by Joe Simon and Ann Peebles. It was released as a single in April 1974 with the B-side "Love Is Here", written by Petrina Lordan (who was married to Jerry Lordan) and John Franklin.^[15]

Track listing

7": EMI / EMI 2150

"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" – 2:59
"Love Is Here" – 2:02

Personnel

Cliff Richard – vocals
Terry Britten – guitar, backing vocals
Kevin Peek – acoustic guitar
Alan Tarney – bass guitar, backing vocals
Trevor Spencer – drums, percussion
Cliff Hall – keyboards
Dave MacRae – keyboards
Gordon Huntley – steel guitar
Barrie Guard – percussion
Anna Peacock – backing vocals
Jean Hawker – backing vocals
David Mackay – backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)^[16]	15
Netherlands (Single Tip)^[17]	18
New Zealand (Listener)^[18]	13
UK Singles (OCC)^[19]	13

References

^ "The Gosdin Bros. - Hangin' On". 45cat. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
^ "The Gosdin Bros Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1998). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles 1944–1997. Record Research. p. 34. ISBN 9780898201291.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Image 5858". RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
^ "Joe Simon Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "The Gosdin Bros Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Top 50 Singles". Music Week. 26 October 1974.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 1959–1981. Record Research. p. 128. ISBN 9780898200478.
^ "Ann Peebles Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Image 5165". RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
^ "Vern Gosdin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Lane Brody Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details". www.cliffrichardsongs.com.
^ "Cliff Richard - (You Keep Me) Hangin' On". 45cat. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – (You Keep Me) Hangin' On". Irish Singles Chart.
^ "Cliff Richard – (You Keep Me) Hangin' On". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
^ Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966–2006. Maurienne House. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8.
^ "Cliff Richard Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.

[1] "The Gosdin Bros. - Hangin' On". 45cat. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[2] Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_The_Gosdin_Bros-3] "The Gosdin Bros Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (1998). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles 1944–1997. Record Research. p. 34. ISBN 9780898201291.

[sc_Canadatopsingles_-5] "Top RPM Singles: Image 5858". RPM. Library and Archives Canada.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Joe_Simon-6] "Joe Simon Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_The_Gosdin_Bros-7] "The Gosdin Bros Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.

[8] "Top 50 Singles". Music Week. 26 October 1974.

[9] Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 1959–1981. Record Research. p. 128. ISBN 9780898200478.

[sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Ann_Peebles-10] "Ann Peebles Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Canadacountry_-11] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Image 5165". RPM. Library and Archives Canada.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Vern_Gosdin-12] "Vern Gosdin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Lane_Brody-13] "Lane Brody Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[:1-14] "Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details". www.cliffrichardsongs.com.

[15] "Cliff Richard - (You Keep Me) Hangin' On". 45cat. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[sc_Ireland2_-16] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – (You Keep Me) Hangin' On". Irish Singles Chart.

[17] "Cliff Richard – (You Keep Me) Hangin' On". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

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Ann Peebles
Albums	Straight from the Heart (1971) I Can't Stand the Rain (1974) Full Time Love (1992) Fill This World with Love (1996)
Singles	"Part Time Love" (1970) "I Pity the Fool" (1971) "Breaking Up Somebody's Home" (1972) "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (1973) "I Can't Stand the Rain" (1973) "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" (1974)
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Vern Gosdin
Studio albums	Chiseled in Stone Alone 10 Years of Greatest Hits – Newly Recorded
Notable singles	"Hangin' On" "Till the End" "Never My Love" "Dream of Me" "Today My World Slipped Away" "Way Down Deep" "I Wonder Where We'd Be Tonight" "I Can Tell by the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)" "What Would Your Memories Do" "Slow Burning Memory" "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)" "Do You Believe Me Now" "Set 'Em Up Joe" "Chiseled in Stone" "Who You Gonna Blame It On This Time" "I'm Still Crazy" "That Just About Does It" "Right in the Wrong Direction" "This Ain't My First Rodeo" "Is It Raining at Your House"
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Joe Simon
Studio albums	The Chokin' Kind The Sounds of Simon Drowning in the Sea of Love The Power of Joe Simon Get Down
Singles	"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" "The Chokin' Kind" "San Francisco Is a Lonely Town" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Drowning in the Sea of Love" "Power of Love" "Misty Blue" "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" "Funny How Time Slips Away"

Cliff Richard
Albums	Cliff (1959, live) Cliff Sings (1959) Me and My Shadows (1960) Listen to Cliff! (1961) 21 Today (1961) 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds (1962) The Young Ones (1962, soundtrack) Summer Holiday (1963, soundtrack) When in Spain (1963) Wonderful Life (1964, soundtrack) Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1964, cast album) Cliff Richard (1965) When in Rome (1965) Love Is Forever (1965) Kinda Latin (1966) Finders Keepers (1966, soundtrack) Cinderella (1967, cast album) Don't Stop Me Now! (1967) Two a Penny (1968, soundtrack) Sincerely (1969) Tracks 'n Grooves (1970) Take Me High (1974, soundtrack) I'm Nearly Famous (1976) Every Face Tells a Story (1977) Small Corners (1978, gospel) Green Light (1978) Thank You Very Much (1979, live) Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile (1979) I'm No Hero (1980) Wired for Sound (1981) Now You See Me, Now You Don't (1982, gospel) Dressed for the Occasion (1983, live) Silver (1983) The Rock Connection (1984) Always Guaranteed (1987) Stronger (1989) From a Distance: The Event (1990, live) Together with Cliff Richard (1991) The Album (1993) Songs from Heathcliff (1995, stage show album) Real as I Wanna Be (1998) Wanted (2001) Cliff at Christmas (2003) Something's Goin' On (2004) Two's Company (2006) Love... The Album (2007) Reunited – Cliff Richard and The Shadows (2009) Bold as Brass (2010) Soulicious (2011) The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook (2013) Just... Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll (2016) Rise Up (2018) Music... The Air That I Breathe (2020) Christmas with Cliff (2022) Cliff with Strings – My Kinda Life (2023)
EPs	Serious Charge (1959) Expresso Bongo (1960) Cliff's Silver Discs (1960) Dream (1961) Hits from the Young Ones (1962) Holiday Carnival (1963)
Compilations	Cliff's Hit Album (1963) 40 Golden Greats (1977) Love Songs (1981) Walking in the Light (1984, Gospel) Private Collection: 1979–1988 (1988) The Hit List (1994) At the Movies 1959–1974 (1996) The Whole Story: His Greatest Hits (2000) The Platinum Collection (2005) And They Said It Wouldn't Last: My 50 Years in Music (2008) The 50th Anniversary Album (2008) 75 at 75 (2015) Stronger Thru the Years (2017)
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Cliff Richard singles
1950s	"Move It" (1958) "High Class Baby" (1958) "Livin' Lovin' Doll" (1959) "Mean Streak" (1959) "Living Doll" (1959) "Travellin' Light" / "Dynamite" (1959)
1960s	"A Voice in the Wilderness" (1960) "Fall in Love with You" (1960) "Please Don't Tease" (1960) "Nine Times Out of Ten" (1960) "I Love You" (1960) "Theme for a Dream" (1961) "Gee Whizz It's You" (1961) "A Girl Like You" (1961) "What'd I Say" (1961) "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" (1961) "Forty Days" (1961) "Outsider" (1962) "The Young Ones" / "We Say Yeah" (1962) "Catch Me" (1962) "I'm Looking out the Window" / "Do You Want to Dance?" (1962) "Lessons in Love" (1962) "It'll Be Me" (1962) "Wonderful to Be Young" (1962) "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" (1962) "Summer Holiday" (1963) "Lucky Lips" (1963) "It's All in the Game" (1963) "Don't Talk to Him" (1963) "Maria No Mas" (1963) "I'm the Lonely One" (1964) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1964) "Constantly (L'Edera)" (1964) "On the Beach" (1964) "The Twelfth of Never" (1964) "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" (1964) "The Minute You're Gone" (1965) "Angel" (1965) "On My Word" (1965) "The Time in Between" (1965) "Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)" (1965) "Blue Turns to Grey" (1966) "Visions" (1966) "Time Drags By" (1966) "In the Country" (1966) "It's All Over" (1967) "I'll Come Runnin'" (1967) "The Day I Met Marie" (1967)" "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "I'll Love You Forever Today" (1968) "Wonderful World" (1968) "Marianne" (1968) "Don't Forget to Catch Me" (1968) "Good Times (Better Times)" (1969) "Big Ship" (1969) "Early in the Morning" (1969) "Throw Down a Line" (1969) "With the Eyes of a Child" (1969)
1970s	"The Joy of Living" (1970) "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" (1970) "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" (1970) "Sunny Honey Girl" (1971) "Silvery Rain" (1971) "Flying Machine" (1971) "Sing a Song of Freedom" (1971) "Jesus" (1972) "Living in Harmony" (1972) "Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "Help It Along" (1973) "Take Me High" (1973) "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" (1974) "Honky Tonk Angel" (1975) "Miss You Nights" (1976) "Devil Woman" (1976) "I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" (1976) "Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (1976) "My Kinda Life" (1977) "When Two Worlds Drift Apart" (1977) "Green Light" (1979) "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979)
1980s	"Carrie" (1980) "Dreamin'" (1980) "Suddenly" (1980) "A Little in Love" (1980) "Give a Little Bit More" (1981) "Wired for Sound" (1981) "Daddy's Home" (live) (1981) "The Only Way Out" (1982) "Little Town" (1982) "She Means Nothing to Me" (1983) "True Love Ways" (live) (1983) "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" (1983) "Please Don't Fall in Love" (1983) "Baby You're Dynamite" / "Ocean Deep" (1984) "Donna" (1984 US) "Two to the Power of Love" (1984) "Living Doll" (1986) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (1986) "My Pretty One" (1987) "Some People" (1987) "Remember Me" (1987) "Two Hearts" (1988) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "The Best of Me" (1989) "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (1989) "Lean on You" (1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989)
1990s	"Stronger Than That" (1990) "Silhouettes" (live) (1990) "From a Distance" (live) (1990) "Saviour's Day" (1990) "More to Life" (1991) "Scarlet Ribbons" (1991) "We Should Be Together" (1991) "This New Year" (1991) "I Still Believe in You" (1992) "Peace in Our Time" (1993) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) / "Miss You Nights" (1994) "Can't Keep this Feeling In" (1998) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999)
2000s	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "21st Century Christmas" / "Move It" (2006) "When I Need You" (2007) "Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) "Singing the Blues" (2009)
2010s	"Rip It Up" (2013) "Since I Lost My Baby" (2014) "Roll Over Beethoven" (2016) "Blue Suede Shoes" (2017)