IF WE HOLD ON TOGETHER
DIANA ROSS
SONGWRITERS: JAMES HORNER & WILL JENNINGS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: THE LAND BEFORE TIME
LABEL: MCA RECORDS
GENRE: R & B
YEAR: 1988
"If We Hold on Together" is the theme song to the
1988 film The Land
Before Time, and is performed by Diana Ross. Played
during the film's ending credits, it was released on the film's soundtrack as
well as the Ross álbum The Force Behind the Power.
The song was written by James Horner and Will Jennings.
Released as a single it reached the top 30 on the US adult contemporary chart,
as well as giving Ross her biggest hit ever in Japan (Nº. 1) and later reaching
Nªº. 11 in the UK.
"If We Hold on Together" was
covered by Anndi McAfee and Aria Curzon, the
voices of Cera and Ducky in The Land
Before Time series since the fifth film, for The
Land Before Time: Sing-Along Songs in 1997.
Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an
American singer, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ross
rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who
during the 1960s became Motown's most
successful act, and are the best-charting female group in US history, as well
as one of the world's best-selling
girl groups of all time. The group released a
record-setting twelve number-one hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100:
"Where Did Our
Love Go", "Baby Love",
"Come See About Me",
"Stop! In the Name
of Love", "Back in My Arms Again", "I Hear a
Symphony", "You Can't Hurry Love", "You Keep Me Hangin' On", "Love is Here and Now You're Gone",
"The Happening", "Love Child",
and "Someday We'll Be Together".
Following her departure from the Supremes in
1970, Ross released her eponymous
debut solo album that same year, featuring
the No. 1 Pop hit "Ain't No
Mountain High Enough". She later released the álbum
Touch Me in
the Morning in 1973; its title track was her second solo No. 1 hit. She continued a successful solo
career through the 1970s, which included hit albums like Mahogany and Diana Ross and their No. 1 hit singles, "Theme from Mahogany"
and "Love Hangover",
respectively. Her 1980 album Diana produced another Nº. 1 single, "Upside Down",
as well as the international hit "I'm Coming Out".
Her final single with Motown during her initial run with the company achieved
her sixth and final US number-one Pop hit, the duet "Endless Love"
featuring Lionel Richie, whose
solo career was launched with its success.
Ross has also ventured into acting, with a Golden Globe Award-winning
and Academy Award-nominated
performance in the film Lady Sings
the Blues (1972); she recorded its soundtrack,
which became a number one hit. She also starred in two other feature films, Mahogany (1975)
and The Wiz (1978), later
acting in the television films Out of Darkness (1994), for which she also was nominated for a Golden Globe Award,
and Double
Platinum (1999).
She
is the only female artist to have number one singles as a solo artist; as the
other half of a duet (Lionel Richie); as a member of a trio; and as an ensemble
member (We are the World-USA for Africa). In 1976,
Ross was named the "Female Entertainer of the Century" by Billboard magazine. Guinness Book
of World Records recognized her success in
the United States and United Kingdom for having more hits than any female
artist in the charts, with a career total of 70 hit singles with her work with
the Supremes and as a solo artist. She had a top 10 UK hit in every one of the last five
decades, and sang lead on a top 75 hit single at least once every year from
1964 to 1996 in the UK, a period of 33 consecutive years and a record for any
performer.
In 1988, Ross was inducted to the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Supremes, alongside Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard. She was the recipient of the
Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012,
and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. Ross is also one of the few
recording artists to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—one as a solo
artist and the other as a member of the Supremes. In Billboard
magazine's Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists chart, she ranked 16th as the
lead singer of the Supremes and 26th as a solo artist. Diana Ross ranks among
the Top 5 artists on the Billboard Hot 100 from 1955 to date when combining her
solo and Supremes' hits.
Don't lose your way
With each passing day
You've come so far
Don't throw it away
Keep believing
Dreams are for living
Wonders are waiting to start
Live your story
Faith hope and glory
Hold to the truth
In your heart
If we hold on
together
I know our dreams
Will never die
Dreams see us through
To forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I
Souls in the wind
Must learn how to bend
Seek out a star
Hold on to the end
Valleys, mountains
There is a fountain
Washes our tears
All away
Worlds are swaying
Someone is praying
Please let us come
Home to stay
If we hold on
together
I know our dreams
Will never die
Dreams see us through
To forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I
When we are out there
In the dark
We'll dream about the sun
In the dark
We'll feel the light
Warm our hearts
Everyone
If we hold on
together
I know our dreams
Will never die
Dreams see us through
To forever
As high
As souls can fly
The clouds roll by
For you and I.
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