Big Country Chronicles: 'Hold the Heart'

This brings us to the 12th and last single in the Big Country Chronicles series. We have covered them all from 1982 through this one at the end of 1986. Unfortunately, this one isn't exactly going out with a bang.

For the first time since Big Country's first single,'Harvest Home', the band didn't break the Top 40 in the UK (peaked at No. 55). Obviously, it did nothing here in America. In fact, Big Country had not even charted a Top 100 single here since "Wonderland" in 1984 (No. 84). To be honest, I didn't even know until recently that "Hold the Heart" was ever a single. It is the only single in this five-year-period that I don't own. As far as I can tell, there was a 12" single, but it was the album version. That makes sense since the song already clocks in at more than six minutes. It would be 1988 before we would hear from the band again, but I never bought any Big Country album after the 'The Seer' in 1986.

So, the singles, B-sides and extended versions from 1982 to 1986 are complete, but that isn't quite the end of Big Country Chronicles. I have a few more nuggets from this time period that are well worth covering. Stay tuned.

Big Country - Hold the Heart (Album Version) (mp3)

See Also:
Big Country Chronicles: 'One Great Thing'
Big Country Chronicles: 'The Teacher'
Big Country Chronicles: 'Look Away'
Big Country Chronicles: 'Just a Shadow'
Big Country Chronicles: 'Where the Rose Is Sown'
Big Country Chronicles: 'East of Eden'
Big Country Chronicles: 'Wonderland'
Big Country Chronicles: 'Chance'
Big Country Chronicles: 'In A Big Country'
Big Country Chronicles: 'Fields of Fire'
Big Country Chronicles: 'Harvest Home'