The Story Behind Simply Red’s "Holding Back the Years": Mick Hucknall’s Haunting Debut
Mick Hucknall of Simply Red was abandoned by his mother when he was only 2 years old... Later in high school his art teacher said something that inspired him to attempt writing songs. His first try was a song about Ice Cream but The second song was so far ahead his 17 years it was shocking. Holding Back the Years was and is a deeply methodical song about loss, regret and abandonment. He worked hard to get it heard but it failed to chart. until one to the 80s biggest singers’s praised the song on one of the biggest radio stations in America From there is started to get airplay and. It…
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