Daite HOLD ON ME!

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Released September 8, 1998

Genre J-Pop

Format CD Single

Recorded 1999

Label Zetima

Producer Tsunku

Morning Musume Singles Chronology

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(1999)]] '''Daite HOLD ON ME! '(抱いてHOLD ON ME!; Hold Me Hold on Me!'') is the third single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on September 9, 1998 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 820,000 copies. In 2004 it was re-released as part of the Early Single Box and again in 2005 as a 12 cm CD. Lead vocals of this single were Abe Natsumi and Fukuda Asuka. It was Morning Musume's first single to reach the #1 position on the Oricon music charts

Tracklist
thumb|right|220px|Daite HOLD ON ME! (MV)

8cm Tracklist

 * 1) Daite HOLD ON ME!
 * 2) Tatoeba (例えば; If)
 * 3) Daite HOLD ON ME! (Instrumental)

12cm Tracklist

 * 1) Daite HOLD ON ME!
 * 2) Tatoeba
 * 3) Daite HOLD ON ME! (Instrumental)
 * 4) Daite HOLD ON ME! (Morning Cop Version)

Featured Members

 * 1st Gen: Abe Natsumi, Iida Kaori, Nakazawa Yuko, Fukuda Asuka, Ishiguro Aya
 * 2nd Gen: Yaguchi Mari, Yasuda Kei, Ichii Sayaka

Song Information

 * 1) Daite HOLD ON ME!
 * 2) *Lyrics, Music, & Chorus: Tsunku
 * 3) *Arrangement, Keyboards, and Programming: Maejima Yasuaki
 * 4) *Guitars: Gemi Taylor
 * 5) Tatoeba
 * 6) *Lyrics & Music: Tsunku
 * 7) *Arrangement: Sudo Go & LH Project

TV Performances

 * 1998-09-20 ASAYAN
 * 1998-10-16 Music Station
 * 1998-10-23 Idol Superstage
 * 1998-11-03 Utaban
 * 1998-12-31 49th Kouhaku
 * 2000-08-13 Hello! Morning Episode 019 (Last Phrase Karaoke Battle)
 * 2000-08-27 Hello! Morning Episode 021 (Hello! Project 2000 Summer Concert)

Concert Performances

 * Hello! First Live at Shibuya Kohkaido
 * Hello! Project Happy New Year '99
 * Morning Musume Memory ~Seishun no Hikari~ 1999.4.18
 * Hello! Project '99
 * Hello! Project Happy New Year 2000
 * Morning Musume First Live at Budokan ~Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru~
 * Morning Musume Live Revolution 21 Haru ~Osaka Jou Hall Saishuu Bi~
 * Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 "15nin de Non Stop!" (by Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, and Yoshizawa Hitomi)
 * Morning Musume Sakura Gumi Hatsukouen ~Sakura Saku~ (by Morning Musume Sakura Gumi)
 * Abe Natsumi First Concert Tour 2004 ~Anata Iro~ (by Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, and Yasuda Kei, as part of a medley)
 * Morning Musume Concert Tour "The BEST of Japan Natsu ~ Aki '04" (by Yaguchi, Takahashi, Ogawa, Niigaki, Kamei, Michishige, Tanaka, as part of a medley)
 * Hello Pro Party! 2005 ~Matsuura Aya Captain Kouen~ (by Matsuura Aya, Tsuji Nozomi, Saito Hitomi, and Murata Megumi)
 * Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai Concert Tour 2007 Natsu ~Thank You My Dearest~

Oricon Chart Positions
Total Reported Sales: 497,120*
 * Single

Disambiguation
The other version of "Daite HOLD ON ME!" is: Daite HOLD ON ME! ~Sexy Long Version~ Found on the Morning Cop ~Daite Hold on Me!~ soundtrack Morning Cop ~Daite HOLD ON ME!~ as track #6. This is a remixed version of the original.

Trivia

 * 1st Generation member Iida Kaori gives a comment about the single on Youtube.
 * This is the third single where Nakazawa Yuko was leader of Morning Musume.
 * Kikkawa Yuu covered this song on her cover album Vocalist?.