Belgian blues band Blue Blot covered the song on their album Where Do We Go. In 1981, Bosnian-born Serbian singer Zdravko Čolić released a cover version of this song in the Serbian language, with lyrics "Oktobar je, počinje sezona kiša" ("This is October, the rain season begins"). It's based on this song's chorus melody (there's a wordplay in the title "Hold the line / Toad-O Line"). In 1979, Frank Zappa's Joe's garage has an instrumental called "Toad-O Line". In 1979, Millie Jackson included a version of the song on her Live & Uncensored album, recorded live at the Roxy in Los Angeles. ( October 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve this section if you can. The specific problem is: covers may not meet WP:SONGCOVER. This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Steve Lukather – electric guitars, backing vocals.Bobby Kimball – lead and backing vocals.Bobby Kimball has performed the song on all of his solo tours since 2009.
Steve Lukather played the song live with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band during tours from 2012 to the present. "Hold the Line" has been a live staple at Toto shows. And my room was totally black and I was looking for the telephone and I called Paich and I heard him scream, he was living over there with his girlfriend and he was screaming around and falling over trying to get to the radio."Ĭash Box said it has a "simple emphatic piano part, heavy surging guitars, pleasant turns, fine singing and strong chorus." Billboard said that "Kimball's exciting vocals and the scorching instrumentals highlight this tune that also boasts a scorching mix and a solid hook." Ĭlassic Rock History critic Brian Kachejian rated it as Toto's 2nd greatest song, saying that "The song’s mesmerizing opening lick became of the most eagerly learned piano runs that all pianist had to learn instantly." Live performances "I was asleep, I had my alarm clock set for noon because we were gonna do something in the studio, some promo and when the alarm came on there was the radio and "Hold The Line" was playing. It was just a thrill." ( Steve Lukather, Guitar Player magazine, April 1984)īobby Kimball had a similar experience when he heard Toto for the very first time on the radio: My mom called me up and said, "Turn on KLOS." It was the song "Hold the Line," and I started running around the house in my underwear, screaming, "I'm on the radio!" My wife was cracking up. "I flipped the first time I heard myself on the radio. Several of the band members recall hearing "Hold the Line" for the first time on the radio: The song is in the key of F# minor and features a guitar solo after the second chorus which is played by guitarist Steve Lukather featuring several techniques like bendings, alternate picking, vibrato and harmonies. It was taking the Sly groove and meshing it with a harder rock caveman approach." When we did the tune, I said, "Gee, this is going to be a heavy four-on-the-floor rocker, but we want a Sly groove." The triplet groove of the tune was David's writing. That 8th note on the second beat is an 8th-note triplet feel, pushed. "That was me trying to play like Sly Stone's original drummer, Greg Errico, who played drums on "Hot Fun In The Summertime." The hi-hat is doing triplets, the snare drum is playing 2 and 4 backbeats, and the bass drum is on 1 and the & of 2. Jeff Porcaro on "Hold the Line", in a 1988 interview with Modern Drummer: The verses were subsequently finished two hours later. After toying with the piano riff one night, he started singing "Hold the line, love isn't always on time", and found the lyric to be a suitable fit. He began with the piano riff, which would become the song's intro and chorus. Keyboardist David Paich noted that the song was relatively easy to develop. ( August 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
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