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"Hang on Now"
Cover of the single released in France
Single by Kajagoogoo
from the album White Feathers
B-side"Hang on Now (Instrumental)" (7")
"Introduction", "Hang on Now" (12")
Released27 May 1983 (1983-05-27)[1]
Genre
Length3:25 (7")
6:19 (12")
3:26 (album version)
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Kajagoogoo
Producer(s)
Kajagoogoo singles chronology
"Ooh to Be Ah"
(1983) 		"Hang on Now"
(1983) 		"Big Apple"
(1983)
Music video
"Hang on Now" on YouTube
Audio
"Hang on Now" on YouTube

"Hang on Now" is a song by Kajagoogoo from their 1983 debut album, White Feathers.

The song peaked at No. 13 in the UK[2] and reached No. 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.[3] This was the band's last single to be released with Limahl on vocals, as he began a solo career the following year.[4] The single was performed on the July 12, 1983 episode of the German TV show Bananas.[5] The music video received light rotation on MTV in 1983.[6]

Track listing

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7" EMI 5394 (UK)

  1. "Hang on Now" – 3:22
  2. "Hang on Now" (Instrumental) – 3:24

12" 12EMI 5394 (UK)

  1. "Hang on Now" (Extended Version) – 6:18
  2. "Introduction" – 5:10
  3. "Hang on Now" – 3:23

7" 1077617 (France)

  1. "Hang on Now" (US Mix) – 3:40
  2. "Hang on Now" (Instrumental) – 3:24

7" B-8171 (US & Canada)

  1. "Hang on Now" – 3:25
  2. "Kajagoogoo" (Instrumental) – 3:10
  • "Hang on Now" is a remixed version for the US and Canada

Charts

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Chart (1983) Peak

position

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 14
Germany (GfK)[8] 41
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 10
Japan (Oricon)[10] 58
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 13
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 78

References

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  1. ^ "Kajagoogoo singles".
  2. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Kajagoogoo Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Kajagoogoo | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "Bananas 19 - Folge 19". fernsehserien.de. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "Billboard Magazine (August 20, 1983) (p. 28)" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  7. ^ Timo (13 August 2015). "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit K - KAR". Sisältää hitin. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  8. ^ "Kajagoogoo – Hang on Now" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hang on Now". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Japanese Oricon charts archives". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 2020-07-24.


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