Help Me Hold On

"Help Me Hold On"
Single by Travis Tritt
from the album Country Club
B-side	"All I'll Ever Be"
Released	February 8, 1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	Country
Length	4:00
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville 19918
Songwriter(s)	Travis Tritt, Pat Terry
Producer(s)	Gregg Brown
Travis Tritt singles chronology
"Country Club" (1989) "Help Me Hold On" (1990) "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" (1990)

"Help Me Hold On" is a song by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in February 1990 as the second single from his debut album Country Club. It reached number 1 in both the United States and Canada, thus becoming Travis Tritt's first number-one hit. The song was written by Tritt and Pat Terry.

"Help Me Hold On" is a ballad telling of a failing relationship. In it, the male narrator asks his significant other not to abandon him, by confessing his mistakes.

The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It has also sold 167,000 digital copies since it became available for download.^[1]

The music video was directed by Greg Crutcher. It begins and ends with an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show playing on the television set.

The following musicians play on this track:^[2]

• Gregg Brown – acoustic guitar
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar solo
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Dana McVicker – background vocals
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Michael Rojas – piano
• Jim "Jimmy Joe" Ruggiere – harmonica
• Steve Turner – drums, percussion
• Kent Wells – electric guitar
• Reggie Young – electric guitar