The official 4K remaster of 'Holding Back the Years', the smash hit from Simply Red's debut studio album Picture Book. The song was a huge success for the group and quickly rose to the top of charts across the world. The single is one of two Simply Red songs (the other being their cover of "If You Don't Know Me by Now") to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Remastered from the original 35mm film negative by James Wong (insta: @jmhwong) Simply Red's brand new album 'Time' arrives this summer. Pre-order the album 'Time' here: https://SimplyRed.lnk.to/Time Tickets for the Simply Red Summer ’23 European Tour are available now! Get yours at http://www.simplyred.com/ Follow Simply Red: https://www.facebook.com/simplyred/ https://twitter.com/SimplyRedHQ https://instagram.com/simplyredofficial https://www.tiktok.com/@simplyredofficial Simply Red have over a billion hits on YouTube, have sold over 60 million albums worldwide, 5 going to number one in the UK. Their 1991 classic Stars was the best-selling album for two years running in Britain and Europe. They have had two US Billboard chart toppers with classic singles Holding Back The Years and If You Don’t Know Me By Now. Every Simply Red studio album has been a UK top ten (with previous release Big Love reaching number 4 in 2015). Hucknall has been the songwriter and bandleader since the beginning in 1985. #SimplyRed #HoldingBackTheYears #PictureBook