Song · Halsey
“Hold Me Down” by Halsey
From the album BADLANDS (2015)
“Hold Me Down” by Halsey appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2015. It was first released in 2015 on the album BADLANDS. Its best result is #42 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #251 alternative song of 2015.
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Halsey put "Hold Me Down" out through Astralwerks as a promotional single for Badlands, her 2015 debut album, releasing it alongside the album's pre-order. It samples Son Lux's "Easy"; the Futuristics produced it, with Lido and Dylan William adding extra production and Dan Grech-Marguerat mixing, and Halsey shares the writing with Joe Khajadourian, Ryan Lott and Alex Schwartz.
At one of its first live outings, in June 2015, she explained where it came from: a string of meetings with mean old men convinced they knew better than her, one of them in particular. She framed the song as a reminder never to let anyone make you feel small enough to be held down. It has since passed 100 million Spotify streams and gone gold in Australia and the US.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 42 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 | 100 |
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