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![ThatEricAlper Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::22018221.png) Eric Alper 🎧 [@ThatEricAlper](/creator/twitter/ThatEricAlper) on x 864.6K followers
Created: 2025-07-12 20:15:00 UTC

On this day in 1986, Simply Red hit No. X on the Billboard Hot XXX with “Holding Back the Years” — a haunting ballad Mick Hucknall wrote about his mom leaving when he was just three. Heartbreak never sounded so smooth.

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XXXXX engagements

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