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Hold On (Måns Zelmerlöw song)

song written and composed by David Clewett, Jason Gill and Måns Zelmerlöw, originally recorded by Måns Zelmerlöw in 2009

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 2, 2025
Entity authorityQ19594671 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Hold On" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw, released as a digital download on 18 May 2009 in Sweden. It was released as the second (third overall) single from his second studio album MZW (2009). The song was written by David Clewett, Jason Gill and Måns Zelmerlöw. It peaked at 22 on the Swedish Singles Chart.

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The public source identifies “Hold On (Måns Zelmerlöw song)” as song written and composed by David Clewett, Jason Gill and Måns Zelmerlöw, originally recorded by Måns Zelmerlöw in 2009. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hold, Måns and Zelmerlöw.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hold, Måns and Zelmerlöw providing the first useful test.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 2, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q19594671. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hold On (Måns Zelmerlöw song)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.