Hold the Line
Toto
1979
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Release: 1978
Release: 1978Source checked | Recent carryover
Source-supported first release year of the original recording at year precision. Later single-chart appearances and anthology or remaster dates are separate. Exact user-file audio, edit and mastering remain unverified.
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Steve Lukather - Toto original album and recollection
1978 debut includes Hold the Line; Toto production/personnel and Lukather recollection distinguish 1977 recording sessions from 1978 release.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Hold the Line introduced Toto on the band's 1978 self-titled album. Guitarist Steve Lukather recalls that the album was recorded in 1977 and that hearing the single on Los Angeles radio in 1978 felt like the beginning of the band's success. His account helps distinguish the session year from the public release year.
Evidence scope: Source-supported recording, release and career context; personal songwriting inspiration is not inferred.
Sources for this information
Steve Lukather - Toto original album and recollection
1978 debut includes Hold the Line; Toto production/personnel and Lukather recollection distinguish 1977 recording sessions from 1978 release. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Basic catalog context. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
Hold the Line by Toto appears at number 44 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1979. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Source-supported first release year of the original recording at year precision. Later single-chart appearances and anthology or remaster dates are separate. Exact user-file audio, edit and mastering remain unverified.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1979 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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