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{{short description|1990 single by Jason Donovan}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Hang On to Your Love
| cover      = Jason Donovan - Hang On to Your Love.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Jason Donovan]]
| album      = [[Between the Lines (Jason Donovan album)|Between the Lines]]
| released   = 8 March 1990
| recorded   = 1989
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Synthpop]], [[dance-pop]]
| length     = 3:00
| label      = [[PWL Records]]
| writer     = [[Stock Aitken Waterman]]
| producer   = [[Stock Aitken Waterman]]
| prev_title = [[When You Come Back to Me (Jason Donovan song)|When You Come Back to Me]]
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = Another Night
| next_year  = 1990
}}
"'''Hang On to Your Love'''" is a 1990 song by Australian singer [[Jason Donovan]]. It was released on 8 March 1990 as the second single from his second album ''[[Between the Lines (Jason Donovan album)|Between the Lines]]'', on which it appears as the second track. Written and produced by [[Stock Aitken Waterman]], the song was accompagnied by a music video directed by [[Paul Goldman (director)|Paul Goldman]]. The B-side, "You Can Depend on Me", is not another track from the ''Between the Lines'' album, but features on Donovan's previous album, ''Ten Good Reasons''. It became a top ten hit in the UK and in Ireland, but was not officially released in Australia, following the tepid response to Donovan's prior single, "When You Come Back to Me".<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 56: Hang On To Your Love (and the journey so far) with Jason Donovan on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-56-hang-on-to-your-love-and-the-journey-so-far/id1565879477?i=1000621295912 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU}}</ref>
==Chart performance==
Like Donovan's previous singles, "Hang On to Your Love" peaked inside the top ten in both the UK and Ireland. It started at number nine on 7 April 1990 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], reached number eight the next week, and charted for a total of seven weeks, which was then Donovan's shortest chart run for one of his singles on the UK chart.<ref name="UK"/> In Ireland, it peaked at number three and charted for five weeks.<ref name="Ireland"/> In Continental Europe, it attained number 12 in the Flanders region of Belgium,<ref name="Flanders"/> number 21 in Finland,<ref name="Finland"/> number 26 in the Netherlands,<ref name="Netherlands"/> and missed the top 50 by one place in Germany where it charted for 13 weeks.<ref name="Germany"/> On the Pan-[[European Hot 100]] singles compiled by ''[[Music & Media]]'', it debuted at a peak of number 23, a position it held for consecutive three weeks out of a nine-week chart run,<ref name="Europe"/> and reached number 30 on the European Airplay Top 50.<ref name="Airplay"/>
==Formats and track listings==
* '''7" single'''<ref>{{Discogs release|type=single|2736942}}, 7" single (Jason Donovan – "Hang On to Your Love") (accessdate: 10 February 2022).</ref>
# "Hang On to Your Love" — 3:00
# "You Can Depend on Me" — 3:32
* '''12" maxi'''<ref>{{Discogs release|type=single|1412993}}, 12" maxi (Jason Donovan – "Hang On to Your Love") (accessdate: 10 February 2022).</ref>
# "Hang On to Your Love" (extended version) — 6:47
# "Hang On to Your Love" (instrumental) — 3:48
# "You Can Depend on Me" — 3:32
* '''CD maxi'''<ref>{{Discogs release|type=single|432250}}, CD single (Jason Donovan – "Hang On to Your Love") (accessdate: 10 February 2022).</ref>
# "Hang On to Your Love" (extended version) — 6:47
# "Hang On to Your Love" (instrumental) — 3:48
# "You Can Depend on Me" — 3:32
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Hang On to Your Love"
!Chart (1990)
!Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (Airplay Top 20)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-05-12.pdf|title=Playlist Report - The most played records in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=7|issue=19|date=12 May 1990|page=II<!-- 10 in PDF file -->|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History|accessdate=30 May 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|18
|-
{{Singlechart|Flanders|12|artist=Jason Donovan |song=Hang On to Your Love |refname="Flanders" |rowheader=true |accessdate=10 February 2022}}
|-
!scope="row" |Europe (European Airplay Top 50)<ref name="Airplay">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-04-28.pdf|title=European Airplay Top 50|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=7|issue=17|date=28 April 1990|page=III<!-- 9 in PDF file -->|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History|accessdate=7 March 2023}}</ref>
|align="center"|30
|-
!scope="row" |Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]])<ref name="Europe">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-04-14.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=7|issue=15|date=14 April 1990|page=IV-V<!-- 13 in PDF file -->|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History|accessdate=30 May 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|23
|-
!scope="row"|Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref name="Finland">{{cite book |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=66|first=Timo |last=Pennanen |year=2021 |title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |section=Jason Donovan|page=66|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |location=Helsinki|access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|21
|-
{{Singlechart|Germany|51|artist=Jason Donovan |song=Hang On to Your Love |accessdate=10 February 2022 |rowheader=true |songid=11136 |refname="Germany"}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Ireland2|3|artist=Jason Donovan |song=Hang On to Your Love |refname="Ireland" |rowheader=true |accessdate=17 October 2023}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Dutch100|26|artist=Jason Donovan |song=Hang On to Your Love |refname="Netherlands" |rowheader=true |accessdate=10 February 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Airplay Top 20)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-05-12.pdf|title=Playlist records - The most played records in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=7|issue=19|date=12 May 1990|page=II<!-- 11 in PDF file -->|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History|accessdate=19 June 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|15
|-
{{Singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|8|artist=Jason Donovan |song=Hang On to Your Love |artistid=25077 |refname="UK" |rowheader=true |accessdate=17 October 2023}}
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Jason Donovan}}
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[[Category:1989 songs]]
[[Category:1990 songs]]
[[Category:1990 singles]]
[[Category:Jason Donovan songs]]
[[Category:Dance-pop songs]]
[[Category:Synth-pop songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Stock Aitken Waterman]]
[[Category:Songs written by Matt Aitken]]
[[Category:Songs written by Mike Stock (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Pete Waterman]]
[[Category:Pete Waterman Entertainment singles]]