Hold My Hand (Jess Glynne song)

"Hold My Hand" is written in the key of C major^[2] with a tempo of 123 beats per minute in common time. The verses follow a chord progression of C5 – C5/B – C5/A – Fsus2 – C5/G – C5, and Glynne's vocals span from G₃ to A₅.^[3]

"Hold My Hand" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 29 March 2015 with sales of 97,000.^[4] The single outsold its closest competitor, James Bay's "Hold Back the River", by over 40,000 units.^[4] The single became Glynne's first solo number one in the UK; she had previously scored two number one singles in 2014 as a featured artist, on Clean Bandit's "Rather Be" and Route 94's "My Love".^[4] The song retained the top position in its second week on the chart, with combined chart sales of just over 80,000, including 1.62 million streams.^[5] The song also retained the top position in its third week on the chart, beating Nick Jonas' "Jealous" in streaming format. In the United States, "Hold My Hand" debuted at number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, on the issue dated 3 October 2015 and has peaked at number 86.

In December 2015 the song was shortlisted for "Song of the Year" in the 2015 BBC Music Awards.^[6]

The official music video for "Hold My Hand" was uploaded to Glynne's own YouTube channel on 23 February 2015^[7] and was directed by Emil Nava. In the Californian desert, mostly at sunset, Glynne rides an SUV and sings while encircled by dirt bikes, and also on a large truck. She and her friends enjoy a campfire and dance freely.^[8]

Since late 2015, it has been featured in advertisements for Jet2holidays, as well as being used for various in-aircraft announcements with Jet2.com.^[9] In 2025, the song's use in Jet2's advertising campaigns, featuring a voiceover by Zoë Lister, gained attention as a viral social media audio often juxtaposed in irony with clips of holiday mishaps. Glynne and Lister were interviewed by CapitalFM, with the former describing the song's resurgence with the associated campaign a "massive surprise".^[10][11][12] On 30 July, the White House's official Twitter account posted a video showing the deportation of multiple alleged undocumented immigrants with the sound and captioned "When ICE books you a one-way Jet2 holiday to deportation. Nothing beats it!". The clip was criticised, with Glynne herself responding: "This post honestly makes me sick. My music is about love, unity, and spreading positivity – never about division or hate".^[13]

The song was previously used in an advertisement for Coca-Cola in 2015,^[14] while also featured on the original soundtrack for the 2016 film Bridget Jones's Baby.^[15]