Poptastic Confessions!: #7 of 2023

Sunday, December 24, 2023

#7 of 2023

Dear Poptastic Readers,

If you are just joining us, we have been counting down our Top 101 Songs of 2023 with a new song every day. We will take a break tomorrow and then feature the next song in the countdown on Tuesday. See the previous songs at the bottom of this post.

#7 in Poptastic Confessions Top 101 Songs of 2023 is: “Hold On To Now” by Kylie Minogue. Click on the name of the song to see what we said about the single release.

Written by: Kylie Minogue, Biff Stannard, Duck Blackwell, and Jon Green

Produced by: Biff Stannard, Duck Blackwell, and Jon Green

Why: “Hold On To Now” is one of those songs that is instantly catchy. We loved it immediately when we heard Kylie's new album Tension. We knew thet it had to be a single, and we were happy that it was. The music, lyrics, and melody are just so uplifting. This songs makes you feel happy inside. We love it.

Watch: Kylie made an official lyric visualizer for the song. See it on our 2023 Poptastic Confessions Playlist on YouTube.

Live performance: Check out this wonderful live performance by Kylie in London, including a choir. Also, lots of celebrity sitings in the audience, including Bananarama. Check it out ...

Chart history: Kylie has been in our countdown numerous times over the years, including a #1 song. Here are her songs that have been in our Top 21 over the years ...

"Get Outta My Way" was #1 in 2010

"All The Lovers" was #7 in 2010

"Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel In Love)" was #17 in 2011

"Timebomb" was #8 in 2012

"Into The Blue" was #9 in 2014

"I Was Gonna Cancel" was #16 in 2014

"Crystallise" was #20 in 2014

"The Other Boys" with Nervo, Jake Shears, & Nile Rodgers was #6 in 2015

"Black And White" with Garibay featuring Shaggy was #13 in 2015

"Right Here, Right Now" with Giorgio Moroder in #19 in 2015

"Stop Me From Falling" featuring Gente de Zona was #4 in 2018

"Dancing" was #8 in 2018