{"id":26977,"date":"2017-04-24T12:37:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T11:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=26977"},"modified":"2017-04-24T12:37:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T11:37:29","slug":"melanie-c-unveils-video-for-hold-on-ft-alex-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/04\/melanie-c-unveils-video-for-hold-on-ft-alex-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie C Unveils Video For &#8216;Hold On&#8217; ft. Alex Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/04\/melanie-c-unveils-video-for-hold-on-ft-alex-francis\/melanie\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Melanie.jpg?fit=2081%2C2389&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2081,2389\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Melanie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Melanie.jpg?fit=640%2C735&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26979\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Melanie.jpg?resize=640%2C735&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"735\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Melanie C has today unveiled the video for her new single, &#8216;Hold On&#8217; (ft Alex Francis).<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taken from the deluxe issue of her latest album, &#8216;Version Of Me&#8217;, it&#8217;s hoped that it will follow in the footsteps of her previous post-Spice Girls releases, two of which have hit the number 1 spot, while a further six have entered the top 10. Additionally she&#8217;s had over 3 million album sales.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Melanie C is set to feature at this Isle Of Wight Festival, this coming June. &#8216;Hold On&#8217; is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/album\/hold-on-radio-edit-feat-alex-francis-single\/id1216213948?at=1l3voFY&amp;app=itunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B06XKQF1C4\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=dmusic&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1489744502&amp;sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&amp;keywords=Melanie+C+-+Hold+On&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=melaniec-21&amp;linkId=8df8890cba3a309a23e0a2fba0fb7821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/music\/album?id=Bdmn2pfa7vfmuc44czoc3dr355i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Play<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/listen.tidal.com\/album\/71547617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tidal<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6ihWokqsvF846mWk02fwnB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_23617\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FtRfecRw4Qg?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Hold On - Melanie C ft. 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