🎶 SONG TITLE: "I Won’t Hold You Back" 👨‍🎤 ARTIST: Toto 📀 ALBUM: Toto IV (1982) 📅 RELEASE YEAR: 1983 (as a single release) 🎼 GENRE: Soft Rock, Pop Rock ℹ️ TRIVIA / BACKGROUND: - “I Won’t Hold You Back” is one of Toto’s most emotional ballads, written and sung by guitarist Steve Lukather. - The song was part of the multi-awarded Toto IV album, which also featured the massive hits Africa and Rosanna. - It reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983, becoming one of the band’s biggest U.S. hi

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