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Hold Me by Hannah Wants feat. ARA
Mastered by Sam Wills
A 2025 Defected record that finished number one on Traxsource's progressive house chart, with millions of streams across its mixes.
Hannah Wants and ARA's Hold Me came out on Defected on 7 February 2025. By the end of the year it was number one on Traxsource's progressive house chart, and Defected had put it in its In The House Ibiza 2025 mix. I mastered it in November 2024, three months before the release.
- Traxsource Top 200 Progressive of 2025
- #1
- Spotify streams of the original and extended mix
- 1.9M+
- official Defected videos and audio uploads
- 4
The evidence · chart positions
The climb
Every chart position on the same #1 to #200 scale. Best rank first.
- Top 200 Progressive of 2025Traxsource · Extended Mix
The master
I mastered it in November 2024, three months before the release.
The versions I worked on
- OriginalNovember 2024
Release day
Defected released it on 7 February 2025.
Every release of the record
- Hold Me7 February 2025single
- Hold Me (Acoustic Mix)28 February 2025single
- Hold Me (HUGEL Remix)28 March 2025single
Still going
When the year was totted up, it was in this chart.
Compilations and DJ mixes
Hold Me is on 1 compilations and mixes
At a glance
Quick answers
- Who mastered Hold Me?
- Hold Me by Hannah Wants feat. ARA was mastered by Sam Wills.
- How did Hold Me chart?
- Hold Me reached #1 on Traxsource's Top 200 Progressive of 2025.
- How many Spotify streams has Hold Me got?
- Hold Me has 2 million Spotify streams of the original radio edit and extended mix.
- When was Hold Me released?
- Hold Me was released by Defected on 7 February 2025.
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