Reef - place your hand
"Place Your Hands" is a song recorded by the English band Reef. It was released on 21 October 1996, as the first single from the band's second album, Glow (1997). It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and is Reef’s most successful single to date, and also their best known hit. The song explains the grief that vocalist Gary Stringer felt following the death of his grandfather, and easing the pain of death. It established the band's popularity, appealing both to the then-current tendency for "laddishness" and to older rock fans. In the USA, it owed much of its success to young cable music channel M2, which played the video heavily and led to it becoming a "Buzz Clip" on the main MTV channel. In turn, the song provided a major boost for their second album Glow, which entered the UK Albums Chart at number one.
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- Release Date
- Oct 21, 1996
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"Place Your Hands" is a song recorded by the English band Reef. It was released on 21 October 1996, as the first single from the band's second album, Glow (1997). It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and is Reef’s most successful single to date, and also their best known hit.
The song explains the grief that vocalist Gary Stringer felt following the death of his grandfather, and easing the pain of death.
It established the band's popularity, appealing both to the then-current tendency for "laddishness" and to older rock fans. In the USA, it owed much of its success to young cable music channel M2, which played the video heavily and led to it becoming a "Buzz Clip" on the main MTV channel. In turn, the song provided a major boost for their second album Glow, which entered the UK Albums Chart at number one.
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- Release Date
- October 21, 1996
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