Our Hearts Are Holding Hands

"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" is a song written by Bill Anderson that was recorded as a duet by American country artists Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn. The song was released as a single in 1965 and became a top 40 single on the Billboard country chart that same year. The song was released on the duo's first duet studio release.

Background and release

"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" was recorded at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee between 1964 and 1965. The sessions were produced by the studio's co-founder, Owen Bradley. Bradley was both artists' producer on the Decca record label in the 1960s also produced their first duet album together.

"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" was released as a single in May 1965 via Decca Records. It spent a total of 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart before reaching number 24 in August 1965. "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" was later released on the duo's first studio album together: Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be. The record was released in August 1965, which was around the same time the single reached its peak position.

Track listings

7" vinyl single

"We're Not Kids Anymore" – 2:36
"Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" – 2:33

Chart performance

Chart (1965)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	24

References

"Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be: Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ Lynn, Loretta; Tubb, Ernest (August 2, 1965). "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be (Album Info and Liner Notes)". Decca Records.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
""Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
""We're Not Kids Anymore" / "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" -- (1965, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1965. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
"Loretta Lynn Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

v t e Loretta Lynn singles
Albums Singles Discography with Conway Twitty
1960s	"I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" "Heartaches Meet Mr. Blues" "The Darkest Day" "I Walked Away from the Wreck" "Success" "World of Forgotten People" "The Other Woman" "Before I'm Over You" "Wine, Women and Song" "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" (with Ernest Tubb) "Happy Birthday" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" (with Ernest Tubb) "The Home You're Tearing Down" "Dear Uncle Sam" "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" "Don't Come Home A'Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" "Sweet Thang" (with Ernest Tubb) "If You're Not Gone Too Long" "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" "Fist City" "You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)" "Your Squaw Is on the Warpath" "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" (with Ernest Tubb) "To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)" "Wings Upon Your Horns"
1970s	"I Know How" "You Wanna Give Me a Lift" "Coal Miner's Daughter" "I Wanna Be Free" "You're Lookin' at Country" "One's on the Way" "Here I Am Again" "Rated "X"" "Love Is the Foundation" "Hey Loretta" "They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy" "Trouble in Paradise" "Shadrack, the Black Reindeer" "The Pill" "Home" "When the Tingle Becomes a Chill" "Red, White and Blue" "Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)" "She's Got You" "Why Can't He Be You" "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" "Spring Fever" "We've Come a Long Way Baby" "I Can't Feel You Anymore" "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind"
1980s	"Pregnant Again" "Naked in the Rain" "Cheatin' on a Cheater" "Somebody Led Me Away" "I Lie" "Making Love from Memory" "Breakin' It" "Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You" "Walking with My Memories" "Heart Don't Do This to Me" "Wouldn't It Be Great" "Just a Woman" "Who Was That Stranger" "Fly Away"
1990s– 2010s	"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette) "Country in My Genes" "Miss Being Mrs." "Portland Oregon" (with Jack White) "Coal Miner's Daughter" (with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert) "Wouldn't It Be Great" (re-recorded version) "I Fall to Pieces" "Coal Miner's Daughter" (recitation)

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