Holding Back the Years

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Holding Back the Years

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Holding Back the Years - original song written and composed by Mick Hucknall and Neil Moss; first recorded and released by Simply Red. Article “Holding Back the Years” in French Wikipedia has 28.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 21 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (French) language version.

Since the creation of article “Holding Back the Years”, its content was written by 5 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 185 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 28 times in French Wikipedia and cited 254 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (French): #167225 in April 2025
  • Global: #73870 in September 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (French): #173976 in June 2023
  • Global: #161807 in March 2024

There are 11 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Holding Back the Years
51.7058
2German (de)
Holding Back the Years
30.6798
3Spanish (es)
Holding Back the Years
29.5781
4Italian (it)
Holding Back the Years
29.5434
5Russian (ru)
Holding Back the Years
28.8825
6French (fr)
Holding Back the Years
28.4676
7Thai (th)
โฮลดิ้งแบ็กเดอะเยียส์
23.9305
8Portuguese (pt)
Holding Back the Years
12.1682
9Simple English (simple)
Holding Back the Years
11.9312
10Swedish (sv)
Holding Back the Years
10.9309
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Holding Back the Years" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Holding Back the Years
1 104 461
2German (de)
Holding Back the Years
44 984
3French (fr)
Holding Back the Years
22 360
4Portuguese (pt)
Holding Back the Years
21 551
5Italian (it)
Holding Back the Years
20 668
6Dutch (nl)
Holding Back the Years
12 096
7Russian (ru)
Holding Back the Years
7 957
8Simple English (simple)
Holding Back the Years
4 816
9Spanish (es)
Holding Back the Years
3 524
10Thai (th)
โฮลดิ้งแบ็กเดอะเยียส์
482
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Holding Back the Years" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Holding Back the Years
9 398
2Spanish (es)
Holding Back the Years
273
3German (de)
Holding Back the Years
207
4French (fr)
Holding Back the Years
178
5Italian (it)
Holding Back the Years
146
6Portuguese (pt)
Holding Back the Years
108
7Dutch (nl)
Holding Back the Years
62
8Simple English (simple)
Holding Back the Years
58
9Russian (ru)
Holding Back the Years
25
10Swedish (sv)
Holding Back the Years
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Holding Back the Years" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Holding Back the Years
116
2German (de)
Holding Back the Years
20
3Italian (it)
Holding Back the Years
14
4Portuguese (pt)
Holding Back the Years
10
5Dutch (nl)
Holding Back the Years
7
6French (fr)
Holding Back the Years
5
7Russian (ru)
Holding Back the Years
5
8Simple English (simple)
Holding Back the Years
3
9Swedish (sv)
Holding Back the Years
2
10Thai (th)
โฮลดิ้งแบ็กเดอะเยียส์
2
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Holding Back the Years" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Holding Back the Years
1
2German (de)
Holding Back the Years
0
3Spanish (es)
Holding Back the Years
0
4French (fr)
Holding Back the Years
0
5Italian (it)
Holding Back the Years
0
6Dutch (nl)
Holding Back the Years
0
7Portuguese (pt)
Holding Back the Years
0
8Russian (ru)
Holding Back the Years
0
9Simple English (simple)
Holding Back the Years
0
10Swedish (sv)
Holding Back the Years
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Holding Back the Years" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Holding Back the Years
110
2Italian (it)
Holding Back the Years
60
3French (fr)
Holding Back the Years
28
4German (de)
Holding Back the Years
16
5Russian (ru)
Holding Back the Years
12
6Portuguese (pt)
Holding Back the Years
10
7Dutch (nl)
Holding Back the Years
6
8Simple English (simple)
Holding Back the Years
5
9Spanish (es)
Holding Back the Years
3
10Swedish (sv)
Holding Back the Years
3
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

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frFrench
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itItalian
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nlDutch
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ptPortuguese
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ruRussian
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svSwedish
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thThai
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Popularity rank trends

Best Rank French:
#173976
06.2023
Global:
#161807
03.2024

AI rank trends

Best Rank French:
#167225
04.2025
Global:
#73870
09.2024

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Holding Back the Years from Wikipedia articles about Simply Red, Mick Hucknall, Picture Book, Simply Red discography and Maggie ONeill. Whereas reading the article about Holding Back the Years people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Simply Red, Mick Hucknall, Picture Book, Whitby Abbey and Stream of consciousness.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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