"Hold Me" was Farid Mammadov's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, where it finished second. The song is a dramatic ballad with a strong vocal performance.
- The song was written by Dimitris Kontopoulos and John Ballard. Mammadov performed the song in the second semi-final and the final. He performed in a duet with a cello player, even though the song itself does not feature a cello.
- The song reached number 2 on the official music charts in Azerbaijan. In the Eurovision final, it received 234 points, coming second to Denmark's "Only Teardrops". Mammadov was the first Azerbaijani entrant to perform a song in a language other than Azerbaijani or English, singing in Azerbaijani.
- The music video was filmed in Baku, Azerbaijan. It features Mammadov performing in various locations including the Baku Congress Centre and the Heydar Aliyev Centre. The staging at Eurovision featured dancers and a backdrop showing a stylized Azerbaijani landscape.
Farid Mammadov is an Azerbaijani pop singer. He represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
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