 The song has been re-released on numerous albums and is included on Marx's live performance DVD "A Night Out with Friends" (2012).Written by Richard Marx, "Hold On to the Nights" reached the "Billboard" Hot 100 number 1 position on July 23, 1988, preventing Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" from reaching the top spot that same week.The song was on the chart for twenty-one weeks, and left the chart at number 91.