For a generation big on nostalgia, it gets no bigger than "Hold On", a song that has good times written all over it." The Daily Vault's Christopher Thelen stated in his review of Wilson Phillips, that it's the "defining moment" for the album, "setting the tone for what was to come as well as letting the listener know that all they have to do is sit back and enjoy the ride." A reviewer from Music & Media called the song "melodic, well crafted and extremely catchy", and "everything you would expect from a band madeup of daughters of rock stars."
For those who fondly reminisce about the past, nothing is more iconic than "Hold On", a song that radiates joy. A reviewer from Music & Media praised it as "melodic, well-crafted, and extremely catchy," and "everything you'd expect from a band comprised of daughters of rock legends."