Hangin' Tough (single)

Hangin' Tough is the title of a song recorded and released initially as a single by American hip-hop boy band New Kids On The Block.

The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the USA in September 1989, although only reached no.52 in the UK. It was however re-released and re-promoted in December after the success of the follow-up You Got It (The Right Stuff) in November, and eventually became the first no.1 of the 1990s.

It remained at the top for two weeks, replacing Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid II, and was itself replaced by Kylie Minouge's version of Tears On My Pillow.

Hangin' Tough was taken from the group's second album of the same name, which reached no.2 in January, although the single is a remixed version of the album track.