He stated "while 'Baby Hold On' is simple, it's simply catchy and it's bound to get stuck on your head; which is a good thing in this case."

"Baby Hold On" was performed by Eddie Money on Saturday Night Live in 1978 and American Bandstand in 1980.

The song was used in the films Queens Logic (1991), Imaginary Heroes (2004), Roll Bounce (2006), A Little Help, Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2016) and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021).

The song was featured in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) and Rock Band 3 (2010), on the TV shows, Cold Case S5 E14 "The Cornerstone", Hawaii Five-O S4 E3 "The Last Break", as well as in an episode of the musical television series Take Me Out in 2013.

It also appeared in a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado television commercial, and in an episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.