The song was written by Ezra and Joel Pott, and produced by Cam Blackwood.

It was initially released as the second promotional single from Ezra's second studio album Staying at Tamara's on 9 March 2018 but later selected to be the album's fourth single and released to radio on 28 September 2018.

[5] In a review for NME, Nick Reilly said, "The emotional thread gets a lot more serious during the final third, notably on the soft cut 'Hold My Girl', which sees Ezra ditching the twanging guitars for his most soul-baring song yet – one destined to become first-dance material.

[7] This was followed by a stripped back performance of the track at Abbey Road Studios being uploaded a week later on 16 March 2018.

The official music video for the single was released in Autumn 2018 and has over 2 million views as of December 2018.