It was released on 1 January 2012, as a digital download on iTunes in the United Kingdom.

It was released as an EP for Skepta and didn't take part in any album features.

[1] Skepta performed a live special acoustic version of the song when he visited The Wrap Up at MTV.

[2] "Hold on" samples a riff from the song "Jacuzzi Suzy" by the Icelandic rock band Brain Police.

According to an interview with Jakob Frímann Magnússon, the head of the Icelandic music composers association, the riff was used without permission and Brain Police's label, Small Stone Records has their lawyer looking into the matter.