It was written by Holly Knight and Roxanne Seeman for the film and included in the soundtrack album, released by Epic Soundtrax, Sony Music, on July 19, 2002.
"Hold on to the Good Things" was written for a montage scene in the movie where the family is in the dining room.
During a long period of editing where changes were made to scenes in the movie, the recording of the song was put on hold.
[1] The song is written in the key of B-flat major with a lively, swing tempo.
[6] Reviewing the Stuart Little 2 soundtrack William Ruhlmann of All Music described the song's "sunny sentiments".