"Hold Up" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her sixth studio album, Lemonade (2016). The song was serviced to rhythmic radios in the United States on August 16, 2016 as the third single from the album. It was written by Diplo, Ezra Koenig, Beyoncé, Emile Haynie, Joshua Tillman, MNEK and Sean "Melo-X" Rhoden; and it contains a sample of "Can't Get Used to Losing You", written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman; an interpolation of "Maps", performed by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and written by Brian Chase, Karen O and Nick Zinner; and an interpolation of "Turn My Swag On", written by Soulja Boy, Antonio Randolph, Kevin McConnell. Ezra Koenig's Tweet from 2011, "hold up...they don't love u like i love u" had confused people as the song was written in 2011 but, as he explained on Twitter, it was just a random tweet at the time. A demo of "Hold Up" was first written and recorded by Diplo and Koenig in 2014, using a sample of "Maps".

"Hold Up" received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 59th ceremony.

Pitchfork Media's Ryan Dombal named "Hold Up" as the "Best New Track" of the day, calling Beyoncé's vocals "emotive" and stating "The music has no weight, no place, no time—a calypso dream heard through walls and generations...When Beyoncé works in the pained refrain of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' “Maps,” she makes it glorious while allowing our memories to hint at the anguish underneath."

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