"The Hands You're Holding Now" is a song written by Marty Robbins. In 1961, American country artist, Skeeter Davis, recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor. "The Hands You're Holding Now" was recorded in March 1961 at the RCA Victor A Studio in New York, New York, United States. The song was released as a single in March 1961 also, peaking at number eleven on the Billboard Magazine Hot C&W Sides chart later in the year. The song was not originally issued onto an album.