` ` Hold Back the Night '' is sponsored by a sexual assault awareness foundation . Timberlake says his name and the lyrics have no connection to the case . Unfortunately , it also means that when Timberlake decided to call his next single `` Take Back the Night , '' he apparently had no idea that the name was already trademarked by a sexual assault awareness foundation that 's been holding emotionally-charged campus events since the '70s . The singer has been threatened with legal action .
` ` Hold Back the Night '' is sponsored by a sexual assault awareness foundation . Timberlake says his name and the lyrics have no connection to the case . The singer has been threatened with legal action .