Keep Your Head Up (Ben Howard song)

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"Keep Your Head Up"
KeepYourHeadUp.jpg
Single by Ben Howard
from the album Every Kingdom
Released26 August 2011
Recorded2011
Genre Folk, indie folk
Length4:22
Label Island
Songwriter(s) Ben Howard
Ben Howard singles chronology
"The Wolves"
(2011)
"Keep Your Head Up"
(2011)
"The Fear"
(2012)

"Keep Your Head Up" is a song by British singer-songwriter Ben Howard from his debut studio album Every Kingdom . It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2011 as a digital download. It reached a peak UK Singles Chart position of 74. The song was written by Ben Howard. The cover art was designed by Owen Tozer. It is a re-recording of the original version found on the Games in the Dark EP .

Contents

The song was voted to be 3VOOR12 song of the year on the Dutch radio station 3FM. [1]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Keep Your Head Up" was released onto YouTube on 18 August 2011 with a total length of three minutes and fifty-five seconds. [2] The video is also included on the deluxe edition of the studio album Every Kingdom . [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Keep Your Head Up"4:22
2."Depth over Distance"4:48
Total length:9:10

Chart performance

Chart (2011)Peak
Position
UK Singles Chart [4] 46
UK Streaming Chart [5] 65
Belgian Chart (Wallonia) [6] 28
Belgian Chart (Flanders) [6] 87
Dutch Chart [7] 14
German Chart [8] 68
U.S. Billboard Adult Alternative [9] 15

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [10] Platinum70,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Platinum600,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release History

CountryRelease DateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 26 August 2011 [12] Digital Download Island

Covers

Sandra van Nieuwland covered the song on The Voice of Holland . It was released as a single in The Netherlands on 17 November 2012 as a digital download. It reached number one in the Mega Single Top 100 and the Dutch Top 40. [13] British post-hardcore band Enter Shikari covered the song as part of a live session on Huw Stephens' show on BBC Radio 1. [14]

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