Keeping Your Head Up

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"Keeping Your Head Up"
Keeping Your Head Up.jpg
Single by Birdy
from the album Beautiful Lies
Released30 December 2015 (2015-12-30)
Recorded2014
Genre Indie pop
Length3:28
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Steve Mac
  • Jasmine van den Bogaerde
Birdy singles chronology
"Let It All Go"
(2015)		"Keeping Your Head Up"
(2015)		"Wild Horses"
(2016)
Music video
"Keeping Your Head Up" on YouTube

"Keeping Your Head Up" is a song by English musician Birdy for her third studio album, Beautiful Lies (2016). It was written by Wayne Hector, Steve Mac, and Birdy and produced by the latter two. The song was released as the album's lead single on 30 December 2015.

Contents

Music video

A music video was first released onto Facebook on 28 January 2016 [1] and a day after on YouTube [2] at a total length of three minutes and thirty-six seconds. The video begins with Birdy lying down with her head on a large pillow, peering intently at the camera. The camera gradually gets closer to her eye, then this scene gives way to various scenes of Birdy and other people. Demons and angels appear in her way throughout the video. At the end, Birdy is again shown lying down with her head on the pillow. The video was directed by Chris Turner (Favourite Color Black). [3]

The song is featured in the international trailer for the 2019 film Last Christmas .

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Keeping Your Head Up"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [19] Platinum70,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [20] Gold200,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [21] Gold25,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [22] Platinum600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
United Kingdom30 December 2015 [23] Digital download Atlantic

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