"Keep Your Head Up" is the debut single by American recording artist

Andy Grammer Andrew Charles Grammer (born December 3, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is signed to S-Curve Records. His debut album, '' Andy Grammer'', was released in 2011 and spawned the singles " Keep Your Head Up" and " F ...

from his

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debut studio album ''

'' (2011). It was written by Grammer and produced by Lion's Share, with additional production by Steve Greenberg. The song was first released November 15, 2010 as the album's lead single. It debuted at number 94 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and since then has reached number 53. The song was RIAA-certified Platinum, for sales of over 1 million downloads, in 2011. It also entered the charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand. The song was released in the UK on March 12, 2012, but failed to chart. Grammer also released a bilingual version of the song in France, alternatively titled "Relève la tête", featuring French singer

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. This version reached number 156 in France.

Music video

The music video published for "Keep Your Head Up" was released November 11, 2010. It depicts singer Andy Grammer in a variety of unfortunate or awkward situations but shrugging his problems off. It also features actor

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. An interactive video of "Keep Your Head Up" was made exclusively on

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. The interactive video was named "Most Innovative Video" of 2011 at the MTV

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. For reasons unknown, the VEVO video uploaded to YouTube was blocked in the United States in July 2020.

In other media

"Keep Your Head Up" is featured as the theme song for '' Tricky Business''. It also appears in the movie ''

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''. He also sings this song on

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Charts

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References

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