"Keep Your Head Up" is a song by British singer-songwriter

Ben Howard Benjamin John Howard (born 24 April 1987) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and composer. His self-released debut EP ''Games in the Dark'' (2008) was followed by two more EPs, '' These Waters'' (2009) and '' Old Pine'' (2010). Signed t ...

from his debut studio album ''

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''. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2011 as a digital download. It reached a peak

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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''. The song was voted to be 3VOOR12 song of the year on the Dutch radio station

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Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Keep Your Head Up" was released onto

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on 18 August 2011 with a total length of three minutes and fifty-five seconds. The video is also included on the deluxe edition of the studio album ''

''.

Track listing

Chart performance

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Release History

Covers

Sandra van Nieuwland covered the song on ''

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''. It was released as a single in The Netherlands on 17 November 2012 as a digital download. It reached number one in the

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and the

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. British post-hardcore band Enter Shikari covered the song as part of a live session on Huw Stephens' show on BBC Radio 1.

References

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