"Keepin' Up" is a song written by

Randy Owen Randy Yeuell Owen (born December 13, 1949) is an American country music artist. He is best known for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band that saw tremendous mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Alabama became ...

, Teddy Gentry,

Ronnie Rogers Randall "Ronnie" Rogers (born in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Rogers charted eight singles on the '' Billboard'' country charts, including the top 40 hits "Gonna Take ...

and Greg Fowler, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

group

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. It was released in November 1998 as the second and final single from their compilation album '' For the Record''. It peaked at number 14 on the country charts in the United States, and number 8 in Canada.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of '' Billboard'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "bouncy uptempo track." She goes on to say that the song "boasts an infectious melody buoyed by Jeff Cook's guitar prowess, and of course it just doesn't get any better than Randy Owen's lead vocal."'' Billboard'', November 21, 1998

Chart positions

"Keepin' Up" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 5, 1998.

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Keepin' Up 1998 songs Alabama (American band) songs 1998 singles Songs written by Ronnie Rogers Song recordings produced by Don Cook RCA Records singles Songs written by Randy Owen Songs written by Teddy Gentry Songs written by Greg Fowler