"Keep Your Head Up" is the debut single by British girl group

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. It was written by

Chris Braide Christopher Braide is an English songwriter, record producer and singer, based in Malibu, Los Angeles. First signed as a solo artist by David A. Stewart in the UK and Craig Kallman at Atlantic Records in the US, Braide relocated to Los Ange ...

and Nina Woodford, and produced by Braide. It was released on 30 July 2009, and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 26. The single reached the top 5 in the

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, peaking at number 4. The group performed the song at several different events, including

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Music video

The music video was filmed and released in June 2009. It features the group playing croquet with three guys at a dump site, singing their verses in different parts of the dump site.

Track listing

;iTunes Pre-Order #"Keep Your Head Up" #"Keep Your Head Up" (Acoustic) ;CD1: #"Keep Your Head Up" (Braide, Woodford) #"Stop" (Daizy Agnew, Jess Stickley, Phoebe Brown, Viktoria Hanson, Jonathan Douglas) ;Maxi CD-single #"Keep Your Head Up" #"Kimberly Walsh from Girls Aloud interviews GCC Part 1" #"Keep Your Head Up" (Music Video) #"Keep Your Head Up" (Riff & Rays Remix Video) ;iTunes EP #"Keep Your Head Up" (Riff and Rays Club Mix) #"Keep Your Head Up" (Soulseekerz Club Mix) #"Keep Your Head Up" (Starsmith Club Mix) ;Other download stores #"Keep Your Head Up" #"Keep Your Head Up" (Riff and Rays Radio Edit) #"Keep Your Head Up" (Soulseekerz Radio Edit) #"Keep Your Head Up" (Starsmith Radio Edit)

Credits and personnel

*Keyboards, guitar, bass, drum programming and percussion:

*Mixing and additional production: Jeremy Wheatley for 365 Artists *Production: Chris Braide for Braide Productions *Programming: Chris Braide, Ben Wood, Jeremy Wheatley *Songwriting: Chris Braide,

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*Additional vocal production and arrangement: Nina Woodford *Vocals: Daizy Dance, Jess Stickley, Phoebe Jo Brown *Published by Visible Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Chrysalis Music Publishing Ltd.

Live performances

— 8 April 2009 *

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Charts

Release details

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Keep Your Head Up (Song) 2008 songs 2009 debut singles Songs written by Chris Braide Songs written by Nina Woodford Song recordings produced by Chris Braide Fascination Records singles