“Hold Your Head Up” by Argent

Argent put "Hold Your Head Up" on All Together Now, their third album, in 1972, and it was the English band's big moment: a top-five hit in the US, the UK and Canada, peaking at number five in each, and the only song of theirs ever to reach the Hot 100. Billboard ranked it 50th among the songs of 1972. The credit reads Chris White and Rod Argent.

The engine is a gruff bassline with an almost military march to it, and then comes the Hammond B3 solo that Rick Wakeman, a keyboard man himself, called the greatest organ solo ever. Record World heard an infectious rocker, and one critic later picked it as the best track on the album, praising Rod Argent's keyboard work.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.