Song · Ben Howard
“Keep Your Head Up” by Ben Howard
From the album Every Kingdom (2011)
“Keep Your Head Up” by Ben Howard appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2012 and 2013. It was first released in 2011 on the album Every Kingdom. Its best result is #8 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #189 alternative song of 2013.
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"Keep Your Head Up" is a Ben Howard song reworked for his debut album Every Kingdom after first appearing on the Games in the Dark EP, and the British singer-songwriter put the new version out as a UK download single in August 2011. Howard sings lead and plays acoustic guitar, while producer Chris Bond covers nearly everything else, drums, electric guitar, organ, percussion and backing vocals, with India Bourne adding her voice too. Mike Crossey mixed it, and the result is bright, restless folk-pop.
It reached 74 on the UK Singles Chart, and in the Netherlands it was picked as the 3VOOR12 song of the year in a vote on Dutch station 3FM.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 69 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2013 | 33 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2013 | 101 |
| 2013 | 96 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013 | 107 |
| 2013 | 8 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2013 | 40 |
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