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Hold Your Head Up

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B-side
  
"Closer to Heaven"

Format
  
7" vinyl

Released
  
June 1972

Label
  
Columbia

Genre
  
Hard rock, progressive rock

Length
  
6:15 (Album version) 3:15 (Single edit) 2:52 (Radio edit)

"Hold Your Head Up" is a song by the English rock band Argent, released as a single in 1972. The song was a Top 5 hit in both the US and UK, peaking at #5 in both countries. Billboard ranked it as the No. 50 song for 1972. The song appeared on the third Argent album All Together Now. The album version is 6:15 while the single version is 3:15. The DJ edit has a run-time of 2:53.

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Background and composition

The song was written by Rod Argent and Chris White.

Release and reception

The song was warmly received by music critics. The Hammond B3 solo on the track was cited by Rick Wakeman as the greatest organ solo ever.

Other versions

  • Steppenwolf covered "Hold Your Head Up" on their 1982 album Wolftracks.
  • The Party Boys released a cover in 1987.
  • Uriah Heep also covered the song on their 1989 album Raging Silence.
  • Mother Love Bone also released a cover of this song in 1989 as a non-album single.
  • Fish performed a version of the song on his covers album Songs from the Mirror.
  • Mr. Big covered the song during their 2009 reunion tour and is available on Back to Budokan live DVD and CD; a studio version was also recorded as a bonus on the CD version.
  • The Zombies performed the song in 2013 at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in Austin, Texas, introduced as "Hold Your Head Up, Woman".
  • Phish has covered "Hold Your Head Up" at least 524 times in live performances between 1987 and 2015.
  • Lana Lane released a version on the 2003 album, Lana Lane Covers Collection.
  • Jellyfish covered the song in live performances during their first album tour.

    • References

    Hold Your Head Up Wikipedia
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