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"Hold Your Head Up" is a song by the English rock band Argent, first released as a single in 1971. The song was a Top 5 hit in the US, the UK, and the Canadian charts, peaking at No. 5 in all three countries. However, it was the band's only song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 50 song for 1972.
Rod Argent put together his eponymous-named band just as his former band The Zombies' post-breakup single "Time of the Season" was becoming a worldwide hit in 1969.His new band employed much heavier rhythms and a generally weightier sound, but also continued the minor keys and complex lyrics of The Zombies, often by Argent's writing with former Zombies bassist Chris White.
In 2009, for their reunion, Mr. Big recorded a cover of "Hold Your Head Up" and played it throughout the tour. Australian rock supergroup The Party Boys covered "Hold Your Head Up" in 1987 on their only studio album, The Party Boys. Uriah Heep also covered the song on their 1989 album Raging Silence. All bonus tracks were previously released on ...
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Record World said that "'Hold Your Head Up' established British contingent as a potent singles selling act, but this Russ Ballard song will make them giants." [2] The song reached No. 18 in the United Kingdom, [3] and No. 114 in the United States. [4] "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You" was originally written and composed by Russ Ballard for his ...
The Argent Anthology - A Collection of Greatest Hits is the first compilation album released by British rock band Argent.It was released on the Epic label in 1976. The British release was called The Best of Argent - An Anthology and had a different track list.
The song was a brief hit on rock radio stations, peaking at No. 15 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. However, "Voices" stalled below the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 110. Another song from the same album, "In the Night" was featured in the episode "Calderone's Return: Part 1 – The Hit List". The show also featured "Your Time Is ...
After the song's rise, the duo's previous single, "Love Is a Stranger", was re-released and also became a worldwide hit. On Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time issue in 2003, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" was ranked number 356. [8] In 2020, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [9]