Single:
Hold Your Head Up entered the Australian singles chart* on 5 October 1987 and peaked at #21.
Album:
The song is on The Party Boys which entered the Australian albums chart* on 23 November 1987 and peaked at #18.
Songwriters:
Rod Argent, Chris White
Producers:
Alan Lancaster, John Brewster
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
The Party Boys (1982-1992) were an Australian rock band with a floating membership that mostly performed cover versions. Hold Your Head Up was co-written by Rod Argent and originally recorded by his band Argent (link below).
By 1987, the Party Boys members were Kevin Borich on guitar and backing vocals, John Brewster on guitar and backing vocals, Paul Christie on drums and backing vocals, Richard Harvey on drums, Alan Lancaster on bass guitar and backing vocals, and John Swan on lead vocals.
Their 1987 The Party Boys album has four original songs and the rest are covers, originally recorded by Argent, John Kongos, Them, the Angels, La De Das and AC/DC. It Could Have Been You was originally released by the Party Boys’ frontman John Swan as a solo single.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Party_Boys_(album)
Lyrics:
And if it’s bad
Don’t let it get you down
You can take it
And if it hurts
Don’t let them see you cry
You can make it
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Also on Bang a Gong:
Hold Your Head Up by Argent
He’s Gonna Step on You Again by The Party Boys
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