"Keep Up" is a song by British YouTuber and rapper

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featuring fellow British rapper

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from the former's debut extended play (EP), of the same name (2016). It was produced by Sway and Show N Prove. The song was released for digital download and

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on 13 November 2015 by

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as the

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from the EP. The song charted at number 45 in the United Kingdom and also reached the singles charts of Ireland and Australia. An accompanying

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was released on 15 November 2015.

Commercial performance

The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 45. It dropped to number 68 and number 91 over the following two weeks, before dropping out of the top 100. In January 2016, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 69 following the release of the ''Keep Up'' EP. The song spent a total of twelve weeks on the

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, peaking at number 7. The song also charted at number 78 on the

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Australia Top 100 Singles Chart after the release of the ''Keep Up'' EP, making it KSI's first song to chart in

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Music video

The music video, directed by Jack Delaney, was filmed in

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in September 2015, as documented in KSI's

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vlog titled "New Music Video!", and was uploaded to KSI's YouTube channel on 15 November 2015. It has 40 million views.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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– vocals, songwriter *

– vocals, songwriter * Sway – producer, songwriter, engineer * Show N Prove – producer, songwriter *DJ Turkish – engineer, mixer *Oscar Lo Brutto – studio personnel *Nicola Scordellis – additional vocals

Charts

Release history

References

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