"Keep On Pushing"
Single by The Impressions
from the album Keep On Pushing
B-side"I Love You (Yeah)"
Released1964 (1964)
Recorded1964
Genre
Length2:30
LabelABC-Paramount
Songwriter(s)Curtis Mayfield
Producer(s)Johnny Pate
The Impressions singles chronology
"I'm So Proud"
(1964)
"Keep On Pushing"
(1964)
"You Must Believe Me"
(1964)

"Keep On Pushing" is a 1964 single by The Impressions, and was the title track of the album of the same name.

Chart history

The single became the group's sixth Top 40 single, and a Top 10 Pop smash, peaking at number ten. It went to number one for two weeks on the Cash Box R&B chart.[3]

Chart (1964) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10

Use in presidential campaigns

  • The title was mentioned in-between the lyrics, by Curtis Mayfield in the Impressions rendition of the Negro Spiritual "Amen". (1964).
  • The album (cover) is one of several featured on the front cover art of the Bob Dylan's 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home.
  • It was featured in the 1995 film Dead Presidents.
  • It was also heard in the 2021 biographical drama Judas and the Black Messiah.

Samples

See also

References

  1. Backus, Rob (1976). Fire Music: A Political History of Jazz (2nd ed.). Vanguard Books. ISBN 091770200X.
  2. Harrington, Jon (2015). "The Impressions - "People Get Ready". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 162.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 272.
  4. "Pushin'". Who Sampled. Retrieved 12 March 2021.



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