"Keepin' Up" is the title of a song recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 group Alabama

Alabama (band)

Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...

. It was released in November 1998 as the second and final single from their compilation album For the Record

For the Record

For the Record is a two-disc, 44-track greatest hits package released by the American country music band Alabama.The album chronicles the biggest hits from Alabama released between 1980 and 1998. The lineup includes all 33 of their Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks No...

. It peaked at #14 in the United States, and #8 in Canada.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "bouncy uptempo track." She goes on to say that the song "boasts an infectious melody buoyed by Jeff Cook's guitar prowess, and of course it just doesn't get any better than Randy Owen's lead vocal."

Chart positions

"Keepin' Up" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 5, 1998.

Chart (1998-1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	69
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	8