Keep Holding On
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| Single by Avril Lavigne from the album Eragon: Music from the Motion Picture; also featured on The Best Damn Thing |
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| Released | November 17, 2006 (North America) December 2006 (Australia) |
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| Format | Digital download | ||||
| Genre | Pop rock, alternative rock, power ballad | ||||
| Length | 3:59 | ||||
| Label | Arista Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Avril Lavigne, Dr. Luke | ||||
| Producer | Dr. Luke, Avril Lavigne | ||||
| Certification | Gold (U.S.) | ||||
| Avril Lavigne Australia singles chronology | |||||
| "Take Me Away" (2005) |
"Keep Holding On" (2006) |
"Girlfriend" (2007) |
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| Avril Lavigne North America singles chronology | |||||
| "Fall to Pieces" (2005) |
"Keep Holding On" (2006) |
"Girlfriend" (2007) |
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| Eragon soundtrack track listing | |||||
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| The Best Damn Thing track listing | |||||
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"Keep Holding On" is a pop rock power ballad song recorded by Avril Lavigne and is the theme song for the film Eragon (2006). It was written by Lavigne and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, who produced the song. The strings were arranged by Patrick Doyle, who composed the Eragon soundtrack. It was the first single from the soundtrack and premiered on radio stations across North America in November 2006 (see 2006 in music).[1]
It also appears as the last track on Lavigne's third album, The Best Damn Thing[2][3] which was released on April 17, 2007. Lavigne has described the rest of the album as being upbeat and heavy in comparison to "Keep Holding On". Originally, a different version was to be included, but the original version made it instead.
The song has been well-received by music critics, with Billboard describing it as a "gorgeous song" in which Lavigne seems to be "set to remain for the long term".[4]
"Keep Holding On" reached number two for four weeks on the Canadian BDS Airplay Chart, being kept off the top spot by Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right". It became her highest-peaking airplay single there since "Complicated" which peaked at #1 for 1 week in 2002. It peaked within the top 20 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart, peaking at #17, and the top 10 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks format chart. This feat is particularly impressive considering no official music video was made to promote it. It was not released in most of Europe, although it got to #9 in Slovakia, #27 in the Czech Republic and #32 in Latvia.
The track was one of the songs short-listed for the "Best Original Song" category at the 2007 Academy Awards, but it was not among the final nominees. The song was used in the season 2 finale of the American television series Ghost Whisperer.
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Digital Tracks Chart | 5 |
| American Top 20 | 3 |
| American Top 40 | 17 |
| Brazilian Hot 100 | 13 |
| Canadian BDS Airplay Chart | 2 |
| Chinese Hit FM Top 20 [5] | 1 |
| Chilean Top 100 | 66 |
| Czech IFPI Chart | 27 |
| Filipino Singles Chart | 4 |
| Galgalatz Israel Top 20 | 1 |
| Radios 100Fm Israeli | 1 |
| Latvian Chart [6] | 32 |
| Mexican Top 100 Singles Chart [7] | 64 |
| Peruvian Singles Chart [8] | 89 |
| Slovakian Singles Chart | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay | 23 |
| United World Chart | 18 |
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
| Airplay World Official Top 100 [9] | 5 |
| UK Singles Chart[10] | 175 |
| World Soundtracks / OST Top 20 Singles [11] | 1 |
| World Adult Top 20 Singles [12] | 5 |
Notes
- ^ http://www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/allaccess
- ^ Avril Lavigne Announces Release of Third Album - Starpulse Entertainment News Blog
- ^ Disco novo de Avril Lavigne já tem data; cantora comenta
- ^ Review, Billboard.com
- ^ (Chinese) Hit FM - TOP 20
- ^ Latvian Airplay Top
- ^ Mexican Top 100 Airplay
- ^ Peruvian Top 100 Airplay
- ^ Airplay World Official Top 100 2007-01-13
- ^ Keep Holding On UK Peak
- ^ OST Top 20 Singles 2007-01-06
- ^ World Adult Top 20 Singles 2007-01-13
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