Keep Your Head to the Sky
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| "Keep Your Head to the Sky" | ||||
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| Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
| from the album Head to the Sky | ||||
| B-side | "Build Your Nest" | |||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 5:00 (album version) 3:25 (single version) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter | Maurice White | |||
| Producer | Joe Wissert | |||
| Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology | ||||
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"Keep Your Head to the Sky" is a song recorded by American R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire for their 1973 album, Head to the Sky. It was released as a single by Columbia Records,[1] peaking at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[2]
"Keep Your Head to the Sky" was written by Maurice White and produced by Joe Wissert. The single's b-side was a tune called "Build Your Nest". Both songs came from Earth, Wind & Fire's 1973 studio album Head to the Sky.[1]
Critical reception
Vince Aletti of Rolling Stone proclaimed that "Keep Your Head to the Sky", "with the gentle admonition to keep your head in faith’s atmosphere, has a luscious, luminous quality".[3] Alex Henderson of Allmusic also called the tune "hauntingly pretty".[4]
Personnel
- Producer: Joe Wissert
- Lead Vocal: Philip Bailey
- Composer: Maurice White
- Saxophone: Andrew Woolfolk
- Percussion: Johnny Graham, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson, Philip Bailey & Al McKay
- Guitar: Johnny Graham & Al McKay
- Kalimba: Maurice White
- Organ, Piano: Larry Dunn
- Vocals: Verdine White, Philip Bailey, Maurice White & Jessica Cleaves
- Sitar: Al McKay
- Engineer: Robert Appere
- Drums: Ralph Johnson & Maurice White
- Congas: Philip Bailey
- Clarinet: Larry Dunn
- Bass Guitar: Verdine White
