Keep It Up

For the song "Keep It Up" by Soul Asylum, see Grave Dancers Union.

Keep it Up is the third studio album released by the Canadian rock band Loverboy in late June 1983. With new hit tracks like "Hot Girls in Love", the album became an instant hit, and reached #7 on the US Billboard 200 charts, as did the previous album released by the band.

Keep it Up
Studio album by Loverboy
Released	June 30, 1983
Studio	Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Genre	Arena rock
Length	38:32
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bruce Fairbairn, Paul Dean
Loverboy chronology
Get Lucky (1981) Keep it Up (1983) Lovin' Every Minute of It (1985)
Singles from Keep It Up
"Strike Zone" Released: 1983 "Hot Girls in Love" Released: 1983 "Queen of the Broken Hearts" Released: 1983

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hot Girls in Love"	Paul Dean, Bruce Fairbairn	3:59
2.	"Strike Zone"	Paul Dean, Mike Reno, Scott Smith, Bruce Fairbairn	6:01
3.	"It's Never Easy"	Doug Johnson, Mike Reno, Paul Dean	4:07
4.	"Chance of a Lifetime"	Doug Johnson, Paul Dean, Mike Reno, Bruce Fairbairn	3:55
5.	"Queen of the Broken Hearts"	Paul Dean, Mike Reno	3:53
6.	"Prime of Your Life"	Doug Johnson, Paul Dean, Bruce Fairbairn	4:50
7.	"Passion Pit"	Paul Dean, Mike Reno, Bruce Fairbairn	4:25
8.	"One-Sided Love Affair"	Paul Dean, Mike Reno, Peter Taylor, Bruce Fairbairn	3:46
9.	"Meltdown"	Doug Johnson, Paul Dean, Mike Reno	3:31

Personnel

All information from the album booklet.^[2]

Loverboy

• Mike Reno – lead vocals
• Paul Dean – guitar, backing vocals, producer
• Doug Johnson – keyboards
• Scott Smith – bass
• Matt Frenette – drums

Additional musicians

• Nancy Nash – backing vocals on "It's Never Easy"

Production

• Paul Dean – producer
• Bruce Fairbairn – producer
• Lindsay Kidd – engineer
• Mike Fraser – engineer
• Dave Ogilvie – engineer
• Bob Rock – engineer, mixing
• Keith Stein – engineer, recording
• George Marino – mastering
• Jean Piché – programming

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[3]	9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4]	25
US Billboard 200[5]	7

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[6]	3× Platinum	300,000‡
United States (RIAA)[7]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Keep It Up at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
2. (1983). "Keep It Up liner notes". In Keep It Up [CD booklet]. Columbia Records.
3. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6235a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
4. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
5. "Loverboy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
6. "Canadian album certifications – Loverboy – Keep It Up". Music Canada.
7. "American album certifications – Loverboy – Keep It Up". Recording Industry Association of America.