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

"Keep On Pushing"
Single by The Impressions
from the album Keep On Pushing
B-side	"I Love You (Yeah)"
Released	1964 (1964)
Recorded	1964
Genre	Progressive soul[1]
Length	2:30
Label	ABC-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)

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.[2]

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

Use in presidential campaigns

• Decades later, the song was used as the theme to the 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address by then-Illinois State Senator Barack Obama, who endorsed U.S. Senator John Kerry for President.
• It was frequently played at rallies in the early days of the 2020 presidential campaign of Joe Biden.

Popular culture

• 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

• It was sampled in the 2005 song "Pushin'" by Bun B featuring Scarface and Young Jeezy, off the album Trill.[3]

See also

• Civil rights movement in popular culture

References

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