Keep On, Keepin' On
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"Keep On, Keepin' On" is a single by MC Lyte
MC Lyte
MC Lyte is an American rapper who first gained fame in the late-1980s becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock.-Early life:...

 featuring Xscape
Xscape (band)
Xscape, was a female American R&B group that originally started out as a quintet and then became a quartet. The group had a string of hit songs during the 1990s...

 from the Sunset Park soundtrack
Sunset Park (soundtrack)
- Tracks :#High 'Til I Die - 2Pac#Motherless Child - Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon#Just Doggin - Tha Dogg Pound#Back at You - Mobb Deep#Are You Ready - Aaliyah#It's Alright - Groove Theory...

. The song was produced and co-written by Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...

 and sampled Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

's 1989 single "Liberian Girl
Liberian Girl
"Liberian Girl" was the ninth single to be released from Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The song was written as early as 1983 and was among those considered for The Jacksons' Victory album. It was reworked and rewritten for Bad...

". It later appeared on MC Lyte's fifth studio album, Bad As I Wanna B
Bad As I Wanna B
Bad as I Wanna B is the fifth album released by MC Lyte. It was released on August 27, 1996 for EastWest Records and was produced by Jermaine Dupri, Rashad Smith, Carl-So-Lowe, R. Kelly, Goldenboy, MC Lyte and Nat Robinson. Bad as I Wanna B did fairly well, peaking at #59 on the Billboard 200 and...

,

The song became MC Lyte's highest charting single in the U.S., peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, and also became her second single to achieve a gold certification from the RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...

, earning the award on May 31, 1996.

B-Side

  1. "Keep On, Keepin' On"- 4:33
  2. "Keep On, Keepin' On" (Instrumental)- 4:33
  3. "Keep On, Keepin' On" (Acappella)- 4:31

Peak positions

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Billboard Hot 100 10
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 3
Billboard Hot Rap Singles 2
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 2
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

)
27
New Zealand (RIANZ
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...

)
18

Year-End charts

End of year chart (1996) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 77
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