| "Keep Your Head Down" | ||||
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| Single by TVXQ / Tohoshinki | ||||
| from the album Keep Your Head Down and Tone | ||||
| B-side | "Maximum" (Japan) | |||
| Released | January 3, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Studio | SM Booming System, Seoul | |||
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| Length | 3:58 | |||
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| "Keep Your Head Down" on YouTube | ||||
"Keep Your Head Down" (Korean: 왜 Wae; "Why"), released in Japan as "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)", is a song recorded by South Korean boy group TVXQ (or Tohoshinki in Japan). Composed by Yoo Young-jin and Yoo Han-jin, the Korean-language version of "Keep Your Head Down" was released by S.M. Entertainment on January 3, 2011 as the lead single for the group's fifth Korean studio album Keep Your Head Down (2011), TVXQ's first album since becoming a two-piece band with U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin. The Japanese-language version of "Keep Your Head Down", which was released on January 26, 2011, by Avex Trax, served as TVXQ's 31st Japanese single in Japan. It was the first single taken from their fifth Japanese studio album, Tone (2011).
The song was met with mixed reviews upon its debut. With lyrics talking about overcoming a relationship breakup, it was claimed that the song was a diss to JYJ, the three former members of TVXQ. "Keep Your Head Down" peaked at number five on Korea's Gaon Singles Chart and sold over 1.3 million digital units in South Korea by the end of the year. In Japan, "Keep Your Head Down" was TVXQ's ninth single to top Japan's Oricon Singles Chart. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), becoming TVXQ's second best-selling single in Japan.