Down (Stone Temple Pilots song)
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| "Down" | ||||
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| Single by Stone Temple Pilots | ||||
| from the album No. 4 | ||||
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| Released | September 1999 | |||
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| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Composer | Robert DeLeo | |||
| Lyricist | Scott Weiland | |||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien | |||
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"Down" | ||||
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| "Down" on YouTube | ||||
"Down" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released as the first single from their fourth album, No. 4. In the United States, the song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and No. 9 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Down" appears on the compilation albums Thank You and Buy This.
In 2001, "Down" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the Grammy Awards, an award STP had previously won for the song "Plush" in 1994. In 2015, Loudwire and Stereogum ranked the song number four and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Stone Temple Pilots songs.[4][5]
Music video
The song's music video was directed by Robert Hales and Mark Racco. It features a dark room with two projection screens. A white light continuously flickers in the room as confetti is raining down. The screens alternate between images of the band performing the song at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, a woman in a room that either shows her underwater or surrounded by fire raining down on her, and shots of a coffee mug falling to the floor and shattering. On occasion, the song's lyrics will also flash on either screen.
Track listing
- "Down" – 3:49
- "Down" (live) – 3:59
- "MC5" – 2:42
