| "Down for Whatever" | |||||||||||
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| Single by Kelly Rowland featuring The WAV.s | |||||||||||
| from the album Here I Am | |||||||||||
| Released | October 26, 2011 (release history) |
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| Format | CD single, digital download | ||||||||||
| Recorded | Henson Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) |
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| Genre | Dance-pop, Eurodance | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:55 | ||||||||||
| Label | Universal Motown | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | RedOne, Teddy Sky, Jimmy Joker, Bilal Hajji | ||||||||||
| Producer | RedOne, Jimmy Joker, The WAV.s | ||||||||||
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"Down for Whatever" is a song by American recording artist Kelly Rowland featuring production collective The WAV.s, taken from Rowland's third studio album Here I Am (2011). The Eurodance driven up-tempo song is the album's third international single and sixth overall single, released from October 26, 2011 by Universal Motown Universal Music. "Down for Whatever" was written by Teddy Sky and Bilal Hajji and co-written and produced by RedOne, Jimmy Joker and The WAV.s.[1]
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"Down for Whatever" was written by Nadir Khayat, Teddy Sky, Jimmy Joker, Bilal Hajji. Production was handled by RedOne, Joker, and the WAV.s.[2] "Down For Whatever" is an eurodance song with electro music influences.[2][3] Built on a thumping beat and a pounding groove,[4][5] the song's instrumentation includes vigorous synthesizers.[3] In the mood for some loving, Rowland tells her love interest, "Baby, let's get creative".[4]
Andy Kellman from Allmusic wrote that "Down for Whatever" is a more frictional eurodance number than " Commander", concluding that the former deserves the same commercial performance as the latter, which topped the club charts in the UK and US.[2] Elyssa Garnder from USA Today note that on "Down for Whatever", Rowland parties like she did in 2009 on the collaboration with French producer David Guetta, "When Love Takes Over".[4] Nathan S. of DJ Booth described "Down for Whatever" as a "club-focused leaning", adding that though it is not exactly groundbreaking, it delivers exactly what the genre demands.[6] Nick Levine BBC Music wrote that "Down for Whatever" suggests that Rowland's future could lie as "a kind of dance diva with street".[7]
Ken Capobianco from The Boston Globe commented that the sentiment behind the groove of the song should have been taken more seriously.[5] Michaelangelo Matos from the Los Angeles Times added that by the time Here I Am ends with "the stomping Euro-cheese 'Down for Whatever', with lyrics as shrugged-off as the title, it's hard not to want to find Rowland a life coach".[8] Slant Magazine's Jesse Cataldo wrote that the song "masks the falseness of the forced sexuality" by burying Rowland's voice in the song's instrumentation.[3] Hermione Hoby of The Guardian viewed "Down for Whatever" as generic and "abjectly titled".[9] Andy Gill of The Independent wrote that the lack of inspiration on Here I Am is nowhere better conveyed than on "Down for Whatever".[10]
A music video to accompany the release of "Down for Whatever" was first released on 18 October 2011.[11]. It was uploaded on YouTube on 19 October 2011 at a total length of four minutes and four seconds. It has drawn in over 7 million viewers on YouTube since its release. [12]
On 11 November, 2011 she performed the song on The Graham Norton Show. She performed song at the Children in Need Rocks Manchester event on Thursday 17 November 2011. She also performed the song on the semi - final of The X Factor (UK) on 4 December, 2011 as part of a medley. She also performed the song on the The X Factor (Germany) final in Cologne on 6 December, 2011.
Credits adapted from Here I Am album liner notes.[15]
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[16] | 60 |
| Germany (Media Control AG)[17] | 44 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[18] | 16 |
| Scotland (The Official Charts Company)[19] | 5 |
| Slovakia (IFPI)[20] | 28 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] | 62 |
| UK Dance (The Official Charts Company)[22] | 3 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[23] | 6 |
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
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| United Kingdom[24] | September 12, 2011 | Radio airplay | Universal Motown |
| Australia[25] | October 26, 2011 | Digital download | |
| New Zealand[26] | |||
| Australia[27] | October 31, 2011 | Mainstream radio airplay | |
| Germany[28] | November 4, 2011 | Digital download | |
| Austria[29] | |||
| Ireland[30] | November 18, 2011 | ||
| Norway[31] | |||
| Switzerland[32] | |||
| Belgium[33] | November 20, 2011 | ||
| Finland[34] | |||
| Italy[35] | |||
| Luxembourg[36] | |||
| Portugal[37] | |||
| United Kingdom[38] | |||
| Spain[39] | November 21, 2011 | ||
| Singapore[40] | |||
| Germany[13] | December 2, 2011 | CD single |
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