Love Goes Down

"Love Goes Down"
Single by Plan B
from the album The Defamation of Strickland Banks
Released 3 December 2010 (2010-12-03)
Format CD single, Digital download
Recorded 2009
The Sanctuary, London
Genre Soul
Length 3:51
Label 679/Atlantic
Writer(s) Ben Drew
Producer Ben Drew, David McEwan, Eric Appapoulay (add.)
Plan B singles chronology
"The Recluse"
(2010)
"Love Goes Down"
(2010)
"Hard Times"
(2011)

"Love Goes Down" is the fifth single from Plan B's second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks. The single was released on 3 December 2010.[1]

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Love Goes Down" was directed by Daniel Wolfe. It features Strickland Banks performing the song on a television programme. The video also uses clips of Banks' day to day life and ends with the television programme cutting the song before it finishes, leaving Banks furious as he knocks the microphone stand to the floor and walks off and is arrested by the police.[2]

Critical reception

"It’s delightfully soulful and gentle, especially in contrast with some of Plan B’s earlier records. It’s a nice wind-down song. It’s peaceful; it’s relaxing and perfect for this time of year. Yes it may be different and maybe we shouldn’t like it, but the vintage sounding, Motown-like track just seems to work. It’s different but I admire artists that experiment with their sound and adapt to new sounds."[3]

Tracklisting

  1. "Love Goes Down" (Doctor P Remix) – 5:08
  2. "Love Goes Down" (Danny Byrd Remix) – 4:42

Personnel

  • Plan B – vocals, producer[4]
Production[4]
  • David McEwan – producer
  • Eric Appapoulay – additional producer
  • Mark "Top" Rankin – engineer, mixing
  • Harry Escott – string arrangements
  • Sally Herbert – string arrangements
  • Jason Yarde – brass arrangements
Additional musicians[4]
  • Tom Wright-Goss – guitar
  • Eric Appapoulay – bass
  • Richard Cassell – drums
  • Everton Newson – violin
  • Louisa Fuller – violin
  • Sally Herbert – violin
  • Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Sonia Slany – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Harry Escott – additional cello
  • Jason Yarde – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Zem Audu – tenor saxophone
  • Harry Brown – trombone
  • David Prisemen – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Mark Crown – trumpet

Chart performance

Chart (2010/2011) Peak
position
German Youth Airplay Chart[5] 47
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[6] 62

References

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