| "Take Me Down" | ||||
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| Single by Alabama | ||||
| from the album Mountain Music | ||||
| A-side | "Take Me Down" | |||
| B-side | "Lovin' You Is Killin' Me" | |||
| Released | May 6, 1982 (U.S.) | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:43 (single edit) 4:50 (album version) |
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| Label | RCA Records 13210 | |||
| Writer(s) | Mark Gray, J.P. Pennington | |||
| Producer | Harold Shedd and Alabama | |||
| Alabama singles chronology | ||||
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"Take Me Down" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Originally released in 1982, the song was the second single from Alabama's third album, Mountain Music.
Written by Exile band members Mark Gray and J.P. Pennington, the song was originally recorded by Exile in the early 1980s. The Exile version was released as a single, but failed to become a hit, although it reached #2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[1]
However, it wasn't until Alabama released the song that it became a hit - its seventh in as many single releases. In addition to its success on the country charts, the song fared modestly well on pop radio, reaching No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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The single edit to "Take Me Down," released for retail sale and radio airplay, is about 1:10 shorter than the full-length album version. Excised from the single version:
The B-side to "Take Me Down" is a song titled "Lovin' You Is Killin' Me," a re-recording of one of Alabama's earliest songs. "Lovin' You Is Killin' Me" originally appeared as the B-side to the band's first charted single, 1977's "I Wanna Be With You Tonight."
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 5 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
The song was covered in by soul singer Johnny Bristol the same year and released as the first single off his Free to Be Me album.[1]
| Preceded by "'Till You're Gone" by Barbara Mandrell |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single July 24, 1982 |
Succeeded by "I Don't Care" by Ricky Skaggs |
| Preceded by "Any Day Now" by Ronnie Milsap |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 24-July 31, 1982 |
Succeeded by "I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore" by Charley Pride |
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