Face Down (The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus song)

"Face Down"
Single by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
from the album Don't You Fake It
Released	July 4, 2006
Format	CD single
Genre	Pop punk, post-hardcore
Length	3:12
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Ronnie Winter
Producer(s)	David Bendeth
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus singles chronology
"Face Down" (2006) "False Pretense" (2007)
Alternative cover Acoustic version cover

"Face Down" was the first single by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus from their debut album Don't You Fake It released in 2007. The song peaked at #25 in the United States and #4 in New Zealand, as well as #10 on the Pop 100, #3 on Modern Rock Tracks chart, and #20 on the Hot Digital Tracks. Four different versions, including an acoustic version, were released. It also tied 30 Seconds to Mars' The Kill as the longest-running song on the Modern Rock Tracks chart at 52 weeks despite not peaking #1. It remains their most successful single as of 2013.

Music video

The music video for "Face Down" parallels the song in its treatment of violence in a relationship. After arriving home, a young woman examines a bruise on her lower back, and begins to look for and examine items that she associates with her boyfriend (i.e. pictures, a card, letters). As she does so, objects around her start to suddenly move as if thrown or destroyed by the unseen hand of an abuser. The level of damage done escalates throughout the video, though the young woman does not react or acknowledge the growing violence around her. After a chair flies through the living room window, she takes the pictures and letters and throws them into a garbage can outside her house. This unfolding scene is juxtaposed with shots of the band performing the song in a living room with lighting and decor which appear to be the young woman's.

Other versions and samples

An acoustic version of "Face Down" was released after the album version. The lyrics are unchanged, however a previously unheard guitar part supplements the song. This version is available on iTunes and the "deluxe edition" of Don't You Fake It. The version on the single is the same as on Don't You Fake It. There is also a heavier version of the song that appears on their debut album. The lyrics are unchanged but the chorus is in a different spot. The most notable difference is how the lyrics are screamed, and it sounds very distinctive in comparison to the "Don't You Fake It" version with less screaming. There are 2 versions of the "Don't You Fake It" version, one is the radio version and the other is the album version, both versions are nearly exactly the same according to length and recording of the song, the only difference is that even though the album version of "Don't You Fake It" had less screaming compared to the original version, it still had brief screaming only during the bridge while the radio version completely removed the screaming in the bridge, other than that, both versions are exactly the same, some alternative rock stations managed to play the album version, most of them played the radio version and all commercial radio stations only play the radio version. On iTunes, there is another version under the album of AOL Sessions Undercover-EP. This is technically a live acoustic version of the song.

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