Take Me Down

"Take Me Down" is a song recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in May 1982 as the second single from Alabama's 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 number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.^[1]

However, it wasn't until Alabama released the song that it was the group's seventh number one on the country chart.^[2] 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.^[3]

Single and album edits

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 second refrain; the song immediately proceeds from the second verse into the bridge.
An earlier fade during the ending harmony part (about 30 seconds earlier than the album version).

"B" side

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."

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	18
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[6]	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	1

Cover version

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.

References

↑ Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2)
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 18.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 22.
↑ "Alabama – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Alabama.
↑ "Alabama – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Alabama.
↑ "Alabama – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Alabama.

Works cited

Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 (ISBN 0809253062)

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

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Exile
J.P. Pennington Les Taylor Sonny LeMaire Mark Gray
Studio albums	Kentucky Hearts
Notable singles	"Kiss You All Over" "Take Me Down" "Heart and Soul" "Woke Up in Love" "I Don't Want to Be a Memory" "Give Me One More Chance" "Crazy for Your Love" "She's a Miracle" "Hang On to Your Heart" "I Could Get Used to You" "Super Love" "It'll Be Me" "She's Too Good to True" "I Can't Get Close Enough" "Just One Kiss" "It's You Again" "Keep It in the Middle of the Road" "Nobody's Talking" "Yet" "There You Go" "Even Now"
Related articles	Discography Burnin' Daylight

Alabama (band) 1977–1989 singles
Deuces Wild	"I Want to Be with You Tonight"
My Home's in Alabama	"I Wanna Come Over" "My Home's in Alabama" "Tennessee River" "Why Lady Why"
Feels So Right	"Old Flame" "Feels So Right" "Love in the First Degree"
Mountain Music	"Mountain Music" "Take Me Down" "Close Enough to Perfect"
The Closer You Get...	"Dixieland Delight" "The Closer You Get" "Lady Down on Love"
Roll On	"Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" "When We Make Love" "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" "(There's A) Fire in the Night"
40-Hour Week	"There's No Way" "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" "Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
Greatest Hits	"She and I"
The Touch	"Touch Me When We're Dancing" ""You've Got" the Touch"
Just Us	"Tar Top" "Face to Face" "Fallin' Again"
Southern Star	"Song of the South" "If I Had You" "High Cotton" "Southern Star"
Other singles	"Christmas in Dixie" "Deep River Woman" (with Lionel Richie)

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