| "Take Me Down" | ||||
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| Single byAlabama | ||||
| from the albumMountain Music | ||||
| B-side | "Lovin' You Is Killin' Me" | |||
| Released | May 6, 1982(U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Country rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:43 (single edit) 4:53 (album version) | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville13210 | |||
| Songwriters | Mark Gray,J.P. Pennington | |||
| Producers | Harold Shedd and Alabama | |||
| Alabama singles chronology | ||||
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"Take Me Down" is a song recorded by Americancountry music bandAlabama. It was released in May 1982 as the second single from Alabama's albumMountain Music.[2]
Written byExile band membersMark Gray andJ.P. Pennington, the song was originally recorded by Exile in 1980. The Exile version was released as a single, but failed to become a major hit, although it reached number 102 on the USBubbling Under chart[3] and number 11 inSouth Africa.[4]
However, it was not until Alabama released the song that it was the group's seventh number one on the country chart.[5] In addition to its success on the country charts, the song fared modestly well on pop radio, reaching No. 18 on theBillboard Hot 100.[6]
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:
TheB-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 (1980) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| South Africa (Springbok)[7] | 11 |
| USBillboardBubbling Under the Hot 100[8] | 102 |
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| CanadaRPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| CanadaRPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[9] | 18 |
| USAdult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] | 5 |
| USHot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] | 1 |
| Chart (1982) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[12] | 18 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] | 32 |
The song was covered in by soul singerJohnny Bristol the same year and released as the first single off hisFree to Be Me album.[1]
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