Take You Down

April 1, 2008

Take You Down is a song by the American musician Chris Brown, which was published on 1 April 2008 as the fourth single from Brown's second studio album Exclusive. After the release, it reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four the Hot R & B / Hip- Hop Songs, in Germany it has not got into the charts. At the Grammy Awards of 2009, the title was nominated in the category " Best Male R & B Vocal Performance ", the award but not received.

Background and Music Video

The title was written by Christopher Brown, Lamar Edwards, Harvey Mason, Jr., James Fauntleroy, Steve Russell and Damon Thomas, with some of them acted under the pseudonym The Underdogs as producers.

The music video was directed by Harvey White, and it was the first collaboration Browns and Whites. On 2 April 2008 it was the first time the clip, which only contains scenes from Browns The UCP Exclusive Tour.

Success

Commercial success

In the Hot R & B / Hip- Hop Songs, the song placed on rank four, which means it represented Brown's eighth placement as individual singers in the top five of this list. Overall, the Title 29 weeks held in these charts. In the Billboard Hot 100, " Take You Down" debuted at position 99 and reached after seven weeks with number 43 its maximum placement, which, however, lost it in the following week again. The next week the song was ranked at number 43 again before it fell back a few places.

Awards and nominations

At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the title in the category " Best Male R & B Vocal Performance " was nominated. However, the award went to Ne-Yo for the song " Miss Independent ".