Down (Stone Temple Pilots song)

song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots

"Down" is the first single off American hard rock band Stone Temple Pilots' fourth studio album No. 4. The song was released on April 5, 1999. The song is also featured on STP's compilation albums Thank You and Buy This.

"Down"
Song by Stone Temple Pilots
from the album No. 4
B-side"MC5"
"Down" (live)
ReleasedApril 5, 1999
Recorded1999
GenreAlternative metal
Length3:48
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Robert DeLeo (music)
Scott Weiland (lyrics)
Producer(s)Brendan O'Brien
Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology
"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"
(1996)
"Down"
(1999)
"Sour Girl"
(2000)

On the Billboard charts, Down was able to peak at #5 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,[1] #7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and at #9 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.[2]

In 2001, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards but it lost to "Guerrilla Radio" by Rage Against the Machine.[3]

References change

  1. "Mainstream Rock Tracks – Stone Temple Pilots". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  2. "Alternative Songs – Stone Temple Pilots". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-12-23.[permanent dead link]
  3. "43rd Grammy Awards - 2001". Rock On the Net. Retrieved 2014-12-23.

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