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"Bring Down the House"
Single by Dean Brody
from the album Gypsy Road
ReleasedMay 25, 2015 (2015-05-25)
GenreCountry pop
Length3:28
LabelOpen Road
Songwriter(s)Dean Brody
Producer(s)Matt Rovey
Dean Brody singles chronology
"Upside Down"
(2015) 		"Bring Down the House"
(2015) 		"Love Would Be Enough"
(2015)

"Bring Down the House" is a song written and recorded by Canadian

digital retailers on December 4, 2015.[2]

Following its release as a single, "Bring Down the House" has become one of Brody's most commercially successful released to date. It reached a peak of 43 on the Billboard

Canada Country
airplay chart.

Background

"Bring Down the House" is a country pop song that blends elements of contemporary country music (such as a prominent banjo) with influences of pop,[4] rock and roll,[4] and electronic dance music.[4][5][6] Brody told The Chronicle Herald that the song "is definitely in some territory where [he] didn't know how people would accept it," and that it was originally slated as a bonus track on the album. However, he chose to include it on the standard track listing and later release it as a single due to positive fan reception.[6]

Reception

Accolades

At the 2016

SOCAN honoured Brody with a SOCAN No. 1 Song Award for "Bring Down the House" reaching the top of the CMT Chevy Top 20 video countdown.[7]

Commercial

"Bring Down the House" entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number 98 on the chart dated June 27, 2015.[8] The song reached its peak position of 43 in its sixth week, on the chart dated August 1, 2015.[9] Remaining in the top 50 for six weeks, it rebounded to this peak two more times, on the charts dated August 15, 2015 and September 12, 2015.[10][11] According to FYI Music News, "Bring Down the House" was the best-selling country song in Canada for 27 consecutive weeks following its release.[12] The single was certified Gold by Music Canada in August 2015,[13] and reached Platinum status on November 11, 2015, and Double Platinum on August 24, 2017, indicating sales of over 160,000 digital copies.[3]

On the

Canada Country chart, "Bring Down the House" debuted in June 2015.[14] It reached a peak position of 7 in its fifteenth week on the chart dated September 26, 2015, becoming Brody's sixth top-10 since Billboard began formally publishing the chart in 2012.[15] The song spent 20 total weeks on the chart before going recurrent.[14]

Music video

The official music video for "Bring Down the House" premiered June 19, 2015 through

CMT Canada.[16][17] It was uploaded to his official YouTube channel a week later, on June 26, 2015.[18] A promotional campaign for the video incorporated a lyric from the song ("Y'all hastag this") and an official hashtag #BringDowntheHouse.[18][19]

Track listing
  1. "Bring Down the House" – 3:28
  • Digital download (remix)[2]
  1. "Bring Down the House" [Remix] – 3:07

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[21] 43
Canada
Country (Billboard)[15]
 7

Year end charts

Chart (2015) Position
Canada Country (Billboard)[22] 22

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[3] 3× Platinum 240,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format Version Label Ref.
Canada May 25, 2015 Country radio Original Open Road [1]
December 4, 2015 Digital download Remix [2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dean Brody new single 'Bring Down the House' at radio now". Open Road Recordings. May 25, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  2. ^
    All Media Network
    . Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Canadian single certifications – Dean Brody – Bring Down the House". Music Canada. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Henderson, Stuart (April 21, 2015). "Dean Brody Gypsy Road". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Marchand, Francois (April 23, 2015). "Album of the week: Dean Brody's Gypsy Road". Vancouver Sun. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Cooke, Stephen (May 5, 2015). "Canadian country star Dean Brody off to soaring tour launch". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Dean Brody wins Songwriter, Single, Video of the Year at 2016 Country Music Awards". Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). September 12, 2016. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Canada Singles Top 100 (June 27, 2015)". aCharts.co. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  9. ^ "Canadian Hot 100: The Week Of August 1, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  10. ^ "Canadian Hot 100: The Week Of August 15, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  11. ^ "Canadian Hot 100: The Week Of September 12, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  12. ^ Farrell, David (February 3, 2016). "Dean Brody: Bring Down the House". FYI Music News. Music Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  13. ^ Farrell, David (August 13, 2015). "Dean Brody's 'Bring Down the House' Earns Him His 4th Gold Single". FYI Music News. Music Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  14. ^ a b ""Bring Down the House" on Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  15. ^ a b "Dean Brody Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  16. ^ Hansen, Steph (June 19, 2015). "WATCH: Dean Brody "Bring Down the House" Premiers on CMT.ca Today!". 03.9 CISN Country. Corus Entertainment. Retrieved November 5, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  17. CMT Canada. Corus Entertainment
    . Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  18. ^ a b Dean Brody (June 26, 2016). "Dean Brody - Bring Down the House (Official)" (video). YouTube. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  19. ^ "Dean Brody – Bring Down the House – CMT Video Premiere". Open Road Recordings. June 19, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  20. All Media Network
    . Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  21. ^ "Dean Brody Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  22. ^ "Billboard Canada Top 50 Airplay Tunes of 2015". Music Canada. December 24, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
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