Love You Down
| "Love You Down" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork for the 12-inch vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Ready for the World | ||||
| from the album Long Time Coming | ||||
| B-side | "Human Toy" | |||
| Released | November 1986[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 6:29 (Album version) 3:58 (Single version) | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Melvin Riley | |||
| Producer(s) | Gary Spaniola & Ready for the World | |||
| Ready for the World singles chronology | ||||
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"Love You Down" is the title of an
Charts
| Chart (1986โ1987) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles
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1 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco 12" Singles Sales
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25 |
| U.K. Singles Chart
|
60 |
| Year-end chart (1987) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[6] | 100 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | 7 |
INOJ version
| "Love You Down" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 CD variant of US artwork | ||||
| Single by INOJ | ||||
| from the album Ready for the World | ||||
| A-side | "Freak It" (Lathun) | |||
| Released | May 30, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996-1997 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:18 | |||
| Label | So So Def | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Melvin Riley | |||
| Producer(s) | Charles Roane and Lonnie Hill Jr. | |||
| INOJ singles chronology | ||||
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Female R&B vocalist INOJ recorded a cover version of "Love You Down" in 1997 with the assistance of producer Charles "The Mixologist" Roane and Lonnie Hill Jr Known as "Lon2". Featuring a faster beat and more percussion than the original version, INOJ's cover was initially featured on So So Def Recordings' So So Def Bass All-Stars Vol. 2 compilation album. Shortly after the compilation's release in late June 1997, the song began amassing airplay, entering Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart on the issue dated August 2, 1997; it would go on to spend 45 weeks on that chart, becoming especially popular on rhythmic radio. A music video, directed by Eric Haywood and Rubin Whitmore in Atlanta, premiered in August. A physical single, also containing Lathun's "Freak It" from the same So So Def compilation, was later released in January 1998, making the song eligible for the Hot 100. The song ultimately reached #25 on that chart.[8] "Love You Down" was later included on INOJ's debut album, incidentally titled Ready for the World, released by So So Def and Columbia in the summer of 1999. INOJ released the 20th anniversary of "Love You Down" on July 28, 2017.
Charts
| Chart (1997โ1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] | 21 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 25 |
| US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[11] | 25 |
| US | 19 |
| US Rhythmic (Billboard)[13] | 5 |
| Year-end chart (1998) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] | 88 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 61 |
See also
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1986 (U.S.)
External links
References
- ^ Ready For The World - Love You Down (Short Version), retrieved 2020-01-19
- ^ a b c "Ready for the World Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 520.
- ^ Billboard AC chart position from billboard.com Retrieved 02-16-09.
- ^ Official Charts Company data from Official Charts Company Retrieved 02.16.09.
- ^ "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 99 (52). December 26, 1987.
- ^ "MNEK's At Night Jamz | Dork". Readdork.com. 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 303.
- ^ "INOJ โ Love You Down". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 1 , 2023.
- ^ "Inoj Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 1 , 2023.
- ^ "Inoj Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved September 1 , 2023.
- ^ "Inoj Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 1 , 2023.
- ^ "Inoj Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved September 1 , 2023.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2010-08-28.