"Down" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released as the first single from their fourth album, No. 4. In the United States, the song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and No. 9 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Down" appears on the compilation albums Thank You and Buy This.
Reception In 2001, "Down" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the Grammy Awards, an award STP had previously won for the song "Plush" in 1994. In 2015, Loudwire and Stereogum ranked the song number four and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Stone Temple Pilots songs.
Music video The song's music video was directed by Robert Hales and Mark Racco. It features a dark room with two projection screens. A white light continuously flickers in the room as confetti is raining down. The screens alternate between images of the band performing the song at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, a woman in a room that either shows her underwater or surrounded by fire raining down on her, and shots of a coffee mug falling to the floor and shattering. On occasion, the song's lyrics will also flash on either screen.
Track listing "Down" – 3:49 "Down" (live) – 3:59 "MC5" – 2:42
Charts Weekly charts Chart (1999)Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1999)PositionUS Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)50US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)80 Chart (2000)PositionUS Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)61
Release history +Release dates and formats for "Down"RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)United StatesSeptember 24, 1999Rock radioAtlantic
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