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{{Infobox song

| name = Down

| cover = Stone_Temple_Pilots_Down.JPG

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Stone Temple Pilots

| album = No. 4

| B-side =

| released = April 5, 1999

| recorded = 1999

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:48

| label = Atlantic

| writer = Music: Robert DeLeo
Lyrics: Scott Weiland

| producer = Brendan O'Brien

| prev_title = Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Heaven & Hot Rods

| next_year = 1999

| misc =

}}

'"Down"' is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released as the first single from their fourth album, 'No. 4'. In the U.S., the song peaked at No. 5 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #9 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Release and reception



In 2001, it was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the Grammy Awards, an award STP had previously won for the song "Plush" in 1994.

"Down" appears on the compilation albums 'Thank You' and 'Buy This'.

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.

Charts



Music video



The song's music video 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 this 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.

This video was directed by Robert Hales and Mark Racco.

Covers and other appearances



*The song was covered by AJ Mclean of the Backstreet Boys during his first solo live show.

*The song is a playable track in the game 'Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades'.

*"Down" was featured in advertisements promoting the release of 'No. 4'

*The song was featured in 'The Sopranos' episode "The Happy Wanderer".

*This song is featured in the film 'Middle Men'.

Track listing



#"Down" - 3:49

#"Down" (Live) - 3:59

#"MC5" - 2:42

References





Category:1999 singles

Category:1999 songs

Category:Stone Temple Pilots songs

Category:Songs written by Scott Weiland

Category:Songs written by Robert DeLeo

Category:Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)

Category:Music videos directed by Robert Hales

Category:Atlantic Records singles

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