| "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 R&B song written by Melvin Riley Jr.[2] Riley's former band, Ready for the World, originally recorded the song in 1986 and released it as the lead single from their second album, Long Time Coming produced by Gary Spaniola. A slow jam, "Love You Down" was a hit on the Billboard pop and R&B charts, spending two weeks atop the R&B chart in December 1986 and peaking at #9 on the pop chart in early 1987.[2][3] This was Ready for the World's second R&B chart-topper, following the success of "Oh Sheila" in 1985. It also reached #24 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.[2][4] The song charted in the United Kingdom at #60 on the UK Singles Chart.[5] The song has been covered by artists such as R&B singer INOJ and neo soul musician Me'shell Ndegeocello.
- ^ 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.