Take Me Down

For the Pretty Reckless song, see Take Me Down (The Pretty Reckless song).
For the "Weird Al" Yankovic song, see Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic § Medium Rarities.
"Take Me Down"
Single by Alabama
from the album Mountain Music
B-side"Lovin' You Is Killin' Me"
ReleasedMay 6, 1982 (U.S.)
Recorded1981
GenreCountry rock[1]
Length3:43 (single edit)
4:53 (album version)
LabelRCA Nashville 13210
Songwriter(s)Mark Gray, J.P. Pennington
Producer(s)Harold Shedd and Alabama
Alabama singles chronology
"Mountain Music"
(1982) 		"Take Me Down"
(1982) 		"Close Enough to Perfect"
(1982)

"Take Me Down" is a song recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in May 1982 as the second single from Alabama's album Mountain Music.[2]

Written by Exile band members Mark Gray and J.P. Pennington, the song was originally recorded by Exile in 1980. The Exile version was released as a single, but failed to become a major hit, although it reached number 102 on the US Bubbling Under chart[3] and number 11 in South Africa.[4]

However, it was not until Alabama released the song that it was the group's seventh number one on the country chart.[5] In addition to its success on the country charts, the song fared modestly well on pop radio, reaching No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6]

  1. ^ Patton, Alli (December 13, 2022). "10 Alabama Essentials". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  2. ^ Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2)
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
  4. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 18.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 22.