Tear You Down
| "Tear You Down" / "Drifter" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Brookes Brothers | |
| from the album Brookes Brothers | |
| A-side | "Tear You Down" |
| B-side | "Drifter" (with Furlonge) |
| Released | 31 October 2008[1] (physical) 3 November 2008[2] (digital) |
| Recorded | 2008 |
| Genre | Drum and bass |
| Length | 5:48 ("Tear You Down") 5:11 ("Drifter") 3:13 ("Tear You Down" radio edit) |
| Label | Breakbeat Kaos |
| Songwriter(s) | Dan Brookes and Phil Brookes |
| Producer(s) | Dan Brookes, Phil Brookes, Furlonge |
"Tear You Down" is a 2008 song by sibling production duo the Brookes Brothers. "Tear You Down" was first released as a double A-side single with the track "Drifter", which was co-produced by drum and bass musician and Viper Recordings artist Dominic Furlonge. The single charted at #56 on the UK Singles Chart and spent 2 weeks at no. 1 in the UK Dance Chart; it is one of the artists' most commercially successful singles to date.[3]
"Tear You Down" features a vocal sample from the chorus of the song "If I Were Your Woman" by Gladys Knight & the Pips.[4] The track was later featured in the Brookes Brothers' self-titled debut album in 2011.
Chart performance[edit]
| Chart (2008) |
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|---|---|
| UK Dance (OCC)[5] | 1 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 56[7] |
References[edit]
- ^ Tear You Down at Discogs
- ^ "Tear You Down". SoundCloud. Brookes Brothers. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ "BROOKES BROTHERS | Singles". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Brookes Brothers's Tear You Down sample of Gladys Knight & the Pips's If I Were Your Woman | WhoSampled
- ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ CHART: CLUK Update 15.11.2008 (wk45)
