"Down" is a song by American electronic duo
Marian Hill
Marian Hill is an American electronic duo from Philadelphia consisting of record producer Jeremy Lloyd and singer Samantha Gongol.
The duo released their debut EP, ''Play'', in 2014, and released their second EP, ''Sway'', in 2015. The duo relea ...
as a single from their debut album ''Act One''. Originally released in 2016, the song became popular after its adoption by Apple in an
AirPods
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commercial.
The song started to gain more traction over the following weeks, debuting on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Alternative Songs chart.
It became a
sleeper hit
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, peaking at number 21 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Composition
The song is written in the key of
C minor
C minor is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature consists of three flats. Its relative major is E major and its parallel major is C major.
The C natural minor scale is:
:
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with a tempo of 85 beats per minute. It follows a chord progression of Cm–Bb–Ab–Gm.
Commercial performance
"Down" debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Top TV Commercials chart in January 2017.
Shortly after, the song entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 99
before rising in the following weeks. The song later entered the top 40 of the chart and peaked at number 21,
going on to spend 17 weeks on the chart
Music video
The video starts with Samantha Gongol and Jeremy Lloyd inside an elevator with walls covered with pink flowers. Samantha sings her verse as the elevator keeps going down. Next elevator comes with Samantha inside and Jeremy on the roof of elevator playing keyboard. As the video goes on, both Samantha and Jeremy are shown changing elevators and walking via lobby. In the end both faces anti gravity as the elevator goes down in a high speed as its rope is cut off.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
2016 songs
2016 singles
Republic Records singles
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