"Knockdown" is a song by English recording artist

Alesha Dixon Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7 October 1978) is an English singer, rapper, dancer, television personality, and author. She gained recognition in the early 2000s as a member of the R&B, garage and hip hop group Mis-Teeq. The group disbanded i ...

. It was taken from her debut album '' Fired Up''. The single was commercially released on 30 October 2006, having been made available for legal download the previous week. The song was written by Alesha and the

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-based production team,

Xenomania Xenomania is an English songwriting and production team founded by Brian Higgins and based in Kent, England. Formed by Higgins with his Creative Director Miranda Cooper and Business Director Sarah Stennett of First Access Entertainment, Xenoman ...

. Knockdown is Dixon's lowest charting single to date, peaking at number forty-five in the

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, and spending just four weeks in the charts. As a result of the single's failure, Alesha was dropped from

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. However, Alesha was signed to

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, where she has achieved further success under a new label.

Music video

In the music video, Alesha is in a room pondering out the window and the room breaks up and you see she is around a studio. Alesha is also seen in a black and white outfit with shoulder-length black hair and a bowler hat dancing with backup dancers. She is also seen in an elegant 1950s style dress singing into an old-fashioned microphone. Toward the end of the music video, the song blends into the

K-Gee Karl Clive Gordon, known by the stage name K-Gee, is a British DJ, producer, rapper and songwriter and former member of the Outlaw Posse. Gordon was brought up listening to reggae by his father and was inspired to become a DJ after listeni ...

remix, which featuring Alesha rapping. There is also an alternate version of the video where there is no excerpt from the K-Gee Remix at the end of the video, but is the original ending. Directed by JT.

Track listing

CD / download

# "Knockdown" – 3:06 # "Knockdown (K-Gee Heat Remix)" (featuring Asher D) – 4:21

Charts

References

{{Alesha Dixon Alesha Dixon songs 2006 singles Polydor Records singles Song recordings produced by Xenomania Songs written by Brian Higgins (producer) Songs written by Alesha Dixon Songs written by Miranda Cooper Songs written by Shawn Lee (musician) Songs written by Giselle Sommerville