"Tear You Down" is a 2008 song by sibling production duo the

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. "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

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and spent 2 weeks at no. 1 in the

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; it is one of the artists' most commercially successful singles to date. "Tear You Down" features a vocal sample from the chorus of the song " If I Were Your Woman" by

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.Brookes Brothers's Tear You Down sample of Gladys Knight & the Pips's If I Were Your Woman
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The track was later featured in the Brookes Brothers' self-titled debut album in 2011.

Chart performance

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