"Stay Down" is a song by American singer Mary J. Blige, taken from her eighth studio album, ''

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'' (2007). It was written by Blige along with Johnta Austin and

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, while production was helmed by Box. Released as the album's third and final single, it replaced "

Hurt Again "Hurt Again" is a song by Mary J. Blige, that was intended to be the third single from her eighth studio album, '' Growing Pains'', but was canceled in favor of " Stay Down". The song was produced by Dre & Vidal, and co-written by Dr. Dre ...

", that was released for a short time for airplay, but at the last minute was canceled in the favor of "Stay Down".

Music video

A music video for "Stay Down" was directed by

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and premiered on April 17, 2008. It features several close shots of Blige as well as many landscape scenes.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the ''Growing Pains'' liner notes. * Johnta Austin – writer *Nick Banns – additional engineer *Mary J. Blige – vocals, writer *Dru Castro – additional engineer *

– producer, writer *

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– arrangement, conductor *

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– vocal producer, recording *Alec Newell – recording *Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – additional engineer *Sam Thomas – recording

Charts

References

2007 songs 2008 singles Mary J. Blige songs Music videos directed by Hype Williams Songs written by Johntá Austin Songs written by Mary J. Blige Contemporary R&B ballads Soul ballads Songs written by Bryan-Michael Cox Song recordings produced by Bryan-Michael Cox 2000s ballads {{2000s-US-single-stub