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)
Released31 October 2008[1] (physical)
3 November 2008[2] (digital)
Recorded2008
GenreDrum and bass
Length5:48 ("Tear You Down")
5:11 ("Drifter")
3:13 ("Tear You Down" radio edit)
LabelBreakbeat 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

Chart (2008)
  • Peak
  • position
UK Dance (OCC)[5] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 56[7]

References

  1. ^ Tear You Down at Discogs
  2. ^ "Tear You Down". SoundCloud. Brookes Brothers. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  3. ^ "BROOKES BROTHERS | Singles". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ^ Brookes Brothers's Tear You Down sample of Gladys Knight & the Pips's If I Were Your Woman | WhoSampled
  5. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. ^ CHART: CLUK Update 15.11.2008 (wk45)