Brother Down

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"Brother Down"
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Single by Sam Roberts
from the album The Inhuman Condition & We Were Born in a Flame
Released2002
Genre Indie rock, alternative rock
Length4:25
Label MapleMusic Recordings
Songwriter(s) Sam Roberts
Producer(s) Jordon Zadorozny
Sam Roberts singles chronology
"Brother Down"
(2002)		"Don't Walk Away Eileen"
(2002)

"Brother Down" is the debut single by Canadian musician Sam Roberts. [1] It was first featured on Roberts' demo recording Brother Down, and selected for his 2002 EP The Inhuman Condition . The song was a hit in Canada, reaching No. 2 in the country. [2] The song also reached No. 3 on Canada's Nielsen rock airplay chart. [3] It was one of the top 30 most played songs on Canadian radio in 2002. [4] The song was later re-recorded for his debut album, We Were Born in a Flame . It was released as a single in the US in 2004. [5]

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Between 1995 and 2016, "Brother Down" was the third most played song by a Canadian artist on rock radio stations in Canada. [6] It is his most-frequently played song live as of June 2024. [7]

"Brother Down" was featured in the animated MTV sitcom Undergrads . The song was also featured in the 2003 film S.W.A.T. , and was included on the film's soundtrack. [8]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ "Sam Roberts - Brother Down". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  2. ↑ "The Hits Charts (Airplay) : Top 100 singles". Archived from the original on 22 October 2002.
  3. ↑ Roberts 'Flame' Lights Up Canada. Billboard. 5 July 2003. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Top 100 top played radio tracks in Canada in 2002". Archived from the original on 2004-11-23. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sam Roberts - Brother Down". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  6. ↑ "NIELSEN MUSIC & BILLBOARD PRESENT CANADA 150 CHARTS" (PDF). bdsradio.com. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Sam Roberts Tour Statistics". setlist.fm. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  8. ↑ "S.W.A.T. (2003) - IMDb". IMDb .


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