"I'm Going Down" | ||||
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Single by Rose Royce | ||||
from the album Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
B-side | "Yo Yo" | |||
Released | September 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
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Length | 3:37 | |||
Label | Whitfield/MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Norman Whitfield | |||
Producer(s) | Norman Whitfield | |||
Rose Royce singles chronology | ||||
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"I'm Going Down" is a song written and produced by Norman Whitfield, and performed by American soul and R&B group Rose Royce in 1976. It is from the film Car Wash and is featured on its soundtrack. In 1994, it was covered by American singer Mary J. Blige.
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The Rose Royce (original) version received moderate success. It peaked at number seventy on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number ten on the R&B singles chart. In the film Car Wash , the song serves as a double entendre, as it complements the screen time of Maureen, a forlorn prostitute who desperately seeks a chance at true love with Joe, even as she turns tricks.
Charts (1977) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [1] | 58 |
France (SNEP) | 5 |
Italy (FIMI) | 13 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] | 70 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [3] | 10 |
"I'm Goin' Down" | ||||
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Single by Mary J. Blige | ||||
from the album My Life | ||||
Released | January 18, 1995 | |||
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Length | 3:44 | |||
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Mary J. Blige singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"I'm Goin' Down" on YouTube |
In 1994, American R&B singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige covered "I'm Going Down", titled "I'm Goin' Down", for her second studio album, My Life (1994). Her version was produced by Sean "Puffy" Combs and Chucky Thompson. Released as the album's second single, Blige's version peaked at number thirteen on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number twenty-two on the US Billboard Hot 100. In mid-1995, Blige released a remix featuring Mr. Cheeks of The Lost Boyz featuring co-production from "Prince" Charles Alexander and Mark "Led" Ledford, and contains portions of "The What" (1994) by American rappers The Notorious B.I.G. and Method Man. "I'm Going Down" is frequently performed at many of Blige's concerts and as well as live sets.
Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report felt that "I'm Goin' Down" "offers this awesome vocalist a chance to give one of her most soulful performances. It sounds great anywhere, but it's even more incredible on the air." [4] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton remarked that Blige "sparkles" on "a rather fabulous cover" of the old Rose Royce song. [5] James Hamilton from the RM Dance Update described it as an "exceptional ultra soulful sparse dramatic 61.7bpm Rose Royce remake in authentic mid-Sixties slow Stax/Volt type". [6] Jonathan Bernstein from Spin declared it as "a storming slice of down-on-my-knees, stop-start soul originally found on the Car Wash soundtrack, and you realize any previous praise for the record has been barely felt because you know the difference between the proficient material that went before and a great song. And this is a great song." [7]
The accompanying music video for Blige's "I'm Goin' Down" was directed from January 14–15, 1995, by Matthew Rolston and was shot in black and white, with Blige as a lounge singer performing the song in a club, and wearing an-all black suit with a matching hat, walking downstairs (being duplicated over and over again). In the end, the bar patrons applaud her as she drops the microphone and walks offstage. [8]
Credits are adapted from the My Life liner notes. [14]
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Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | January 18, 1995 | — | [ citation needed ] | |
United Kingdom | April 3, 1995 |
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