Shot You Down

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"Shot You Down"
Audio Bullys featuring Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down cover.png
Single by Audio Bullys featuring Nancy Sinatra
from the album Generation
B-side "I Won't Let You Down"
Released23 May 2005 (2005-05-23)
Length
  • 6:51 (original)
  • 2:56 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Audio Bullys
Audio Bullys singles chronology
"Way Too Long"
(2003)
"Shot You Down"
(2005)
"I'm in Love"
(2005)
Nancy Sinatra singles chronology
"Burnin' Down the Spark"
(2004)
"Shot You Down"
(2005)
"Glory Road"
(2009)

"Shot You Down" is a song by English electronic music project Audio Bullys featuring vocal samples from American singer Nancy Sinatra from her cover of the 1966 song "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". It became a No. 3 hit in the United Kingdom in mid-2005 and reached the top 20 in Australia and the Netherlands the same year. Sinatra is credited as being featured on the song (Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra) since her vocal samples are an integral part of the song. The song is included on the album Generation , released on 31 October 2005. [1]

Contents

Track listings

UK CD single [2]

  1. "Shot You Down" (radio edit) – 2:56
  2. "I Won't Let You Down" – 4:29

UK 12-inch single [3]

A. "Shot You Down" (original) – 6:49
B. "Shot You Down" (Lee Cabrera "Lower East Side" mix) – 6:40

European and Australian CD single [4] [5]

  1. "Shot You Down" (radio edit) – 2:56
  2. "Shot You Down" (full length) – 6:48
  3. "Shot You Down" (Lee Cabrera "Lower East Side" mix) – 6:46

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Europe23 May 2005CD
  • Source
  • EMI
  • Virgin
[6]
United Kingdom
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
[28]
Australia11 July 2005CD
  • Source
  • EMI
[29]

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