The Down Town

The Down Town

Infobox Single
Name = The Down Town


Artist = Days of the New
from Album = Days of the New
B-side =
Released = 1998 February 9, 1999 (CD single)
Format = CD single
Recorded = October, November 1996
Genre = Post-grunge
Acoustic rock
Length = 4:16
Label = Outpost
Writer = Travis Meeks
Producer = Scott Litt
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Touch, Peel and Stand" (1997)
This single = "The Down Town" (1998)
Next single = "Shelf in the Room" (1998)

"The Down Town" is a song by Days of the New and the second single from their self-titled debut album. Like its predecessor, the song reached #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1998 [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=182100&model.vnuAlbumId=497729 Artist Chart History - Days of the New] Billboard.com. Retrieved August 27, 2008.] and is a concert staple. "The Down Town" is also the third track on the band's "" released in 2008.

The song is arguably the second most popular single off the band's debut album and certainly one of their most well known songs overall. It is also one of the album's upbeat tracks while bearing an aggressive chorus. Lyrically, "The Down Town" ambiguiously details a town of drug users who are afraid of change and suppressive of the narrator. The phrase "to bring me down" is rebelliously shouted throughout the chorus. A mention of pointless and rejected concern over another person's well being is also addressed during the bridge. Given this theme of negativity, the "Down Town" song title may be intended as a double entendre or pun.

Music video

The "Down Town" video, directed by Lance Bangs, consists of a live concert performance. It retains the live audio and includes some notable differences from the studio recording; verse chords are used extensively in various parts, more punchy staccato is incorporated, and the first lyric of the bridge is changed to "I don't think that I should "give a fuck" about you." The performance lasts nearly a whole minute longer at 5:10.

Track listing

*The Down Town (Radio Remix) – 3:40
*The Down Town (LP Version) – 4:17

Chart positions

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McsWROkrzU0 "The Down Town" Music Video] @ YouTube


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