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“Down” by Stone Temple Pilots

From the album №4 (1999)

“Down” by Stone Temple Pilots appears on 20 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1999 and 2023. It was first released in 1999 on the album №4. Its best result is #31 on the K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #69 alternative song of 1999, #5,030 alternative song of all time and #483 of the '90s.

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#31best position

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Stone Temple Pilots - Down (Official Music Video)

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"Down" was the first single from Stone Temple Pilots' fourth album, No. 4, in 1999, and it hits like a band with something to prove. Robert DeLeo wrote the music, a heavy, churning riff that Dean DeLeo saws through on guitar while Robert holds the bottom on bass and Eric Kretz pounds underneath, and Scott Weiland wrote the words and sneers them over the top. Brendan O'Brien produced and mixed it, keeping the sludge thick and the hooks sharp.

It climbed to 5 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2001, the award they had taken for "Plush" in 1994. The video, directed by Robert Hales and Mark Racco, flickers between the band onstage at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, a woman caught underwater or under a rain of fire, and a coffee mug shattering on the floor, all beneath a shower of confetti.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	64	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999	107
1999	51	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 1999	91
1999	98	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999	106
1999	81	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999	101
1999	78	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999	100
1999	59	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999	92
1999	66	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999	99
1999	47	107.7 The End Seattle, WA	The End Top 107 Songs of 1999	107
1999	42	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 1999	89
1999	90	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999	104
2000	89	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000	107
2000	89	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000	105
2000	78	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000	100
2000	31	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000	93

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	931	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)	1002
2004	103	WBCN	WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004)	104
2020	385	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2020)	420
2021	368	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2021)	420
2022	369	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2022)	420
2023	339	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2023)	420

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