Don't Look Down (Skylar Grey album)
{{Short description|2013 studio album by Skylar Grey}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Don't Look Down
| type = studio
| artist = Skylar Grey
| cover = Don't Look Down by Skylar Grey.png
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2013|07|05}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
- Pop{{cite web|last=Stewart |first=Allison |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/skylar-greys-solo-debut-finally-set-to-see-the-light-of-day/2013/07/03/90535d92-dcd9-11e2-9218-bc2ac7cd44e2_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712080341/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-07-05/entertainment/40382699_1_grey-s-release-debut |url-status=live |archive-date=2013-07-12 |title=Skylar Grey's solo debut finally set to see the light of day - Washington Post |publisher=Articles.washingtonpost.com |date=2013-07-05 |access-date=2013-07-25}}
- hip hop
| length = 45:30
| label =
| producer =
- Alex da Kid
- Holly Hafermann
- Mike Del Rio
- Jayson DeZuzio
- Illfactor
- J.R. Rotem
| prev_title = Like Blood Like Honey
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Natural Causes
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Don't Look Down
| type = studio
| single1 = C'mon Let Me Ride
| single1date = December 11, 2012
| single2 = Final Warning
| single2date = April 16, 2013
| single3 = Wear Me Out
| single3date = June 4, 2013
| single4 = White Suburban
| single4date = July 2, 2013
}}
}}
Don't Look Down is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Skylar Grey. Kidinakorner and Interscope Records released the album on July 5, 2013. Grey worked with producers including J. R. Rotem, Alex da Kid, Jayson DeZuzio, and Mike Del Rio. Featured artists include Big Sean, Travis Barker, Eminem, and Angel Haze. A pop album with hip hop influences, it is a departure from Grey's previous musical output as Holly Brook.
Background
Don't Look Down was scheduled to be released in the fall of 2011, under the title Invinsible, a portmanteau of "invisible" and "invincible", an idea which was given to her by American musician Marilyn Manson.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/469819/skylar-grey-says-debut-album-will-explain-how-i-became-invincible |title=Skylar Grey Says Debut Album Will Explain 'How I Became Invincible' |publisher=Billboard |date=June 24, 2011 |accessdate=May 7, 2013 |archive-date=May 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528153355/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/469819/skylar-grey-says-debut-album-will-explain-how-i-became-invincible |url-status=live }} Grey had said that the album would be a complete departure from any of her previous work, stating in interviews with Los Angeles Times and Rap-Up, that the album's sound is "...commercial, yet avant-garde...", with "...cinematic beats and atmospheric hooks...", and "...sonically I can tell you that every song sounds different and it's really diverse, kind of going from cinematic to fun to dark. Alex and I really push each other creatively...". In an October 2012 interview with Rolling Stone, Grey re-titled the album to its current namesake and announced that American rapper Eminem, would executive produce the album. She also said she had been working with J. R. Rotem.{{cite web |author=Steve Baltin |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/eminem-sings-classic-queen-hook-on-skylar-greys-new-single-20121031 |title=Eminem Sings Classic Queen Hook on Skylar Grey's New Single |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=October 31, 2012 |accessdate=May 7, 2013 |archive-date=June 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616071629/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/eminem-sings-classic-queen-hook-on-skylar-greys-new-single-20121031 |url-status=dead }}
Promotion and singles
The album's lead single, "C'mon Let Me Ride" was released on December 11, 2012, and features rapper Eminem. The official music video for the single was released on VEVO the same day.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhxPBrxxaqc|title=Skylar Grey - C'mon Let Me Ride ft. Eminem|last=SkylarGreyVEVO|date=11 December 2012|via=YouTube|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921154719/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhxPBrxxaqc|url-status=live}} The song peaked at #33 on Pop Songs in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/279558/skylar+grey/chart?f=381 |title=Pop song B |website=www.billboard.com |access-date=2018-09-26 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305062540/http://www.billboard.com/artist/279558/Skylar+Grey/chart?f=381 |url-status=live }} In the meanwhile, Grey released "Final Warning" on April 16, 2013; it was the album's second single.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/04/15/new-music-skylar-grey-final-warning-snippet/#more-155330 |title=New Music: Skylar Grey – 'Final Warning' [Snippet] |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=2013-04-15 |accessdate=2013-07-25}} The official music video was released on May 14, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToOFtvvFGGo|title=Skylar Grey - Final Warning|last=SkylarGreyVEVO|date=13 May 2013|via=YouTube|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921154645/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToOFtvvFGGo|url-status=live}} On June 4, 2013, "Wear Me Out" was premiered online.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/06/04/new-music-skylar-grey-wear-me-out/#more-159508 |title=New Music: Skylar Grey – 'Wear Me Out' |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-25}} The music video was released a week later.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fakia5udFQU|title=Skylar Grey - Wear Me Out (Explicit)|last=SkylarGreyVEVO|date=11 June 2013|via=YouTube|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921154646/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fakia5udFQU|url-status=live}} On the US iTunes Store during the week of release, the album's title song "Tower (Don't Look Down)" was featured as "single of the week"; it was released as a promotional single for free.{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tower-dont-look-down-single/id667729281 |title=iTunes Store |publisher=iTunes |access-date=2013-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714174907/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tower-dont-look-down-single/id667729281 |archive-date=2013-07-14 }} "White Suburban" is the fourth song from the album to receive the music video treatment. The video premiered on July 3, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/07/03/video-skylar-grey-white-suburban/ |title=Video: Skylar Grey – 'White Suburban' |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-25}} In August, Grey confirmed that she had filmed a music video for "Back from the Dead" featuring Big Sean and Travis Barker.{{cite news|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/skylar-grey-back-from-the-dead-feat-big-sean-travis-barker-video.19351.html|title=Skylar Grey Feat. Big Sean & Travis Barker "Back from the Dead" Video|last=Lilah|first=Rose|date=September 30, 2017|work=HotNewHipHop|accessdate=December 17, 2017|archive-date=September 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205713/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/skylar-grey-back-from-the-dead-feat-big-sean-travis-barker-video.19351.html|url-status=live}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 58/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/dont-look-down/skylar-grey/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for Don't Look Down|author=Metacritic|date=July 25, 2013|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=July 29, 2013|archive-date=January 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108005222/http://www.metacritic.com/music/dont-look-down/skylar-grey/critic-reviews|url-status=live}}
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = HitFix
| rev3 = Knoxville News Sentinel
| rev4 = Newsday
| rev5 = New York Post
| rev6 = Now
| rev7 = The Oakland Press
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev9 = Slant Magazine
| rev10 = USA Today
}}
Don't Look Down garnered generally mixed reception from music critics. At Metacritic, they assign a weighted score to ratings and reviews from selected music critics, and the album has a Metascore of 58, which is based upon six reviews. This means it has been given "mixed or average" reception. At The New York Times, Jon Pareles gave it a positive review, and affirmed that "angst, melody and a hip-hop backbone are a promising combination."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/arts/music/skylar-grey-okkyung-lee-and-geoffrey-keezer-on-new-releases.html?_r=0|title=New Albums by Skylar Grey, Okkyung Lee and Geoffrey Keezer|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|date=July 8, 2013|work=The New York Times|accessdate=July 29, 2013|archive-date=October 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014031147/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/arts/music/skylar-grey-okkyung-lee-and-geoffrey-keezer-on-new-releases.html?_r=0|url-status=live}} Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe gave a positive review, and stated "if the music gods smile favorably upon her, Grey will soon be known as a solo artist in her own right, thanks to the gifts for melody and turning a phrase displayed on this captivating debut under her current nom de pop."{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/07/07/album-review-skylar-grey-don-look-down/8pnPZ0BIdyWJVQ0s3DBIdN/story.html|title=ALBUM REVIEW: Skylar Grey, 'Don't Look Down'|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|date=July 8, 2013|work=The Boston Globe|accessdate=July 29, 2013|archive-date=July 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715234022/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/07/07/album-review-skylar-grey-don-look-down/8pnPZ0BIdyWJVQ0s3DBIdN/story.html|url-status=live}}
At Knoxville News Sentinel, Chuck Campbell feels the release "may not clearly define who Grey is, but it's fitfully gutsy." Melinda Newman of HitFix told the album "sounds like Grey made the album she wanted to: one that shows her many different sides: lover, fighter, muse... but your appreciation for it will depend upon your tolerance for the often misplaced reliance on beats." At Newsday, Glenn Gamboa alluded to how the listener will "keep waiting for her to show some emotion -- any emotion." At New York Post, Michaelangelo Matos affirmed while "the occasional misfire aside, the R&B-leaning pop rocker knows how to write a hook". Gary Graff of The Oakland Press stated that this is a "somewhat messy 12-song set that seems to pit what Grey wants to be — or thinks she should — against her natural creative leanings." At USA Today, Elysa Gardner told that Grey "has successfully collaborated [with] other artists", but without her collaborators, Grey "conveys less a personality than a variety of poses evoking clichés reinforced by her accessible but unremarkable hip-hop-fueled pop." But, Ted Scheinan of Slant Magazine was against this notion, when he wrote that in "complicating matters further, executive producer Eminem allows far too many cooks in the kitchen, a reflexive inclusivity that leaves the album feeling over-processed."
Scheinan of Slant Magazine feels "Don't Look Down is the sound of an artist negotiating with her own MC impulses, of a talented lyricist whose pop instincts tell her to abridge herself." In addition, Scheinan noted "at heart, Don't Look Down is a vaguely hip-hop-inflected homage to '90s pop, not so much uninteresting as underwhelming and repetitive in its orchestration." At Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said the release "come[s] across as nothing more than bubblegum Lana Del Rey." Will Hermes at Rolling Stone called "Final Warning" mere "tabloid fodder and "C'mon Let Me Ride" sounds "like an over-the-top hookup plea", however he wrote "you've gotta love a pop star who titles a song about unplanned pregnancy 'Shit, Man!'" In concluding, Hermes noted the "stirring 'White Suburban' suggests Grey might, in the end, make a more convincing good girl." At Now, Tabassum Siddiqui feels "given Grey's connection to music's biggest headline-makers, it's ironic that her own output isn't all that memorable.". Mark Grondin from Spectrum Pulse gave it a 5/10 said that she struggled to come out from Eminem's shadow and struggled to match the production. And that the album was bland.
It was placed at No. 79 on Amazon's Best Albums of 2013 list.{{cite web|url=http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/211-amazons-100-best-albums-of-2013/|title=Amazon's 100 Best Albums of 2013|access-date=2016-02-27|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305213938/http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/211-amazons-100-best-albums-of-2013/|url-status=live}}
Commercial performance
In its first week of release Don't Look Down debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, selling 24,000 copies in the United States.{{cite web |last=Grein |first=Paul |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-14-2013-albums-jay-z-030009697.html |title=Week Ending July 14, 2013. Albums: Jay-Z Back On The Throne | Chart Watch - Yahoo! Music |publisher=Music.yahoo.com |date=2013-07-16 |accessdate=2013-07-25 |archive-date=2014-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025165110/https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-14-2013-albums-jay-z-030009697.html |url-status=live }} The album has sold 62,000 copies in the United States as of August 2016.{{cite web |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160829210341/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archivedate= August 29, 2016 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |website=Hits Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures }}
Track listings
{{Track listing
| headline = Don't Look Down {{nobold|– Digital / CD Standard edition (Catalog #602537424795)}}{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Look-Explicit-digital-booklet/dp/B00DOLU5TI |title=Don't Look Down [Explicit] [+digital booklet]: Skylar Grey: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |date= |accessdate=2013-07-25 |archive-date=2013-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728135844/http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Look-Explicit-digital-booklet/dp/B00DOLU5TI |url-status=live }}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Back from the Dead
| note1 = featuring Big Sean and Travis Barker
| writer1 = {{flat list|
}}
| extra1 = {{flat list|
- J.R. Rotem
- Golan{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| length1 = 4:23
| title2 = Final Warning
| writer2 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Alexander Grant
}}
| extra2 = Alex da Kid
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = Wear Me Out
| writer3 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Rotem
}}
| extra3 = Rotem
| length3 = 3:30
| title4 = Religion
| writer4 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Rotem
- Ivan Corraliza
}}
| extra4 = {{flat list|
- Rotem
- Illfactor{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = C'mon Let Me Ride
| note5 = featuring Eminem
| writer5 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Mike Del Rio
- Marshall Mathers
- Freddie Mercury
}}
| extra5 = Alex da Kid
| length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Sunshine
| writer6 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Jayson DeZuzio
}}
| extra6 = {{flat list|
- Alex da Kid
- DeZuzio
- Hafermann{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| length6 = 3:46
| title7 = Pulse
| writer7 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Rotem
- DeZuzio
}}
| extra7 = {{flat list|
- Rotem
- Hafermann{{ref|a|[a]}}
- DeZuzio{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| length7 = 3:39
| title8 = Glow in the Dark
| writer8 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Del Rio
}}
| extra8 = {{flat list|
- Alex da Kid
- Del Rio
}}
| length8 = 3:44
| title9 = Shit, Man!
| note9 = featuring Angel Haze
| writer9 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- DeZuzio
- Raykeea Wilson
}}
| extra9 = {{flat list|
- Alex da Kid
- Dezuzio
}}
| length9 = 3:27
| title10 = Clear Blue Sky
| writer10 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Lauren Christy
- Clare Maguire
}}
| extra10 = Alex da Kid
| length10 = 3:49
| title11 = Tower (Don't Look Down)
| writer11 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
}}
| extra11 = Alex da Kid
| length11 = 4:02
| title12 = White Suburban
| writer12 = Hafermann
| extra12 = Hafermann
| length12 = 4:43
}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 53:59
| headline = Don't Look Down {{nobold|– iTunes version}}
| title1 = Back from the Dead
| note1 = featuring Big Sean and Travis Barker
| writer1 = {{flat list|
}}
| extra1 = {{flat list|
- J.R. Rotem
- Golan{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| length1 = 4:23
| title2 = Final Warning
| writer2 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Alexander Grant
}}
| extra2 = Alex da Kid
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = Wear Me Out
| writer3 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Rotem
}}
| extra3 = Rotem
| length3 = 3:30
| title4 = Religion
| writer4 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Rotem
- Ivan Corraliza
}}
| extra4 = {{flat list|
- Rotem
- Illfactor{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = C'mon Let Me Ride
| note5 = featuring Eminem
| writer5 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Mike Del Rio
- Marshall Mathers
- Freddie Mercury
}}
| extra5 = Alex da Kid
| length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Love the Way You Lie Part III
| note6 = Original demo bonus track
| writer6 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Mathers
}}
| extra6 = Hafermann
| length6 = 4:11
| title7 = Sunshine
| writer7 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Jayson DeZuzio
}}
| extra7 = {{flat list|
- Alex da Kid
- DeZuzio
- Hafermann{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = Pulse
| writer8 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Rotem
- DeZuzio
}}
| extra8 = {{flat list|
- Rotem
- Hafermann{{ref|a|[a]}}
- DeZuzio{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| length8 = 3:39
| title9 = Glow in the Dark
| writer9 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Del Rio
}}
| extra9 = {{flat list|
- Alex da Kid
- Del Rio
}}
| length9 = 3:44
| title10 = Shit, Man!
| note10 = featuring Angel Haze
| writer10 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- DeZuzio
- Raykeea Wilson
}}
| extra10 = {{flat list|
- Alex da Kid
- Dezuzio
}}
| length10 = 3:27
| title11 = Clear Blue Sky
| writer11 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Lauren Christy
- Clare Maguire
}}
| extra11 = Alex da Kid
| length11 = 3:49
| title12 = Tower (Don't Look Down)
| writer12 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
}}
| extra12 = Alex da Kid
| length12 = 4:02
| title13 = Ticking Time Bomb
| writer13 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
}}
| extra13 = Alex da Kid
| length13 = 4:14
| title14 = White Suburban
| writer14 = Hafermann
| extra14 = Hafermann
| length14 = 4:43
| title15 = Coming Home, Pt. II
| note15 = bonus track
| writer15 = Hafermann
| extra15 = Hafermann
| length15 = 2:44
|note13 = bonus track}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Don't Look Down {{nobold|– Spotify edition}}{{cite web|title=Skylar Grey – Don't Look Down – Spotify|url=http://open.spotify.com/album/0xpiZPRZ2nzVgINpDHaW4Y|publisher=Spotify|accessdate=6 October 2013|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927062321/http://open.spotify.com/album/0xpiZPRZ2nzVgINpDHaW4Y|url-status=live}}
| total_length = 48:39
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Back from the Dead
| note1 = featuring Big Sean and Travis Barker
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Final Warning
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = Wear Me Out
| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = Religion
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = C'mon Let Me Ride
| note5 = featuring Eminem
| length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Only Thing I Hear
| note6 = featuring Travis Barker
| writer6 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Barker
}}
| extra6 = {{flat list|
- Alex da Kid
}}
| length6 = 3:21
| title7 = Sunshine
| length7 = 3:45
| title8 = Pulse
| length8 = 3:38
| title9 = Glow in the Dark
| length9 = 3:44
| title10 = Shit, Man!
| note10 = featuring Angel Haze
| length10 = 3:25
| title11 = Clear Blue Sky
| length11 = 3:49
| title12 = Tower (Don't Look Down)
| length12 = 4:00
| title13 = White Suburban
| length13 = 4:41
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Don't Look Down {{nobold|– Target exclusive edition}}{{cite web|title=Skylar Grey – Dont Look Down – Only at Target|url=http://www.target.com/p/skylar-grey-dont-look-down-only-at-target/-/A-14646060#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=skylar+grey|publisher=Target Corporation|accessdate=5 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731023833/http://www.target.com/p/skylar-grey-dont-look-down-only-at-target/-/A-14646060#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=skylar+grey|archive-date=31 July 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Deluxe-Edition-Bonus-Tracks/dp/B00DKLIBSO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1374597276&sr=8-3&keywords=skylar+grey+wear+me+out |title=Don't Look Down (Deluxe Edition / 2 Bonus Tracks): Skylar Grey: Music |website=Amazon |date= |accessdate=2013-07-25}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 51:24
| title1 = Back from the Dead
| note1 = featuring Big Sean and Travis Barker
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Final Warning
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = Wear Me Out
| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = Religion
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = C'mon Let Me Ride
| note5 = featuring Eminem
| length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Weirdo
| length6 = 2:37
| writer6 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
}}
| extra6 = {{flat list|
- Alex da Kid
}}
| title7 = Sunshine
| length7 = 3:45
| title8 = Pulse
| length8 = 3:38
| title9 = Glow in the Dark
| length9 = 3:44
| title10 = Beautiful Nightmare
| length10 = 3:29
| writer10 = {{flat list|
- Hafermann
- Grant
}}
| extra10 = {{flat list|
- Alex da Kid
}}
| title11 = Shit, Man!
| note11 = featuring Angel Haze
| length11 = 3:25
| title12 = Clear Blue Sky
| length12 = 3:49
| title13 = Tower (Don't Look Down)
| length13 = 4:00
| title14 = White Suburban
| length14 = 4:41
}}
;Notes
- {{small|{{note|a|[a]}}}} denotes co-producer
- "C'mon Let Me Ride" contains portions of "Bicycle Race", written by Freddie Mercury.Don't Look Down by Skylar Grey. [album liner]. KidinaKorner / Interscope (Universal Music Group). Catalog #602537424795.
Personnel
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{{col-2}}
;Musicians
;Additional musicians
- Travis Barker – drums (track 1)
- Big Sean – vocals (track 1)
- Eminem – vocals (track 5)
- Angel Haze – vocals (track 10)
{{col-2}}
;Additional personnel
- Alex da Kid – executive producer
- Eminem – executive producer
- Mike Del Rio - Producer (Tracks 5, 9)
- Jayson DeZuzio – producer (tracks 7, 9 and 10), co-producer (track 8)
- Ross Golan – co-producer (track 1)
- Skylar Grey – producer (track 10), co-producer (tracks 6–8)
- Ill Factor – co-producer (track 4)
- J.R. Rotem – producer (tracks 1, 3, 4 and 8)
{{col-end}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for Don't Look Down ! scope="col"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|25|artist=Skylar Grey|rowheader=true|access-date=October 18, 2024|refname="CA"}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|8|artist=Skylar Grey|rowheader=true|access-date=October 18, 2024}} |
Release history
''iTunes Session''
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| name = iTunes Session
| type = EP
| artist = Skylar Grey
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| released = October 15, 2013
| recorded = 2013
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| genre = Acoustic pop
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| prev_title = Don't Look Down
| prev_year = 2013
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iTunes Session is the fifth extended play by American singer-songwriter Skylar Grey. It contains nine songs. The EP was released elusively to the iTunes store on October 15, 2013.
=Track listing=
{{Track listing
| total_length =
| title1 = Back from the Dead (iTunes Session)
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| extra1 = {{flatlist|
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| length1 = 3:43
| title2 = Wear Me Out (iTunes Session)
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
- Hafermann
- Rotem
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| extra2 =
| length2 = 3:28
| title3 = Room for Happiness (iTunes Session)
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
- Hafermann
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| extra3 = {{flatlist|
- Hafermann
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| length3 = 3:49
| title4 = All I Want (iTunes Session)
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| extra4 =
| length4 = 3:45
| title5 = C'mon Let Me Ride
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Mike Del Rio
- Marshall Mathers
- Freddie Mercury
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
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| length5 = 3:02
| title6 = Sunshine (iTunes Session)
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Jayson DeZuzio
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| extra6 = {{flatlist|
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| length6 = 3:19
| title7 = White Suburban (iTunes Session)
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
- Hafermann
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| extra7 = {{flatlist|
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| length7 = 4:25
| title8 = S**t, Man! (iTunes Session)
| writer8 = {{flatlist|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- DeZuzio
- Raykeea Wilson
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| extra8 = {{flatlist|
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| length8 = 2:22
| title9 = Love the Way You Lie (iTunes Session)
| writer9 = {{flatlist|
- Hafermann
- Grant
- Mathers
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| extra9 = {{flatlist|
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| length9 = 4:19
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References
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Category:Interscope Records albums
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