Take Me Down

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{{Infobox song

| name = Take Me Down

| cover = Take Me Down Alabama.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Alabama

| album = Mountain Music

| B-side = Lovin' You Is Killin' Me

| released = May 6, 1982 (U.S.)

| recorded = 1981

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country rock{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/10-alabama-essentials/|title=10 Alabama Essentials|author=Patton, Alli|publisher=American Songwriter|date=December 13, 2022|accessdate=May 17, 2024}}

| length = 3:43 (single edit)
4:53 (album version)

| label = RCA Nashville 13210

| writer = Mark Gray, J.P. Pennington

| producer = Harold Shedd and Alabama

| prev_title = Mountain Music

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Close Enough to Perfect

| next_year = 1982

}}

"Take Me Down" is a song recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in May 1982 as the second single from Alabama's album Mountain Music.Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 ({{ISBN|0-82-307553-2}})

Written by Exile band members Mark Gray and J.P. Pennington, the song was originally recorded by Exile in 1980. The Exile version was released as a single, but failed to become a major hit, although it reached number 102 on the US Bubbling Under chartJoel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004 and number 11 in South Africa.{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(E).html|accessdate=November 26, 2020}}

However, it was not until Alabama released the song that it was the group's seventh number one on the country chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=18}} In addition to its success on the country charts, the song fared modestly well on pop radio, reaching No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=22}}