"Bring Down the House" | ||||
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Single by Dean Brody | ||||
from the album Gypsy Road | ||||
Released | May 25, 2015 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Genre | Country pop | |||
Length | 3:28 | |||
Label | Open Road | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dean Brody | |||
Producer(s) | Matt Rovey | |||
Dean Brody singles chronology | ||||
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"Bring Down the House" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody for his fifth studio album, Gypsy Road (2015). It was released to Canadian country radio on May 25, 2015 through Open Road Recordings as the album's second single. A pop-influenced remix was released to digital retailers on December 4, 2015.
Following its release as a single, "Bring Down the House" has become one of Brody's most commercially successful released to date. It reached a peak of 43 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 and has been certified Platinum by Music Canada. The song also reached a peak of 7 on the Canada Country airplay chart.
"Bring Down the House" is a country pop song that blends elements of contemporary country music (such as a prominent banjo) with influences of pop,rock and roll, and electronic dance music. Brody told The Chronicle Herald that the song "is definitely in some territory where [he] didn't know how people would accept it," and that it was originally slated as a bonus track on the album. However, he chose to include it on the standard track listing and later release it as a single due to positive fan reception.
At the 2016 Canadian Country Music Awards, "Bring Down the House" won Single of the Year and CMT Video of the Year. Brody also won the Songwriter of the Year award for his work on the song. It was Brody's second consecutive win the Video of the Year category, after "Upside Down" won in 2015. SOCAN honoured Brody with a SOCAN No. 1 Song Award for "Bring Down the House" reaching the top of the CMT Chevy Top 20 video countdown.