Down for Whatever
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| Single by Kelly Rowland featuring The WAV.s | |||||||||
| from the album Here I Am | |||||||||
| Released | October 26, 2011 | ||||||||
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| Length | 3:55 | ||||||||
| Label | Universal Motown | ||||||||
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"Down for Whatever" is a song by American recording artist Kelly Rowland featuring production collective The WAV.s, taken from Rowland's third studio album Here I Am (2011). The song was released on October 26, 2011. The Eurodance driven up-tempo song is the album's third international single and sixth overall and final single, released from October 26, 2011 by Universal Motown Universal Music. "Down for Whatever" was written by Teddy Sky and Bilal Hajji and co-written and produced by RedOne, Jimmy Joker and The WAV.s. The song has been described as an Eurodance and Electro music. The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who say that the song is as catchy as Rowland's previous dance hits, "When Love Takes Over" and "Commander". It was also described as a "Radio friendly song".
"Down for Whatever" charted at number-six in the UK Singles Chart and number-three on the UK Dance Chart. With the release of the single, an accompanying music video was directed by Sarah Chatfield, which features Rowland dancing and a number of different club lights, as the song is a club-dance song and was released on October 19, 2011. To promote the song, Rowland performed the song on The Graham Norton Show, The X Factor which Rowland served as a judge and the German version of the show, X Factor.
"Down for Whatever" was written by Nadir Khayat, Teddy Sky, Jimmy Joker, Bilal Hajji. Production was handled by RedOne, Joker, and the WAV.s. The song is an eurodance song with electro music influences. Built on a thumping beat and a pounding groove, Rowland later visited Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California where "Down For Whatever" was recorded and the production was created. the song's instrumentation includes vigorous synthesizers. Before recording the song, Rowland said she wanted the whole album to be a distinctly different sound to both her previous albums; Simply Deep (2002) followed a rock–dance sound, while Ms. Kelly (2007) featured an urban sound. Rowland stated there was going to be a lot more up-tempo tracks, which guided her towards recording "Down for Whatever".
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