"I Wanna Be Down" is a song performed by American singer Brandy. It was co-written and produced by Keith Crouch and Kipper Jones for the singer's self-titled debut studio album, Brandy (1994), and released as its lead single during the third quarter of 1994 (see 1994 in music). The song's impact on the charts was comparatively large for a debut single: While it spent four weeks on top of the U.S. BillboardHot R&B Singles chart, it reached number 6 on the BillboardHot 100, and the top 20 in Australia and New Zealand.
Music video
Atlantic Records decided to produce two music videos for the single. The original clip was directed by Keith Ward and premiered prior to the single's official release in September 1994. In the following months another video for a remix of the song, entitled "Human Rhythm Hip Hop Remix", was shot by Hype Williams. It features female rappers MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, and Yo-Yo, and was partially black-and-white and partially in color, a young Ray J made a cameo appearance in the video. Latter version eventually earned Brandy her first nomination for "Best Rap Video" at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards. The song was featured on Norwood's own series, Moesha in the pilot episode and the sang the theme song on the line where she follow her boyfriend Ohagi (now-deceased Merlin Santana). The single was also featured on an episode of New York Undercover.
Formats and tracklistings
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "I Wanna Be Down."
