"Goin' Down" is a pop

Pop music

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–rock

Rock music

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 song written by British

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 singer Melanie C

Melanie Chisholm

Melanie Jayne Chisholm is an English singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman professionally known simply as Melanie C . She is best known as one of the five members of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed "Sporty Spice"...

, Julian Gallagher

Julian Gallagher

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 and Richard Stannard for Melanie C's debut solo album Northern Star (1999). The song was produced by Marius De Vries

Marius de Vries

Marius Van Wyk de Vries is an English music producer and composer. He has been behind some of the key albums and soundtracks of recent times, gathering five Grammy nominations, two BAFTAs, and an Ivor Novello award along the way.-Music Producer:...

 and received a mixed reception from music critic

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s. The song was released as the first single

Single (music)

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 in the third quarter of 1999

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 and reached the top ten in the United Kingdom

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, where it became her second top five single. It reached the top twenty in Australia

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 and the top fifty in Canada

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. In the UK the single sold 92,645 copies, becoming the 179th best selling single of 1999. Its music video

Music video

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 was banned by some music television stations due to its offensive language.

Music video

The music video sees Melanie with a short, blonde, spikey crop (it is shorter than on the CD-cover). She is seen dancing and jumping intensely with a microphone wearing a plaid skirt. There are scenes of people dancing in a somewhat garage club with policeman driving outside, supposedly to the club as they are later seen trying to get in. Melanie is in the club throughout the whole video with wind and some water vapor being sprayed towards her in slow motion. Joc is shown driving an antique Pontiac that has a Cadillac label on the side.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Goin' Down".

• CD single one

1. "Goin' Down" (Radio version) — 3:35
2. "Ga Ga" — 3:49
3. "Angel on My Shoulder" — 3:48

• CD single two

1. "Goin' Down" (Single version) — 3:35
2. "Ga Ga" — 3:49
3. "I Want You Back" — 3:18
4. "Goin' Down" music video

Official versions

• "Goin' Down" (Album Version) / (Single Version) / (Radio Version) - 3:35
• "Goin' Down" (Live) - 3:35
• "Goin' Down" (Live Acoustic Version) - 3:39

Charts

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Chart (1999)	Peak position

Trivia

Goin' Down received its world premiere on the BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Friday 3 September 1999.