"Stay Down" is a song by Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...

, and is the third and final single from her eighth studio album, Growing Pains

Growing Pains (album)

Growing Pains is the eighth studio album by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige. The album was released on December 18, 2007 by Geffen Records. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 selling 629,000 copies in its first week...

(2007). The song was produced by Bryan-Michael Cox, who co-wrote the song with Johnta Austin

Johnta Austin

Johntá Austin is an American singer-songwriter, who is currently signed to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. He is commonly known for collaborating with Producers Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri & The Production Team StarGate. Austin was awarded two Grammy Awards for his work on the songs...

 and Blige herself. The third single was originally scheduled as "Hurt Again

Hurt Again

"Hurt Again" is a song by Mary J. Blige, that was intended to be the third single from her eighth studio album, Growing Pains, but was canceled in favor of "Stay Down". The song was produced by Dre & Vidal. The song was released on March 4, 2008, for airplay, but never was given an official release...

", and that was released for a short time for airplay, but at the last minute was canceled in the favor of "Stay Down".

The video for "Stay Down" was directed by Hype Williams

Hype Williams

Harold "Hype" Williams , previously known as HYPE, is an American music video and film director of African-American and Honduran descent. His nickname "Hype" comes from his hyperactive nature as a child....

 and premiered on April 17, 2008.

Charts

Chart (2007/2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	34