Windows Down by Big Time Rush Song Info
"Windows Down" is a song by American boy band Big Time Rush from the re-release of their second studio album, "Elevate". The song is an electro rock and dance-pop song influenced by dubstep. Written by Alexander James, Bei Maejor, Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree, Graham Coxon, Matt Squire, Matthew Musto and Mike Posner, the song was originally going to used by Ke$ha (then called "Woo Hoo") for her new album, but was sold to Big Time Rush when "Woo Hoo" leaked. The instrumental heavily samples "Song 2" by Blur. The full preview of the song was officially released on June 12, in anticipation of the official iTunes release on June 25Within 6 hours of its iTunes release, the song reached #62 (out of 200) on the "Top Pop Songs" chart of iTunes and has peaked at number 17 on the iTunes pop charts as of June 27, 2012. The music video was filmed in Maui, Hawaii and was released on VEVO on June 22, three days before the single's iTunes release. Within 24 hours, the music video shot to #2 (where it peaked) on the iTunes music video charts, second to Katy Perry's "Wide Awake". It then dropped a few days later to #3, right after "Call Me Maybe", which it overtook earlier that week. Reception to the song has been positive overall. Nick Bassett from UK site The Re-View called 'Windows Down' a "surefire Summer pop hit", complimenting the use of the Blur 'Song 2' sample and wrapping up his article saying that it should "mark Big Time Rush as some hot, home-grown competition for our Transatlantic invading boybands". Bill Lamb of About.com called the song "a guilty pleasure" and praised the song's use of rock, claiming that it provided "an appealing, more 'grown up' power pop sound for the group... [distinguishing them] from the wave of British boy bands hitting [North American] shores."
