# Top Down > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Top_Down > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Top_Down.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Down > Source revision: 1356941809 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For the song by Fast Ryde, see [Top Down (Fast Ryde song)](/source/Top_Down_(Fast_Ryde_song)). 2007 single by Swizz Beatz "Top Down" Single by Swizz Beatz from the album One Man Band Man Released May 29, 2007 Recorded 2007 Genre Hip-hop Length 3:08 (album version) 3:22 (original version) Label Motown Full Surface Songwriters Kasseem Dean Eric McCaine Major Lance Roger Hatcher Producers Swizz Beatz Jeff Bass Swizz Beatz singles chronology "Set It Off" (2007) "Top Down" (2007) "Blow Ya Mind" (2007) "**Top Down**" is a song by American producer and rapper [Swizz Beatz](/source/Swizz_Beatz), included as the eighth track from his debut studio album *[One Man Band Man](/source/One_Man_Band_Man)* (2007). "Top Down" contains [samples](/source/Sampling_(music)) of swirls and riotous bursts of 1970s-soul horns from "Girl, Come on Home" by [Major Lance](/source/Major_Lance). ## Background In an interview with [MTV](/source/MTV), Swizz Beatz explained the song was initially meant for [Nas](/source/Nas): "The record was originally for Nas. I got Nas' vocals already. But I can't do Nas, and his energy is not right on there. It would be dead weight. No disrespect, but it can't be dead weight if I can't make it feel like reality. I need the shit crazy. I need to shoot a video! It's gotta be another '[It's Me Bitches](/source/It's_Me_Bitches),' but bigger. I could easily pull a Nas card and have people be like, 'Nas is spazzing on the verse.' But it has to be a movie. I got it. It just gotta make sense. I can get Nas, [Jay-Z](/source/Jay-Z) and [Jadakiss](/source/Jadakiss) on that. I can do that. It's light work, but it's gotta make sense."[1] On May 30, 2009, the song Nas recorded over the beat [leaked online](/source/Music_leak), entitled "Be Worried". On February 21, 2011, Swizz Beatz officially released the mastered version with Nas, for his series of free weekly mp3s and included it on his mixtape *[Monster Mondays Vol. 1](/source/Monster_Mondays_Vol._1)*."[2] ## Music video The song was featured in the second half of the music video for "Money in the Bank". In it, Swizz Beatz is in front of a green screen "riding" a Lamborghini. After the video was released, Swizz Beatz released the single on his [Myspace](/source/Myspace). ## In media "Top Down" gained recognition from being featured in the video game *[Grand Theft Auto IV](/source/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV)* as well as the 2010 movie *[The Other Guys](/source/The_Other_Guys)*. ## Single track listing 1. Top Down (Dirty) 2. Top Down (Radio) 3. It's Me Snitches 4. It's Me Snitches (Remix) 5. It's Me Snitches (Remix) (Instrumental) 6. It's Me Snitches (Remix) (A Capella) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Mixtape Monday: Beanie Sigel Talks Friction With Kanye West; Swizz Beatz Says Cassidy Won't Battle Papoose](https://web.archive.org/web/20070907195907/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/081307/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Monster Mondays](https://web.archive.org/web/20110302031546/http://www.monstermondays.com/weekeighteen.php) ## External links - [Swizz Beatz-Money In The Bank/Top Down](http://www.uzood.com/video/6417/Money-In-The-BankTop-Down) Music Video v t e Swizz Beatz Discography Production discography Studio albums One Man Band Man Poison Compilations G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories Mixtapes Monster Mondays Vol. 1 Singles "It's Me Bitches" "Money in the Bank" "Top Down" "International Party" Featured singles "Get It on the Floor" "Set It Off" "Like That" "Whuteva" "New York Shit" "We in Here" "My Drink n My 2 Step" "C'mon Baby" "Blow Ya Mind" "Swing Ya Rag" "Who's Real" "Million Bucks" "I Do" "I Can Transform Ya" "On to the Next One" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti "Fancy" "Gucci Time" "Start It Up" "Can a Drummer Get Some?" "Ass on the Floor" "Throw It Away" "Famous" "Uproar" Promotional singles "Return of the Hustle" "Hi Hater (Remix)" "All I Do Is Win (Remix)" Other songs "It's Me...(Remix)" "Candy Green" "Where the Cash At?" "Lord Lord Lord" "So Appalled" Related articles Full Surface Ruff Ryders Mashonda Alicia Keys Cassidy Verzuz This 2000s hip-hop song-related article is a stub. 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