Down So Long

"Down So Long"
Artwork for commercial UK and European editions
Single by Jewel
from the album Spirit
Released	February 1999 (see release history)
Format	CD
Recorded	1998
Genre	Folk, pop
Length	4:19 (album version) 4:20 (radio remix)
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Jewel Kilcher
Producer(s)	Patrick Leonard
Jewel singles chronology
"Hands" (1998) "Down So Long" (1999) "Jupiter (Swallow the Moon)" (1999)

"Down So Long" is a folk pop song written by Jewel and produced by Patrick Leonard for Jewel's second album, Spirit (1998). Jewel wrote the song in 1992 when she was eighteen years old and that she "like[s] it on a musical level, not message-wise." This was the second single that Jewel had not re-recorded vocals for its single release. The guitar in the song was slightly altered creating a stronger sound. A commercial single was not released within the U.S., but was outside of the U.S. The single received a very slight change in the instrumental, which is almost undetected from the album version, it's credited as the radio edit or sometimes the radio remix.

The single peaked at number fifty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, it also peaked at number ten on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.^[1] It also charted in the UK and New Zealand, reaching the top forty and the top twenty respectively.^[2][3]

Track listing

CD single

1. "Down So Long"
2. "Fat Boy" (live)
3. "I'm Sensitive" (live)

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[3]	16
Scotland (Scottish Singles Chart)	42
UK Singles Chart[2]	38
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1]	59
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40[1]	10
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[1]	21
U.S. Billboard Radio Songs[1]	47

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Australia	March 15, 1999	Atlantic Records	CD	7567-84433-2
New Zealand	April 12, 1999	Atlantic	CD	—
United Kingdom	June 14, 1999	Atlantic	CD	AT0064CD

Personnel

Robbie Buchanan — piano. Paul Bushnell — bass. David Channing — electric guitar. Josh Clayton-Felt — electric guitar. Jude Cole — acoustic guitar. Luis Conte — bass. Omar Hakim — drums.

James Harrah — electric guitar. Jewel — main performer, vocals. Patrick Leonard — electric piano, producer. Brian MacLeod — drums. Tim Pierce — guitar. Craig Young — bass.

References

1. "Jewel - Artist Chart History". Allmusic. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
2. "Down So Long - UK Chart Run". Chartstats.com. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
3. "Down So Long - New Zealand Chart Run". charts.org.nz. Retrieved June 29, 2008.