"Knock You Down" is the fourth
U.S. single from Keri Hilson's debut album, In A Perfect World.... The song features rapper Kanye
West and R&B singer Ne-Yo.
The music video for the song premiered on March 23,
2009, one day before the release of the album. The
song will be released as the second single in the
United Kingdom on 29 June 2009.
The song is Hilson's highest charting single as a
lead vocalist in the United States, peaking at #13
on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
It was written by Nathaniel Hills, Marcella Araica,
Kevin "KC" Cossom, Shaffer Smith, Keri Hilson and
Kanye West. Like most of the songs on the album Keri
Hilson made final amendments to the song before it
was recorded. Danja executively produced the single.
Hilson said that she had always wanted to work with
Ne-Yo and Kanye West, and West's vocals were a last
minute addition to the single. It was confirmed
on Hilson's official video blog album countdown.
The song has proven to be Hilson's most successful
single worldwide, being her first single to enter
the AIRA 50 chart and surpassing the peak of her
song "Return the Favor" on the UK charts as well her
highest charting single in Canada and the U.S.
The music video for "Knock You Down" was shot in Los
Angeles, California with director Chris Robinson.
In the video's first scene Hilson is filmed
free-falling in the bedroom of her apartment. The
next scene follows her life with Kanye West playing
her love interest, after which Ne-Yo takes over
playing another love interest during his verses. The
final part of the video features a split screen
which on the left shows what is happening in the
present when West sees Hilson making out with Ne-Yo
while the right side of the screen relays the first
part of the video in black and white. The final
scene is a small confrontation between her two love
interests and the video ends with Hilson's
free-falling scene shown again. There are no
specific dance routines featured in the video.
It was premiered on Access Granted on March 23,
2009. Nick Tershay of Diamond Supply Co. makes a
cameo in the video during Kanye West's verse. San
Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman also makes
a cameo.
On May 14, the video made its UK premiere on Channel
Four and 4 Music, quickly soaring up video request
charts and radio airplay
