Don't Look Down (Bring Me the Horizon song)

"Don't Look Down" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon that features guest vocals from Foreign Beggars' Orifice Vulgatron. The song premiered on 29 October 2014 during a BBC Radio 1 broadcast and the following day was shown in Zane Lowe's re-score of the movie Drive.[1] "Don't Look Down" is a stand-alone song to promote the film.[2] The track was released via SoundCloud for free on 29 October 2014, though was later removed.

"Don't Look Down"
Song by Bring Me the Horizon featuring Orifice Vulgatron
Released29 October 2014 (2014-10-29)
Genre
Length3:56
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jordan Fish
  • Oliver Sykes

Composition

"Don't Look Down" has been described as a post-hardcore, drum and bass,[3] hip hop,[4] and dubstep song.

Critical reception

Many fans were unhappy with the track due to the inclusion of hip hop and dubstep music on it,[5] which had never been done before in any Bring Me the Horizon song. Within a day of the song's release, the band issued a statement regarding the matter on their Twitter page.

We appreciate the level of passion both good and bad for DLD. We are really proud of what we created, but at the same time, we understand peoples confusion and panic after hearing the track. We were approached by Radio 1 to score a piece of music for a rescore of the movie Drive. Now if you've seen Drive I'm sure you will agree neither anything from our previous albums, nor drown would of [sic] fit very well with the vibe of that particular movie, so we decided to create a piece of music that did justice to the amazing scene we was given. We took the opportunity to make something completely different, to do something completely different, something that we wouldn't usually do although I feel that doesn't really make sense anymore, because we never do the same thing 2x. We experiment, we change it up, we take risks because we don't want to stay the same and we want to breathe life into this lacklustre genre, and we want to keep you guessing what's coming next. Big up Orifice Vulgatron of Foreign Beggars for collaborating on the track, and once again, if you can tune into BBC 3 tonight at 10 and watch the whole movie, it's an amazing project, and we think we smashed our part, and hope you guys feel the same once you've seen it. Peace, BMTH

— Bring Me the Horizon, Twitter, via TwitLonger[6]

References
  1. "Radio 1's Zane Lowe re-scores Drive: A brave gamble, but did it pay off?". Digital Spy.
  2. "Bring Me the Horizon: Our teenage selves would be offended by our new single!". Digital Spy.
  3. "Hear Bring Me The Horizon's Second New Track "Don't Look Down"". the NOISE. Live Nation.
  4. wookubus. "Bring Me The Horizon Offer Free Download Of Rap & Dubstep Laced Track "Don't Look Down"". ThePRP. Blastbeat Network.
  5. "Bring Me The Horizon Explains Inclusion Of Rap And Dubstep Elements In New Song 'Don't Look Down'". Blabbermouth.net.
  6. "Bring Me The Horizon's response to criticism". Twitlonger. Bring Me The Horizon's Twitter.
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