The song also achieved considerable success in other European markets such as Austria, Belgium, Germany, Scotland and Switzerland.

It achieved a Gold certification by Bundesverband Musikindustrie in Germany, indicating sales and streams in excess of 150,000.

In an interview with BBC Breakfast on 11 June 2012 she said the song was about her taking a break and slowing down her life and stopping all the manicness for a while.

[4] "Slow It Down" was released as the lead single from Macdonald's third studio album, Life in a Beautiful Light (2012) on 20 April 2012.

The song was sent to radio stations across Europe on 10 May 2012, and was anticipated to "take her straight back to the top of the European charts".

It performed particularly strongly across continental European music markets, achieving its highest position in Poland, where it peaked at number five on the Polish Airplay Top 100.

[11] In Switzerland, it spent a total of eight weeks on the Swiss Hitparade charts, where it achieved a peak of number twenty four.