[4] However, it was not until Alabama released the song that it was the group's seventh number one on the country chart.

[5] In addition to its success on the country charts, the song fared modestly well on pop radio, reaching No.

[6] The single edit to "Take Me Down," released for retail sale and radio airplay, is about 1:10 shorter than the full-length album version.

"Lovin' You Is Killin' Me" originally appeared as the B-side to the band's first charted single, 1977's "I Wanna Be With You Tonight."

The song was covered in by soul singer Johnny Bristol the same year and released as the first single off his Free to Be Me album.