"Down for Whatever" is a song by American recording artist Kelly Rowland

Kelly Rowland

Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child...

 featuring production collective The WAV.s, taken from Rowland's third studio album Here I Am (2011). The Eurodance

Eurodance

Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...

 driven up-tempo song is the album's third international single and sixth overall single, released from October 26, 2011 by Universal Motown (Universal Music

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

. "Down for Whatever" was written by Teddy Sky and Bilal Hajji and co-written and produced by Nadir "RedOne

RedOne

Nadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...

" Khayat, Jimmy Joker and The WAV.s.

Critical reception

Andy Kellman from Allmusic said that "“Commander,” produced by Guetta with his typical thump-and-whoosh flair, was released as a single in 2010 and topped the club charts in the U.K. and U.S. The newer “Down for Whatever,” produced by RedOne, Jimmy Joker, and the WAV.s, is a more frictional Euro-dance number that deserves equal attention".

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Down for Whatever" was first released on 18 October 2011.. It was uploaded on YouTube on 19 October 2011 at a total length of four minutes and four seconds.

Live performances

On 11 November, 2011 she performed the song on The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

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. She performed song at the Children in Need Rocks Manchester

Children in Need Rocks Manchester

Children in Need Rocks Manchester is a charity music concert held at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England. The concert was organised by Take That singer and The X Factor judge Gary Barlow as one of a series of events to raise money for Children in Need 2011...

 event on Thursday 17 November 2011. She is to perform the song on the semi - final of The X Factor (UK)

The X Factor (UK series 8)

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eighth series began airing on ITV on 20 August 2011. Louis Walsh is the only judge from the previous series to return, as the other three, Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole, all left to join other...

 on December 4, 2011.

Track listing

• CD single

1. "Down for Whatever" (Album Version) – 3:55
2. "Down for Whatever" (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron Remix - Edit) – 4:00

• Digital download

1. "Down for Whatever" (Album Version) – 3:53
2. "Down for Whatever" (True Tiger
   True Tiger
   True Tiger consists of Sukh Knight, Gowers, Blue Bear, Stanza & Chunky.Hailing from Watford and Essex, the team of producers & DJ’s formed some six years ago releasing music independently...
   
    Remix) – 3:56
3. "Down for Whatever" (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron Remix - Edit) – 3:59
4. "Down for Whatever" (DJ Chuckie Remix) – 3:50

Credits and personnel

• RedOne
  RedOne
  Nadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
  
   – songwriter, producer, recording, engineering, instrumentation, programming and vocal arrangement
• Teddy Sky – songwriter
• Jimmy Joker – songwriter, producer, instrumentation and programming
• Bilal "The Chef" Hajji – songwriter
• The WAV.s – producer, instrumentation and programming
• AJ Junior – recording, engineering
• Trevor Muzzy – recording, engineering and mixing
• Chris Gehringer – mastering

Credits adapted from Here I Am album liner notes.

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Romania (Romanian Top 100 Romanian Top 100 The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay-based singles chart of Romania. It is weekly and it started running in 1996. It is recognized as an official chart by the European division of Billboard, Music & Media.... )	67

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	September 12, 2011	Radio airplay Airplay * Airplay is the amount of time a song is played on the radio.It may also refer to:* AirPlay, an audio & video streaming technology from Apple Inc.* Airplay , Foster & Graydon music project from 1980* Citroën C1, Citroën C1 Airplay...	Universal Motown
Australia	October 26, 2011	Digital download Digital download The expression digital download may refer to any of:*Downloading, the processing of copying data to a computer from an external source*Digital distribution, a method of downloading software or audio-visual media as opposed to buying it at a traditional point of sale*Music download, a specific type...
New Zealand
Australia	October 31, 2011	Mainstream radio Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...  airplay
Germany	November 4, 2011	Digital download
Austria
Ireland	November 18, 2011
Norway
Switzerland
Belgium	November 20, 2011
Finland
Italy
Luxembourg
Portugal
United Kingdom
Spain	November 21, 2011
Singapore
Germany	December 2, 2011	CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...