"Lay It Down" is a single by American

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. It was the first single released to promote the group's second album, '' Invasion of Your Privacy''.

Background

The song was co-written by Ratt vocalist

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, bassist Juan Croucier, and guitarists

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. It was demoed while the band was in Hawaii on vacation from their "Out of the Cellar" tour.

Music video

The music video shows lead singer Stephen Pearcy as a child (played by Whit Hertford) having a birthday party with a young girl sitting next to him. After he makes his birthday wish and blows out the candles, he sees a vision of the future in which his grown-up self and his band plays in what looks like an abandoned building. He sings to his now grown-up girlfriend to win her heart. The video ends with the girl asking him what he wished for. The woman in the video is

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model Marianne Gravatte, who is also the model on the cover of ''Invasion Of Your Privacy''.

Reception

"Lay It Down" reached No. 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart during the summer of 1985. This made it Ratt's second and last Top 40 Pop hit. It appears in the video game Brütal Legend, during the third battle against Lyonwhyte.

Track listing

#"Lay It Down" – 3:23 #"Got Me On the Line" – 3:04

Personnel

– Lead vocals *

– Lead guitar *

– Lead guitar * Juan Croucier – Bass guitar *

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– Drums

Charts

References

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Lyrics
{{authority control 1985 singles 1985 songs Atlantic Records singles Ratt songs Song recordings produced by Beau Hill Songs written by Juan Croucier Songs written by Robbin Crosby Songs written by Stephen Pearcy Songs written by Warren DeMartini