"Lick Ya Down" is the debut single released by Barbadian pop group
Cover Drive
Cover Drive were a four-piece Barbadian band consisting of Amanda Reifer, T-Ray Armstrong, Barry "Bar-Man" Hill and Jamar Harding. They have gained commercial success in the United Kingdom. They are best known for their 2012 single "Twilight", w ...
. The single was released on August 28, 2011 as a digital download in the
United Kingdom
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, taken from their debut album ''
Bajan Style''. On September 4, 2011, the song entered at number 9 on the
UK Singles Chart for the week ending September 10, 2011.
Background
In an interview with
Digital Spy
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the group were asked to describe their single, Amanda from the group said: "'Lick Ya Down' is a phrase from Barbados which contrary to popular belief in the UK is not 'naughty' - It means 'knock ya down'! We had to add in an explanation at the beginning of the video of what it means as everyone thought it was something else. There's a lot of fun, attitude and energy in there." A music video to accompany the release of "Lick Ya Down" was first released onto
YouTube
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on 13 July 2011 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-five seconds. At the end of the music video, when the group gets in the car, their second single '
Twilight
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' begins to play.
Track listing
Chart performance
Release history
References
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2011 debut singles
Cover Drive songs
2011 songs
Songs written by J. R. Rotem
Songs written by Marty James
Song recordings produced by J. R. Rotem