Down to Earth (Jem album)


Down to Earth is the second studio album by Jem, the follow-up to Finally Woken. The first single, "It's Amazing", was featured on the soundtrack to the Sex and the City movie. In August 2008, "Crazy" was released as a single on iTunes and other digital music outlets. By January 2009, "Keep on Walking" was distributed as a free iTunes download at US Starbucks stores.
The press release states that Jem co-wrote the album with a variety of people including Jeff Bass, Lester Mendez and Greg Kurstin and sings in Japanese on the track, "Aciiid!". The album also includes a collaboration with South African singer-songwriter and poet-activist Vusi Mahlasela on the track "You Will Make It" which was dedicated to the memory of D12 member Proof. Although the collaboration never happened, Jem wanted to work with Eminem for the song, saying "The track is about losing someone and I wrote it the day after his friend Proof was murdered. I was in Detroit with Eminem's friends, who I happened to be recording with, when it happened". The album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 43, selling 10,642 copies.
Jem wrote in her blog on 20 September 2008:

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In September 2008, Jem's official website stated the following about the album title:

Track listing

Personnel

Release history

CountryDate
United States16 September 2008
Canada16 September 2008
Japan16 September 2008
Ireland30 January 2009
United Kingdom2 February 2009
Europe2 February 2009
Sweden4 February 2009
Portugal16 February 2009
Poland16 February 2009
Denmark23 February 2009
Germany27 February 2009
Austria27 February 2009
Netherlands27 February 2009
Switzerland27 February 2009
Norway2 March 2009
France3 March 2009
Finland4 March 2009
Greece6 March 2009
Italy20 March 2009