Don’t Bring Me Down

Name: Don’t Bring Me Down
Duration: 4 min 5 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:04	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979-05-21 JP
1.9	Don't Bring Me Down	4:06	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979-05-31 GB
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979-05 NL
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979-05 GB
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979-05 ZW
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979-05 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979-05 GB
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979-06-07 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979-06-14 IT
1.1	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Don’t Bring Me Down	1979-08 GB
1.9	No Me Desanimes = Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Descubrimiento = Discovery	1979 CL
1.9	No Me Desanimes = Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Descubrimiento = Discovery	1979 CL
1.9	No Me Desanimes = Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Descubrimiento = Discovery	1979 VE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 ES
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (rough-edged white shell/paper label with black text)	1979 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (smooth-edged off-white shell/black text)	1979 XE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 US
1.12	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (white shell)	1979 AU
1.11	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (black shell)	1979 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 HK
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (gray shell/black text)	1979 XE
1.11	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (white shell)	1979 GB
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (smooth-edged gray shell/black text)	1979 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (beige shell/black text)	1979 NL
1.11	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (red shell)	1979 CA
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (white shell/light blue text)	1979 GB
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (white shell)	1979 AU
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 IE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 MX
1.9	No Me Desanimes = Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 PE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (off‐white/gray shell)	1979 CA
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 XE
1.11	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 CA
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 CR
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:04	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 JP
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (white shell/paper label with light blue text)	1979 GB
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (black shell)	1979 DE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (white shell)	1979 DE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 PT
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 IE
1.9	No Me Defraudes = Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 AR
1.9	Don't Bring Me Down	4:06	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:04	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 JP
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:04	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 PH
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 NZ
1.9	Don't Bring Me Down	4:06	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 ES
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (black shell/white paper label with black text)	1979 XE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 GR
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (rough grey-edged shell/black text)	1979 US
1.9	No Me Defraudes = Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 UY
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 IT
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 ZA
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 BR
1.9	No Me Abandones = Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 CO
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (rough-edged white shell/printed black text)	1979 XE
1.9	No Me Defraudes = Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 AR
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 HK
1.9	Don't Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 IL
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:04	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 PH
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 NZ
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (white shell/black text)	1979 GB
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 PT
1.11	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (black shell)	1979 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 GR
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 AU
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (Club Edition)	1979 NL
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 ES
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:06	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 CA
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 XE
1.1	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	The Rock Album	1979 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1980-05-10 KR
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1980 CA
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1980 JP
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1980 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1980 YU
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1980 DE
1.9	Don't Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1980 XE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1980 XE
1.1	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	The Rock Album	1980 CA
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1981 XE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1982-11-21 JP
1.9	Don't Bring Me Down	4:06	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1983-06-07 DE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1983 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1983 ZA
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1983 XE
1.9	Don't Bring Me Down	4:06	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1983 FR
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery (reissue)	1984 XE
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1984 JP
1.14	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	A Perfect World of Music	1985 AT 1985 FR 1985 DE
1.14	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	A Perfect World of Music	1985 DE
1.9	Don't Bring Me Down	4:06	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1985 XE
1.10	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	The Light Years	1985 CA
1.10	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	The Light Years	1985 CA
Promotion
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	?:??	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 AU
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 US
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 NL
1.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:08	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	1979 US

Relationships

engineer:	Mack
producer:	Jeff Lynne
bass guitar:	Kelly Groucutt (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
clarinet and electric piano:	Richard Tandy (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
drums (drum set) and percussion:	Bev Bevan (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
electric guitar and lead vocals:	Jeff Lynne (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
piano and synthesizer:	Jeff Lynne (from 1979-03 until 1979-04) Richard Tandy (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
choir vocals:	Kelly Groucutt (from 1979-03 until 1979-04) Jeff Lynne (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
conductor:	Louis Clark (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
strings arranger and choir vocals arranger:	Louis Clark Jeff Lynne Richard Tandy

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	CBS Records Inc. (in 1979) Jet Inc. (in 1979) Jet Records (in 1979) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1979) Sony Music Entertainment (in 2005)

recorded at:	Musicland Studios in München, Bayern, Germany (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)

sampled by:	Nosotros lo hicimos by Duo Kie Shit by Neil Cicierega (drums (drum set))
mash-ups:	Don’t Bring Me Romance by G3RSt Pwn Monkey (Jonathan Coulton vs. … Well, Everyone) by The Evolution Control Committee

part of:	Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 215) (order: 215)

recording of:	Don’t Bring Me Down (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)

Don’t Bring Me Down

lyricist and composer:	Jeff Lynne

publisher:	April Music Ltd. Copyright Control EMI April Music Inc. EMI Blackwood Music Inc. EMI Songs EMI Songs Ltd. Jet Music Inc. Jet Music Ltd. Polygon Publishing Ltd.
sub-publisher:	イーエムアイ音楽出版ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)

later parody versions:	Don't Bring Me Cows On nie jest cham

Don’t Bring Me Down

Genres: rock, pop rock, classic rock, pop, disco

Other tags: album rock, contemporary pop/rock, pop/rock, prog-rock, rock pop

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Don’t Bring Me Down

Don’t Bring Me Down

Genres: rock, pop rock, classic rock, pop, disco

Other tags: album rock, contemporary pop/rock, pop/rock, prog-rock, rock pop

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Don’t Bring Me Down