Don't Bring Me Down

original song written and composed by Jeff Lynne; first recorded and released by Electric Light Orchestra

"Don't Bring Me Down" is the ninth and final track from Electric Light Orchestra's eighth studio album Discovery. It went to number 1 in Canada, number 2 in Austria and Switzerland, number 3 in the United Kingdom, number 4 in the United States, number 5 in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands and number 6 in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.

"Don't Bring Me Down"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Discovery
B-side"Dreaming of 4000"
Released24 August 1979 (UK)[1][2]
GenrePop rock[3]
Length4:02
LabelJet
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"The Diary of Horace Wimp"
(1979)
"Don't Bring Me Down"
(1979)
"Confusion/Last Train to London"
(1979)
Discovery track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "Shine a Little Love"
  2. "Confusion"
  3. "Need Her Love"
  4. "The Diary of Horace Wimp"
Side two
  1. "Last Train to London"
  2. "Midnight Blue"
  3. "On the Run"
  4. "Wishing"
  5. "Don't Bring Me Down"
Music video
"Don't Bring Me Down" on YouTube

References

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  1. Hung, Steffen. "Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  2. "British single certifications – ELO – Don't Bring Me Down". BPI. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  3. Guarisco, Donald A. "Don't Bring Me Down – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 May 2013.