Don't Bring Me Down

This article is about the Electric Light Orchestra song. For other uses, see Don't Bring Me Down (disambiguation).

"Don't Bring Me Down"
Artwork for UK, Australian, and some other European vinyl releases
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Discovery
B-side"Dreaming of 4000"
Released24 August 1979 (UK)[1][2]
Genre
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
  2. "Last Train to London"
  3. "Midnight Blue"
  4. "On the Run"
  5. "Wishing"
  6. "Don't Bring Me Down"
Music video
"Don't Bring Me Down" on YouTube

"Don't Bring Me Down" is the ninth and final track on the English rock band the Electric Light Orchestra's 1979 album Discovery. It is their highest-charting hit in the United States.

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  3. ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Don't Bring Me Down – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  4. ^ Billboard Staff (19 October 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved 14 March 2024. The preeminent interstellar orch-rockers of the '70s discovering disco, with warp-speed takeoff.