Don't Bring Me Down
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| "Don't Bring Me Down" | ||
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| Single by Electric Light Orchestra | ||
| from the album Discovery | ||
| B-side(s) | "Dreaming Of 4000" | |
| Released | July 1979 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | 1979 Musicland Studios , Munich | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4:08 | |
| Label | Jet Records | |
| Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |
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| Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology | ||
| "The Diary Of Horace Wimp" (1979) |
"Don't Bring Me Down" (1979) |
"Confusion" "Last Train To London" |
| Discovery track listing | ||
| "Wishing" (8) |
"Don't Bring Me Down" (9) |
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| Flashback track listing | ||
| "Tears in Your Life" (16) (CD II) |
"Don't Bring Me Down" (1) (CD III) |
"The Diary of Horace Wimp" (2) |
"Don't Bring Me Down" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra
The song was the last track from the album Discovery. Unlike all its predecessors, this was the first song by ELO not to include a string section. Ironically, it was also the band's biggest hit in the United States. A music video for the song was produced, which showed video of the band performing the song interspersed with various animations relating to the song's subject matter.
A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Jeff Lynne shouts "Bruce!" . However, according to liner notes, he is actually saying a made-up word "Groos". This is similar to a German word for "greeting", Gruß. However, after the songs release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as Bruce that the band actually changed the lyrics and began to sing the word as Bruce.
The song is dedicated to the NASA Skylab space station, which reentered the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean and western Australia on July 11, 1979.
The chord structure of the song is also quite similar to the popular hit song by blues pioneer Jimmy Reed, "Baby, What You Want Me To Do".
[edit] Trivia
- In 2006, the song was used in the two different trailers for the Will Ferrell film "Stranger than Fiction" where in one of the trailers Ferrell actually sings with the song; the song was also used in the animated feature "Flushed Away".
- In the new Doctor Who series, the song was used, along with other ELO tracks, in the episode Love & Monsters
- The popular rock band OK Go sometimes covers this song in their concerts. [1] [2]
- Japanese pop duo Puffy covered the song for the B-side of their 2006 single "Hataraku Otoko".
- One of the few ELO singles that excluded bowed-string instruments.
[edit] Links
- Donald A. Guarisco, Don't Bring Me Down Song Review, Allmusic.com
| Electric Light Orchestra |
| Founding members: Jeff Lynne | Roy Wood | Bev Bevan Other members in Electric Light Orchestra |
| Electric Light Orchestra discography |
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| Studio albums: The Electric Light Orchestra/No Answer | ELO 2 | On the Third Day | Eldorado, A Symphony | Face the Music | A New World Record | Out of the Blue | Discovery | Xanadu | Time | Secret Messages | Balance of Power | Zoom |
| Live albums: The Night the Light Went On (In Long Beach) | Live at Winterland '76 | Live at Wembley '78 |
| Compilation albums: Showdown | Olé ELO | The Light Shines On | The Light Shines On Vol 2 | ELO's Greatest Hits | A Box of their Best | Afterglow | ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Strange Magic | Flashback | The Essential Electric Light Orchestra | All Over the World |
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