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| Length = 4:02 | Label = Jet | Writer = Jeff Lynne | Producer = Jeff Lynne | Certification = | Last single = "The Diary of Horace Wimp" (1979) | This single = "Don't Bring Me Down" (1979) | Next single = "Confusion"/"Last Train to London" (1979) | Misc = }} "Don't Bring Me Down" is the ninth and final track on the Electric Light Orchestra's 1979 album ''Discovery''. It is their highest charting hit in the US to date. ==History== "Don't Bring Me Down" is the band's second highest charting hit in the UK where it peaked at number 3〔 and their biggest hit in the United States, peaking at number 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.〔 It also charted well in Canada (number 1) and Australia (number 6). This was the first song by ELO not to include a string section. The drum track is in fact a tape loop, coming from "On the Run" looped and slowed down.〔 The song ends with the sound of a door slamming. According to producer Jeff Lynne, this was a metal fire door at Musicland Studios where the song was recorded.〔 The song was dedicated to the NASA Skylab space station, which re-entered the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia on 11 July 1979.〔 On 4 November 2007, Lynne was awarded a BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc) Million-Air certificate for "Don't Bring Me Down" for the song having reached two million airplays. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don't Bring Me Down」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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