Don’t Bring Me Down

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
2.4	Don't Bring Me Down	4:05	Electric Light Orchestra	Rock of the Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1996	GSC Music, Warner Special Products	OPCD-1719
25.9	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:03	Electric Light Orchestra	Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1999-10-12	CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.)	JXK 65750
1.2	Don’t Bring Me Down	4:04	Electric Light Orchestra	The Complete Classic Rock Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2010	Razor & Tie	6983681429-2

Relationships

engineer:	Mack (German rock producer/engineer Reinhold Mack)
producer:	Jeff Lynne
bass guitar:	Kelly Groucutt (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
clarinet and electric piano:	Richard Tandy (keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra) (from 1979-03 until 1979-04)
drums (drum set) and percussion:	Bev Bevan (English rock drummer) (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 (keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra) (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 (keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:

CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1979)
Jet Inc. (in 1979)
Jet Records (in 1979)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1979)
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 2005)

recorded at:	Musicland Studios (Munich) in München (Munich) (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 (as of October 2023) (number: 215) (order: 215)

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