Don't Let It Bring You Down

"Don't Let It Bring You Down"
Song by Neil Young
from the album After the Gold Rush
ReleasedSeptember 19, 1970
RecordedMarch 17, 1970
StudioNeil Young's home, Topanga, California
Genre
Length2:56
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Neil Young
Producer(s)

"Don't Let It Bring You Down" is the seventh track on Neil Young's 1970 studio album After the Gold Rush.

Background

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The song was written by Young. It also appears on the 1971 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young live album 4 Way Street as well as Young's 2007 album Live at Massey Hall 1971, which was recorded in 1971, and Young's 2013 album Live at the Cellar Door, which was recorded in 1970.[1][2][3] John Reed wrote an arrangement of this for The Hampton String Quartet in 2006.[4]

The song is played in double drop C tuning, which is similar to double drop D; however, the whole guitar is down tuned a whole step first, making the guitar strings C, G, C, F, A, and C.[5]

On 4 Way Street, Young says, "Here is a new song, it's guaranteed to bring you right down, it's called 'Don't Let It Bring You Down'. It sorta starts off real slow and then fizzles out altogether." The crowd then roars with laughter.[1]

Cover versions

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Don't Let It Bring You Down (4 Way Street)". Neil Young Archives. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live at Massey Hall 1971)". Neil Young Archives. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live at the Cellar Door)". Neil Young Archives. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Out of Print". Mona Lisa Sound. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "HyperRust: It's All One Song! - Neil's Tunings". hyperrust.org. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  6. ^ "Cover versions of Don't Let It Bring You Down by Hookfoot | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  7. ^ "Don't Let It Bring You Down by Victoria Williams". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  8. ^ "Don't Let It Bring You Down". Song of the Day. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  9. ^ "Don't Let It Bring You Down Lyrics". Genius. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "Casual was the byword for Chris Cornell's solo acoustic turn at the Troubadour Friday night". Variety. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  11. ^ "Watch Guns N' Roses and Neil Young team up for "Don't Let It Bring You Down"". Consequence.net. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  12. ^ "Castles Burning (Don't Let It Bring You Down) by Manfred Mann's Earth Band". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  13. ^ Fletcher, Thomas (14 September 2020). "Brad Mehldau - Suite: April 2020". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Video: Cowboy Junkies "Don't Let it Bring You Down"". Americana UK. Retrieved July 21, 2024.