Don't Bring Me Down (Electric Light Orchestra song)

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Don't Bring Me Down is the title of the last track from the Electric Light Orchestra album Discovery. The song was the first by ELO not to include a string section. Ironically, it was also the band's biggest hit in the United States. Donald A. Guarisco, [Don't Bring Me Down Song Review], Allmusic.com 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 "Greetings", grüß.

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.

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