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{{Infobox song
| name       = Don't Bring Me Down
| cover      = File:Don’t Bring Me Down Pretty Things.jpeg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Pretty Things]]
| album      =
| B-side     = We'll Be Together
| released   = 1964
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = *[[Rhythm and blues]]
*[[Beat music|beat]]
| length     = 2:12
| label      = [[Fontana Records|Fontana]]
| writer     = [[The Fairies (British band)|Johnnie Dee]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Rosalyn (song)|Rosalyn]]
| prev_year  = 1964
| next_title = [[Honey I Need]]
| next_year  = 1965
}}
"'''Don't Bring Me Down'''" is a song written by Johnny Dee (road manager for British band [[Fairies (British band)|the Fairies]]) and first performed by the [[rock music|rock]] [[band (music)|band]] the [[Pretty Things]] in 1964.  It was a number 10 hit on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11181/pretty-things/|title=PRETTY THINGS &#124; full Official Chart History|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref> and reached number 34 in Canada. The song was featured on the American version of their debut album, ''[[The Pretty Things (album)|The Pretty Things]]''. [[David Bowie]] covered the song on his 1973 album, [[Pin Ups]].
==Personnel==
* [[Phil May (singer)|Phil May]] – vocals, harmonica
* [[Dick Taylor]] – lead guitar
* [[Brian Pendleton]] – guitar
* [[John Stax]] – bass guitar
* [[Viv Prince]] – drums
==References==
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