"Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in July 1993 as the lead single from his album In Pieces. The song also appears on The Hits, The Limited Series, The Ultimate Hits, Double Live, and Triple Live. The spelling of the song has varied from album to album, and is also spelled "Ain't Going Down (Til the Sun Comes Up)." The song was written by Brooks, Kent Blazy, and Kim Williams. It is in the key of G Major.[1]
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| Single by Garth Brooks | ||||
| from the album In Pieces | ||||
| B-side | "Kickin' and Screamin'" | |||
| Released | July 26, 1993 | |||
| Studio | Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
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| Length | 4:32 | |||
| Label | Liberty 17496 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Allen Reynolds | |||
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Content
editThe song "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" begins with a girl sneaking out of the house on a Friday evening. Her mother doesn't know she's leaving. You hear the screen door slam, tires squealing, and the car gear jamming. The local country station blares from the radio as he picks her up at 7:00 PM and they head to the rodeo. Her mother stood on the front porch screaming her warning, "Girl, you better get your red head back in bed before the morning." The show was ending at 9:00 PM, but the fun was just beginning. She was really anticipating what was to come as she kept her waiting. They grabbed a bite to eat and headed out to the honky-tonk. The crowd was loud, and they were line dancing. They drove down to the boondocks and parked down by the creek. They listened to George Strait until real late, and they were dancing cheek to cheek. The party started at 10:00 PM with wine and dancing. At midnight, the hard romancing began. At 1:00 AM, the truck was rocking. At 2:00 AM, the party was still going strong. At 3:00 AM, someone checked the clock. At 4:00 AM, people were getting up and going. At 5:00 AM, the rooster was crowing. A young woman is grounded by her parents. Despite being grounded, she sneaks out at 6:00 AM on Saturday to go to the stables to clean the stalls and feed the horses. She says she'll be grounded until she's dead. The man comes around the bend and slows down. The girl jumps in. The mother tells the man that the girl is gone. They go off together, but the girl is arrested by the police and taken to jail.
Writing and production
editGarth provided the following background information on the song in the CD booklet liner notes from The Hits:
"Kent Blazy, Kim Williams, and I sat out on the back porch of Kent and Sharon Blazy's house and decided we wanted to write something that was a lot of fun, for no other reason than just that, fun. "Ain't Going Down (Til the Sun Comes Up)" is what we came up with. Kent and Sharon had just moved into their new home and this was the first song we had ever written at their house. They still reside there, and hopefully there are a lot more songs on that back porch."[1]
Mark Casstevens played acoustic guitar, Chris Leuzinger played electric guitar, Milton Sledge played drums, Mike Chapman played bass guitar, Rob Hajacos played fiddle, Bobby Wood played electric piano, Terry McMillan played harmonica, and Trisha Yearwood provided harmony vocals.
Chart performance
edit"Ain't Going Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)" debuted at number 37 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 7, 1993. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of September 18, 1993. The song then fell to No. 2 on September 25, 1993, when Tracy Byrd's "Holdin' Heaven" climbed to No. 1. However, on the chart week of October 2, 1993, "Ain't Going Down" returned to No. 1.
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] | 1 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[3] | 32 |
| Irish Singles Chart[4] | 7 |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 13 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1993) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] | 12 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 7 |
References
edit- ^ a b Garth Brooks - The Hits: transcription from the CD booklet (bar code 7-2438-29689-2-4)
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2268." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 16, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 19 February 1994 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know".
- ^ "GARTH BROOKS - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- ^ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ "Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
