"Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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. It was released in July 1993 as the lead single from his album '' In Pieces''. The song also appears on ''

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'', '' 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,

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, and Kim Williams. It is in the key of G Major.Garth Brooks - The Hits: transcription from the CD booklet (bar code 7-2438-29689-2-4)

Content

A girl heads out for a Friday evening date at 6:00 in the evening. Her mother tells her to be back in bed before dawn. After the teenagers see a show and get a bite to eat, they head out for some late-night dancing. Eventually, they spend the night there and head out to her house at 4:00 A.M. The girl does not get home in time, and is grounded and punished with chores, but sneaks out again at 6:00 P.M. the next evening.

Writing and production

Garth provided the following background information on the song in the CD booklet liner notes from ''

'': "''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.''" 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,

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played harmonica, and

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provided harmony vocals.

Chart performance

"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 ''

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chart for the week of September 18, 1993. The song then fell to No. 2 on September 25, 1993, when

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's "Holdin' Heaven" climbed to No. 1. However, on the chart week of October 2, 1993, "Ain't Going Down" returned to No. 1.

Year-end charts

References

External links

"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)" Lyrics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ain't Going Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up) 1993 singles 1993 songs Garth Brooks songs Liberty Records singles Songs written by Garth Brooks Songs written by Kent Blazy Song recordings produced by Allen Reynolds Songs written by Kim Williams (songwriter)