| Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up) | |
| Cover: | Garth Brooks - Ain't Goin' Down.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Garth Brooks |
| Album: | In Pieces |
| B-Side: | Kickin' and Screamin' |
| Released: | July 26, 1993 |
| Studio: | Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| Length: | 4:32 |
| Label: | Liberty 17496 |
| Producer: | Allen Reynolds |
| Prev Title: | That Summer |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | American Honky-Tonk Bar Association |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
"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]
The 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. At 7:00 PM, he picks her up and they head to the rodeo. The local country station blares from the radio as they drive. Her mother stood on the front porch screaming out her warning, "Girl, you better get your red head back in bed before the morning." The concert was ending at 9:00 PM, but the fun was just beginning. Anticipating what was to come, 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. 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, and the cycle repeats.
Garth 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.
"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 |
|---|---|
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[2] | 32 |
| Irish Singles Chart[3] | 7 |
| UK Singles Chart[4] | 13 |
| Chart (1993) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 12 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 7 |