Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)

"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)"
Single by Garth Brooks
from the album In Pieces
B-side	"Kickin' and Screamin'"
Released	July 26, 1993
Format	CD Single, 7" single
Genre	Country
Length	4:32
Label	Liberty 17496
Writer(s)	Kent Blazy Kim Williams Garth Brooks
Producer(s)	Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks singles chronology
"That Summer" (1993) "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" (1993) "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" (1993)

"Ain't Goin' 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, and Double Live. The spelling of the song has varied from album to album, and is also spelled "Ain't Goin' 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. Trisha Yearwood sings harmony vocals.

Story

A girl heads out for a Friday evening date at six 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 A.M. The girl does not get home in time, and is grounded and punished with chores, but sneaks out again at 6 P.M. that evening.

Writing and production

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 Goin' 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."

Chart performance

"Ain't Goin' 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 Goin' Down" returned to No. 1.

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	32
Irish Singles Chart	7
UK Singles Chart	13
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	12
US Country Songs (Billboard)	7

Preceded by "Thank God for You" by Sawyer Brown	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single September 18, 1993	Succeeded by "Holdin' Heaven" by Tracy Byrd
Preceded by "Holdin' Heaven" by Tracy Byrd	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single October 2, 1993	Succeeded by "One More Last Chance" by Vince Gill
Preceded by "In the Heart of a Woman" by Billy Ray Cyrus	RPM Country Tracks number-one single October 16, 1993

References and external links

• "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)" Lyrics