Don't Back Down (song)

"Don't Back Down"
Song by The Beach Boys
from the album All Summer Long
Released	July 13, 1964
Recorded	October 18, 1963 / April 2–May 19, 1964, Western Studios
Genre	Surf rock
Length	1:52
Label	Capitol Records
Songwriter(s)	Brian Wilson/Mike Love
Producer(s)	Brian Wilson

"Don't Back Down"
Single by The Queers
from the album Don't Back Down
Recorded	August 17, 1996
Genre	Punk rock
Length	1:58
Songwriter(s)	Brian Wilson/Mike Love
Producer(s)	J.J. Rassler, Mass Giorgini

"Don't Back Down" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album All Summer Long as well as on their EP, Four.

The subject matter of this song is surfing; this would be the group's last surfing-themed song until 1968's "Do It Again". In the lyrics, the surfers would try to impress the girls by not backing down from the waves.

"Don't Back Down" has appeared on numerous compilation albums, including Spirit of America (the sequel to the band's infamous compilation album Endless Summer,) Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys, The Capitol Years, and Made in California. An alternate take of this song is found on the Little Deuce Coupe/All Summer Long CD.

AllMusic critic Richie Unterberger called the track a "relatively little-known treasure" and praised it for its "uncommonly anxious lyrics." Writer Andrew Hickey called the song "one of [All Summer Long's] best tracks." Author Philip Lambert said that "'Don't Back Down' positively explodes with surfing energy and vitality."

Per Craig Slownski.

The song was covered by the punk rock band The Queers on their album Don't Back Down.

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