Cheer Down

"Cheer Down"
Single by George Harrison
from the album Lethal Weapon 2
B-side "That's What It Takes" (US)
"Poor Little Girl" (UK)
Released 24 August 1989 (US)
27 November 1989 (UK)
Format 7"
Recorded March 1989
Genre Country rock
Length 4:08
Label Dark Horse
Writer(s) George Harrison, Tom Petty
Producer(s) George Harrison, Jeff Lynne
George Harrison singles chronology
"This Is Love"
(1988)		 "Cheer Down"
(1989)		 "My Sweet Lord"
(reissue)
(2002)

"Cheer Down" is a country rock song with music written by George Harrison and lyrics written by Harrison and Tom Petty. The title is attributed to Olivia Harrison, who would tell her husband, "Okay, cheer down, big fellow," when he would get too enthusiastic.[1]

Release

The song was first produced in 1989 for the film and accompanying soundtrack to Lethal Weapon 2 and released as a single to promote the film.

It was later included in Harrison's Dark Horse greatest hits album Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 as the final track. Although Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989 is no longer in print, "Cheer Down" was included on the 2009 career-spanning best of album Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison. The song was produced by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne.

Personnel

The following personnel were credited in Simon Leng’s The Music of George Harrison: While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Track listings

  1. "Cheer Down"
  2. "That's What It Takes"
  1. "Cheer Down"
  2. "Poor Little Girl"
  1. "Cheer Down"
  2. "Poor Little Girl"
  3. "Crackerbox Palace"

Cover versions

American dobro player, Rainer Ptacek performed this song in 1997 – it was later issued on Live at the Performance Center album in 2001

References

  1. ↑ Petty, Tom. "Remembering George Harrison", page 225, The Editors of Rolling Stone, Simon & Schuster, 2002, ISBN 0-7432-3581-9


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