Don't Be Sad

"Don't Be Sad"
Single by Whiskeytown
from the album Pneumonia
Released	2001
Format	CD Single
Genre	Alternative country
Label	Lost Highway
Writer(s)	Ryan Adams/Mike Daly/James Iha
Producer(s)	Ethan Johns
Whiskeytown singles chronology
Car Songs (1998) "Don't Be Sad" (2001) "San Antone" / "The Great Divide" (2009)

"Don't Be Sad" is a song by alt-country band Whiskeytown, from their album Pneumonia. It was co-written by Ryan Adams, Mike Daly, and James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins),^[1] and issued as a single to radio in 2001.^[2]

Ryan Adams says this about the track: "I think there's a duality in that song. I think on one hand, it's saying, 'Hang on, we'll get through this,' but deep down, we know we're not going to get through it at all. I don't know. Damn, that song just kinda says it all, doesn't it?"^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Be Sad"	Adams/Daly/Iha	3:21

Credits

Musicians

• Ryan Adams — Guitars, vocals, piano & harmonica
• Caitlin Cary — Fiddle & backing vocals
• Mike Daly — Guitars, pedal steel, lap steel, dulcimer, mandocello, mandolin, keyboards & backing vocals
• Brad Rice — Guitars
• Jennifer Condos — Bass
• Mike Santoro — Bass
• Richard Causon — Keyboards
• James Iha - Guitars & Backing vocals
• Tommy Stinson — Guitar & dobro
• James Jumbo Aumonier — Celeste
• Ethan Johns — Drums, bass, mandolin, mandocello, keyboards, percussion & guitars

Production credits

• Produced by Ethan Johns
• Engineered by Trina Shoemaker
• Mixed & engineered by Ethan Johns
• Recorded at Dreamland Studios & House Of Blues Studios
• Mixed at The Sound Factory
• Mastered by Doug Sax & Robert Hadley at the Mastering Lab, Hollywood, CA

References

1. Pneumonia (Media notes). Whiskeytown. Universal City, CA: UMG Recordings, Inc. 2001. 088 170 199-2.
2. "Don't Be Sad (US/UK DJ Single)". AnsweringBell.com. Retrieved 2011-02-01.