Don't Be Sad

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| name = Don't Be Sad

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| type = single

| artist = Whiskeytown

| album = Pneumonia

| released = 2001

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| genre = Alternative country

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| label = Lost Highway

| writer = Ryan Adams/Mike Daly/James Iha

| producer = Ethan Johns

| chronology = Whiskeytown

| prev_title = Car Songs

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = San Antone

| next_title2 = The Great Divide (Whiskeytown song

| next_year = 2009

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"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),{{cite AV media notes |title=Pneumonia |title-link=Pneumonia (album) |others=Whiskeytown |year=2001 |publisher=UMG Recordings, Inc. |id=088 170 199-2 |location=Universal City, CA }} and issued as a single to radio in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://answeringbell.com/Answering%20Bell/Songs/dont_be_sad.htm |title=Don't Be Sad (US/UK DJ Single) |accessdate=2011-02-01 |publisher=AnsweringBell.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430194401/http://answeringbell.com/Answering%20Bell/Songs/dont_be_sad.htm |archive-date=2013-04-30 |url-status=dead}}

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?"