All Over The World: The Very Best Of Elo

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We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. Reaching the Number 6 spot in the UK Singles Chart, the fast and funky disco beat also shot the song to the Number 3 spot on the UK Dance Chart. During a tour for their first album, Mik Kaminski and Kelly Groucutt joined the band, with Pete Haycock and Neil Lockwood leaving three years later. In the 1970s and 1980s, ELO released several big hits and top 10 albums, with their most successful being 1977's Out of the Blue.

As ELO's stateside success was on the upward curve, Lynne consciously used an American ring-tone at the beginning for added appeal. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse. On the track's feature, one fan commented: 'whenever i hear this song i can't help but think of Bill Murray's hair in the bowling showdown scene', continuing: 'it went well in that scene. Jeff Lynne has written some terrific hooks over the years (see pretty much every track on our list of the Top 10 Electric Light Orchestra Songs), but this is one of his all-time best. Upon its release in August 1979, the song reached the Number 3 spot on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their second-highest-charting hit in the UK.The twinkling ballad blends an array of trippy melodies with intricate instrumentation - 'Strange Magic' is an apt description for its composition in many ways. ELO's first album was released in December 1971, after a year of testing and producing melodies with the instruments Roy wanted to use.

Featuring on ELO's fifth studio album Face The Music, Lynne had brightened up their orchestral sound which saw them creep further up the pop charts as the decade played out. Without these technologies, things like personalised recommendations, your account preferences, or localisation may not work correctly. The song was actually first recorded as an intended B-side single for the Move - Jeff Lynne's previous group.With shades of Citizen Kane in the music video, Lynne mirrors Orson Welles uttering "rosebud" right at the end by saying "Horace Wimp" in a close-up.