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Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky (5:05)

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Mr. Blue Sky is a song by the rock group Electric Light Orchestra.
The song forms the fourth and last track on the “Concerto for a Rainy Day” suite on side three of the original two-LP set. The song features a heavily vocoded voice singing the phrase “Mister Blue Sky”, (from 2:23 to 2:39, or from 2:20 to 2:34 on the 30th anniversary CD). Although the ending vocoded voice may sound like “Mister Blue Sky-yi”, it is actually “Please turn me over” as it is the end of side three, and the listener is instructed to flip the LP over. This was confirmed by original keyboardist Richard Tandy, who did confirm the actual lyric to members of the Showdown ELO fan list. Fans who remember the original 1978 promo video saw the title of the song displayed at the end during the vocoded voice, and to this very day, mistakenly believe that the vocoded voice says “Mis-ter-blue-sky-yi”, in the same way as it does earlier in the song. It is certainly understandable that the director of the 1978 promo might not have known the words at the end, and thus the misunderstanding by fans for thirty-one years.
The song was the third Hot 100 top 40 single to be taken from the album Out of the Blue. The single reached number 6 in the UK and number 35 in the USA. It was also released on special limited edition blue vinyl.

Written in Switzerland by Jeff Lynne, who hid himself away to write enough material for a double album.
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  • jazzgeorge

    Mr. Blue you did it right.

    Friday afternoon

  • Zombiewizardgod

    Blue skies over most of the U.S. today.

    Tuesday afternoon

  • wantaway

    just such a perfect song

    Tuesday morning

  • LC-Intelligent

    If I had a movie made about my life, this would be the song that played in the background when it is sunny and I am feeling optimistic, and the scene would feature be skipping along with pedestrians dancing happily in the background :P

    last week

  • jembf

    Yeah! Grey today !!

    last week

  • ladycaroledowns

    I wish :-D

    last week

  • jembf

    Blue Skies forever :-D

    last week

  • misterpockets

    If the Beatles and Queen got together and had a baby, this is what it would sound like.

    last week

  • Monade2010

    timeLESS good mood (summer-) song :O)...♥.¸.•*¨*•♫♪

    last week

  • TheDarkSide73

    Happy Sunshine

    15 days ago

  • silvasonicsurfa

    ...love a bit of E.L.O....is this a feel good song or what?.........

    17 days ago

  • rockandrolljoe

    ELO

    17 days ago

  • tima

    4:38 --> reminds me for a few seconds of the Twin Peaks soundtrack

    20 days ago

  • MongolianHound

    Can't get a more uplifting song than this. If you can listen to this without tapping a digit I would say you are clinically dead!

    21 days ago

  • alspiers

    The rain is pouring down, I have a stinking cold, but I am smiling at this; how could you not?

    26 days ago

  • Suberu

    :-)

    last month

  • Raya2aguante

    esto si es bueno

    last month

  • vspeedoflight

    个*.*个*.*个*.* 个*.*个*.*个*.*个*.*个*.* 个*.*个*.*个

    last month

  • DonkeyHotai

    This particular album had so many great tracks on it... Love that voice electronicizer (there's a name for it, just can't remember it)

    last month

  • theviperchick

    i agree with you, grr_daniel

    last month
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