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Electric Light Orchestra – Turn To Stone (3:48)

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“Turn to Stone” is a 1977 song by Electric Light Orchestra. The song is the opening track to the double album Out of the Blue. It was the first song released as a single from the LP.

According to the Turn To Stone Songfacts, this song has so much complex layering that ELO had to rely on tapes to reproduce the same sound in concert.

The single reached #18 in the U.K. charts and stayed there for 12 weeks. Out of four singles from the album, “Turn to Stone” was the only song not to reach the top ten in the U.K. singles charts. The song was more successful across the Atlantic, reaching #13 in the U.S and hitting the top spot in Canada in early-1978.

The song was composed in Switzerland during Jeff Lynne’s two week writing marathon for his double album. Lynne played the moog bassline of the song.

On November 4, 2008, Jeff Lynne was awarded a BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc) Million-Air certificates for “Turn To Stone” for having one million airplays.
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  • nick_honest

    a masterpiece!

    14 days ago

  • mikey074

    Xanadu soundtrack on vinyl is bliss. Well "Don't Walk Away" is anyways. Dunno why I'm posting this here.

    last month

  • ObmujSon

    :-)

    last month

  • shellbyrne

    good energy

    last month

  • blackthunder66

    LOVE it

    March 2012

  • berthasamsonite

    xo

    February 2012

  • escarabat94

    (:-)

    January 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    i think one of their best

    January 2012

  • Obmuj

    :-)

    December 2011

  • sirthorty

    turning, turning.....epic track! ....can't go wrong....

    October 2011

  • andymadden

    brilliant

    October 2011

  • rock2468

    the city streets are empty now...fantastic :-)

    September 2011

  • bazinko

    Great song! I love how his voice sounds when singing "alive" around the 35 second mark...

    September 2011

  • dgfhr

    дабротный рок

    September 2011

  • oldiesfanjohn

    OLE ELO

    September 2011

  • cinnamomma

    I had forgotten how awesome ELO was!

    September 2011

  • rockabillyfan

    ------KLASSE------

    September 2011

  • venicechance

    Love the bass synth which drives the song.

    August 2011

  • blueskyfrank

    ELO forever (2)

    July 2011

  • toffea

    The string section arrangements are somptuous.....

    July 2011
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