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| "Mr. Blue Sky" | ||||
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| Single by Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
| from the album Out of the Blue | ||||
| B-side | "One Summer Dream" | |||
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| Studio | Musicland, Munich, Germany | |||
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| Label | Jet | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
| Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
| Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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| "Mr. Blue Sky" on YouTube | ||||
"Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), featured on the band's seventh studio album Out of the Blue (1977). Written and produced by frontman Jeff Lynne, the song forms the fourth and final track of the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite on side three of the original double album. "Mr. Blue Sky" was the second single to be taken from Out of the Blue, peaking at number 6 in the UK Singles Chart[4] and number 35 in the US Billboard Charts.[5]
Promotional copies were released on blue vinyl, like the album from which the single was issued. Due to its popularity and frequent use in multiple television shows and movies, it has sometimes been described as the band's signature song.[6]
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...but ELO really committed to the symphonic concept without sacrificing hooks, as proggier bands did.
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