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"Can't Get It Out of My Head"
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Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Eldorado
B-side "Illusions in G Major"
Released January 1975[1] (UK)
November 1974[1] (US)
Format 7" single
Recorded 1974 De Lane Lea Studios
Genre
Soft rock[2]
Length
4:23 (Album version)
3:07 (Single edit)
Label
Warner Bros. (UK)
United Artists (US)
Songwriter(s) Jeff Lynne
Producer(s) Jeff Lynne

Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology





"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"
(1974)
 "Can't Get It Out of My Head"
(1975)
 "Boy Blue"
(1975)


Eldorado track listing


10 tracks


Side one


  1. "Eldorado Overture"

  2. "Can't Get It Out of My Head"

  3. "Boy Blue"

  4. "Laredo Tornado"

  5. "Poor Boy (The Greenwood)"


Side two




  2. "Mister Kingdom"

  3. "Nobody's Child"

  4. "Illusions in G Major"

  5. "Eldorado"

  6. "Eldorado Finale"






"Can't Get It Out of My Head" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and originally recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (also known as ELO).


First released on the band's fourth album Eldorado in September 1974, the song is the second track on the album and follows "Eldorado Overture." The song was released in November the same year as a single.


The song became the band's first top 10 single in the United States, reaching number 9,[3] and helped boost public awareness of the band in the U.S.; however, back in the UK the single and LP failed to chart. In 1978, it was included as the lead song on the four-track The ELO EP (UK release), reaching number 34 on the UK charts. The song has appeared on many ELO compilation albums.




Contents






  • 1 Chart performance


    • 1.1 Weekly singles charts


    • 1.2 Year-end charts




  • 2 Jeff Lynne version


  • 3 Other appearances


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Chart performance











Jeff Lynne version
































"Can't Get It Out of My Head"

Song by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
Released 8 October 2012 (UK)
9 October 2012 (US)
Recorded 2001–2012 Bungalow Palace
Length 4:35
Label Frontiers
Songwriter(s) Jeff Lynne
Producer(s) Jeff Lynne

Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra track listing


12 tracks



  1. "Mr. Blue Sky"

  2. "Evil Woman"

  3. "Strange Magic"

  4. "Don't Bring Me Down"

  5. "Turn to Stone"

  6. "Showdown"

  7. "Telephone Line"

  8. "Livin' Thing"

  9. "Do Ya"

  10. "Can't Get It Out of My Head"

  11. "10538 Overture"

  12. "Point of No Return"





Jeff Lynne re-recorded the song in his own home studio. It was released in a compilation album with other re-recorded ELO songs under the ELO name.[12]



Other appearances



  • In the 1970s, a "Sacred Mushroom Edition" cut of Kenneth Anger's experimental film Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome used the ELO song as its score instead of the original Glagolitic Mass by Czech composer Leoš Janáček.


  • Hard rock band Silent Rage recorded a version on their 1989 album "Don't Touch Me There", but changed a few lyrics and renamed it to "Can't Get Her Out Of My Head".

  • A live cover version by Fountains of Wayne appeared as a B-side on its 1997 single "Sink to the Bottom" and later on its 2005 album Out Of State Plates.

  • Also in 2006, the teenage drama The OC featured a cover version of the song in an episode as well as commissioned the indie artist John Paul White to cover the track for Music from the OC: Mix 6 "Covering Our Tracks".

  • The song was covered by the hard rock group Velvet Revolver on its 2007 album Libertad.


  • Telekinesis covered this song on the 2010 American Laundromat Records release Sing Me to Sleep - Indie Lullabies.

  • Progressive rock band Transatlantic covered this song on its 2014 album Kaleidoscope, featured on disc 2 of the special edition.


  • Patty Pravo covered it in Italian as "Come un Ponte Sull'Acqua Che Va" on her album "Incontro" (1975).


  • The Silent League covered the song on the bonus disc of their 2010 album "But You've Always Been The Caretaker".



References





  1. ^ ab "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Electric Light Orchestra - Can't Get It Out Of My Head song analysis". Jefflynnesongs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-09..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Farley, Keith. "Various Artists – Songs You Know by Heart: Songs of Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2016.


  3. ^ ab "Electric Light Orchestra - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2013.


  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


  5. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-09.


  6. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Electric Light Orchestra". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 April 2013.


  7. ^ Hawtin, Steve. "Song artist 171 - Electric Light Orchestra". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2 May 2013.


  8. ^ "ELO". Wweb.uta.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-09.


  9. ^ "Charts". Wweb.uta.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-09.


  10. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-09.


  11. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-09.


  12. ^ "Releases : elo - Mr. Blue Sky - The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra". Elo.biz. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.




External links




  • In-depth Song Analysis at the Jeff Lynne Song Database (jefflynnesongs.com)


  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics









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