Eldorado (song)
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| "Eldorado" | ||
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| Song by Electric Light Orchestra | ||
| from the album Eldorado | ||
| Released | 1974 | |
| Recorded | Feb - Aug 1974 | |
| Genre | Rock music, Symphonic Rock | |
| Length | 5:17 | |
| Label | Jet Records, United Artists | |
| Writer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |
| Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |
| Eldorado track listing | ||
| "Illusions in G Major" (8) |
"Eldorado" (9) |
"Eldorado Finale" (10) |
| Flashback track listing | ||
| "Can't Get It Out of My Head" (8) |
"Eldorado" (9) |
"Eldorado Finale" (9) |
Eldorado is the title track from the 1974 album of the same name by the Electric Light Orchestra.
According to the songs composer Jeff Lynne
"This song is where the dreamer wakes up to reality, then decides he likes his dream world better and tries to get back to Eldorado." - (Jeff Lynne liner notes (2001 - Eldorado Remaster)
The song gained a certain notoriety when it was claimed by some Christian Fundamentalists that Eldorado contained some 'satanic messages' (around the title track's line that went: 'On a voyage of no return to see'). When played backwards - they claimed - this sounded something like: 'He is the nasty one - Christ you're infernal - It is said we're dead men'). Jeff Lynne replied with the backwards response "skcolloB" , Lynne's next album would contain the famous Fire on High with its deliberate backwards message as a further insult to his accusers. the song was used as the b-side of their UK hit Wild West Hero.
