Mr. Blue Sky

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"Mr. Blue Sky"

Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Out of the Blue
B-side(s)	"One Summer Dream"
Released	1978
Format	7"
Recorded	1977 Musicland Studios , Munich
Genre	Rock, Art rock
Length	5:05
Label	Jet Records
Producer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Chart positions
#6 #35
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Turn To Stone" (1977)	"Mr. Blue Sky" (1978)	"Wild West Hero" (1978)
Out of the Blue track listing
"Summer and Lightning" (12)	"Mr. Blue Sky" (13)	"Sweet Is the Night" (14)
Flashback track listing
"Livin' Thing" (3)	"Mr. Blue Sky" (4)	"Mission (A World Record)" (5)

[edit] Concerto for a Rainy Day

"Standin' In The Rain" – 4:20
"Big Wheels" – 5:10
"Summer and Lightning" – 4:13
"Mr. Blue Sky" – 5:05

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. Reflecting Jeff Lynne's love of hidden messages, the coda to the song contains the barely discernable, heavily-vocoded words "Please turn me over". This message would make sense since on the 12" version of the album, it was the last song on the front side of the 2nd disc.

It was the second single to be taken from the album Out of the Blue and released thus in January 1978. The single reached number 6 in the UK and despite it being a much loved track it surprisingly only reached number 35 in the USA. In 2006, The Delgados released a cover of the song on their Peel Sessions compilation.

[edit] Trivia

The song experienced a revival in 2002 after it was used in a television commercial by Mike Mills for Volkswagen Beetle convertible.
It was used in the trailers for the films Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind it was included on the film's soundtrack, although it was not actually used in the film.
After being featured in Love & Monsters, an episode of the British science-fiction series Doctor Who, the song broke into the top 40 of the iTunes Music Store's Top 100 Songs, a daily chart listings the most popular downloads.
It was used in the now-defunct NBC drama LAX.
The film version of The Magic Roundabout (known in North America as Doogal) used it in a flashback/dream sequence.
It is part of the soundtrack for the Atari video game Driver:Parallel Lines, featuring prominently in the 1970s section of the game.
In 2005, it was used in a successful advertising campaign on British television for a new clothes range from the retailer Marks & Spencer
For many years it has been an unofficial anthem of Birmingham City Football Club.