Rockaria!
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| "Rockaria!" | ||
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| Single by Electric Light Orchestra | ||
| from the album A New World Record | ||
| B-side(s) | "Poker" | |
| Released | February 1977 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | 1976 Musicland Studios, Munich | |
| Genre | Rock and Roll, Art rock | |
| Length | 3:10 | |
| Label | Jet Records | |
| Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |
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| Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology | ||
| "Livin' Thing" (1976) |
"Rockaria!" (1977) |
"Do Ya" (1977) |
| A New World Record track listing | ||
| "Telephone Line" (2) |
"Rockaria!" (3) |
"Mission (A World Record)" (4) |
"Rockaria!" is a song by Electric Light Orchestra
This was the third track on the band's successful 1976 album A New World Record, and as the second single from the album, released in the UK in 1977. Featuring Mary Thomas on Operatic voice on the introduction, she fluffed the first take but they used it anyway. Live the 'aria' was provided by the vocal talents of the band's bassist Kelly Groucutt.
The title of the song is not said in the lyrics, thus it is often mispronounced, usually as rhyming with "momma mia". It is actually a fusion of two different words, rock and aria, thus giving "rock-air'-ia".
| Electric Light Orchestra |
| Founding members: Jeff Lynne | Roy Wood | Bev Bevan Other members in Electric Light Orchestra |
| Electric Light Orchestra discography |
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| Studio albums: The Electric Light Orchestra/No Answer | ELO 2 | On the Third Day | Eldorado, A Symphony | Face the Music | A New World Record | Out of the Blue | Discovery | Xanadu | Time | Secret Messages | Balance of Power | Zoom |
| Live albums: The Night the Light Went On (In Long Beach) | Live at Winterland '76 | Live at Wembley '78 |
| Compilation albums: Showdown | Olé ELO | The Light Shines On | The Light Shines On Vol 2 | ELO's Greatest Hits | A Box of their Best | Afterglow | ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Strange Magic | Flashback | The Essential Electric Light Orchestra | All Over the World |
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