Shangri-La (1976 song)

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"Shangri-La"
"Shangri-La" cover
Song by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album A New World Record
Released 1976
Recorded 1976
Genre Rock music, Art Rock
Length 5:32
Label Jet Records, United Artists
Writer(s) Jeff Lynne
Producer(s) Jeff Lynne
A New World Record track listing
"Do Ya
(8)
"Shangri-La"
(9)
Flashback track listing
"Big Wheels"
(13)
"Shangri-La"
(14)
"Nightrider"
(15)

Shangri-La is a song recorded by Electric Light Orchestra.

The ninth and final song from the 1976 album A New World Record. A ballad about lost love with an extended fade out and reprise. The lyrics reflect the song's fade out "Faded like The Beatles on 'Hey Jude'". Mary Thomas (Rockaria!) appears on the song's reprise.

Until 2000 the song had never been used on a compilation album, when it appeared on Flashback.