The Diary of Horace Wimp

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"The Diary Of Horace Wimp"
"The Diary Of Horace Wimp" cover
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Discovery
B-side(s) "Down Home Town"
Released July 1979
Format 7"
Recorded 1979 Musicland Studios , Munich
Genre Rock, Art rock
Length 4:17
Label Jet Records
Producer(s) Jeff Lynne
Chart positions
  • UK #8
  • Australia #48
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Shine A Little Love"
(1979)
"The Diary Of Horace Wimp"
(1979)
"Don't Bring Me Down"
(1979)
Discovery track listing
"Need Her Love"
(3)
"The Diary of Horace Wimp"
(4)
"Last Train To London"
(5)
Flashback track listing
"Don't Bring Me Down"
(1)
(CD III)
"The Diary of Horace Wimp"
(2)
"Twilight"
(3)

The Diary Of Horace Wimp is the title of track four on the Electric Light Orchestra album Discovery.

Released in 1979 as a single. The song was Beatlesque in nature and became a Top Ten hit in the UK.


Electric Light Orchestra
Founding members: Jeff Lynne | Roy Wood | Bev Bevan
Other members in Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra discography
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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