Big Wheels (song)

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“Big Wheels”
Song by Electric Light Orchestra
Album	Out of the Blue
Recorded	1977
Genre	Rock, Symphonic rock
Length	5:10
Label	Jet Records, United Artists
Writer	Jeff Lynne
Producer	Jeff Lynne
Out of the Blue track listing
"Standin' in the Rain" (10) “Big Wheels” (11) "Summer and Lightning" (12)
Flashback track listing
"Sweet Talkin' Woman" (12) "Big Wheels" (13) "Shangri-La" (14)

Big Wheels is a song written and performed by Electric Light Orchestra.

Track 11 on the bands double album Out of the Blue from 1977. The song forms the second part of the Concerto for a Rainy Day suite and continues with the theme of the weather and reflection followed by the more optimistic third part "Summer and Lightning". Apart from its inclusion on "Out of the Blue" album, the song has never appeared on any compilation or b-side until 2000 when Jeff Lynne the songs composer included it on his retrospective album Flashback. The songs working title during recording was Bad Salad, a word play on Sad Ballad.