| "Calling America" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Electric Light Orchestra | ||||||||||
| from the album "Balance of Power" | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Caught In A Trap" "Destination Unknown (12 Inch only)" (UK) |
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| Released | January 1986 (US) February 1986 (UK) |
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| Format | 7" | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1985 Compass Point, Nassau, Bahamas and Hartmann Digital Untertrubach, Germany | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||||||||
| Length | 3:28 | |||||||||
| Label | Epic | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||||||||
| Producer | Jeff Lynne | |||||||||
| Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Calling America" is a song by the rock music group Electric Light Orchestra released as a single from their 1986 (see 1986 in music) album Balance of Power. It became the band's first hit in three years. The song is, like most of the songs on Balance of Power, musically upbeat and bright but lyrically darker, concerning a dishonest lover. Released as a single in 1986, the song peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard singles chart, making it their final hit single in the US.
There was also a UK 12 inch EPIC 3 Track version with the "Destination Unknown" on the B-Side.
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| Chart (1986) | Peak Position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 47 |
| Austrian Ö3 Austria Top 40 | 22 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart | 10 |
| German Media Control Singles Chart | 31 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 16 |
| UK Singles Chart[1] | 28 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 22 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 20 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles | 26 |
The video was shot in Paris and contains shots of Centre Georges Pompidou; the band plays in front of Pompidou.