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description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Electric Light Orchestra">Electric Light Orchestra</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/A_New_World_Record" title="A New World Record">A New World Record</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Poker"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">4 February 1977<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Musicland_Studios" title="Musicland Studios">Musicland Studios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">14</span></span> (Album version)</li><li>3:10 (<a href="/wiki/Radio_edit" title="Radio edit">Single edit</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Jet_Records" title="Jet Records">Jet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lynne" title="Jeff Lynne">Jeff Lynne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Jeff Lynne</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Electric Light Orchestra">Electric Light Orchestra</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Livin%27_Thing" title="Livin' Thing">Livin' Thing</a>" <br />(1976) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Rockaria!</b>" <br />(1977) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Do_Ya_(The_Move_song)#Electric_Light_Orchestra_version" title="Do Ya (The Move song)">Do Ya</a>" <br />(1977) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><i><a href="/wiki/A_New_World_Record" title="A New World Record">A New World Record</a></i> track listing</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">9 tracks</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <dl><dt>Side one</dt></dl> <ol><li>"<a href="/wiki/Tightrope_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Tightrope (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Tightrope</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Telephone_Line_(song)" title="Telephone Line (song)">Telephone Line</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rockaria!</a>"</li> <li>"Mission (A World Record)"</li></ol> <dl><dt>Side two</dt></dl> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="5">"<a href="/wiki/So_Fine_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="So Fine (Electric Light Orchestra song)">So Fine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Livin%27_Thing" title="Livin' Thing">Livin' Thing</a>"</li> <li>"Above the Clouds"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_Ya_(The_Move_song)#Electric_Light_Orchestra_version" title="Do Ya (The Move song)">Do Ya</a>"</li> <li>"Shangri-La"</li></ol></div></div> </td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:khaki">Music video</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfK8t4j7I64"><span class="plainlinks">"Rockaria!"</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Rockaria!</b>" is a song by <a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Electric Light Orchestra">Electric Light Orchestra</a> (ELO), written by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lynne" title="Jeff Lynne">Jeff Lynne</a>. It was the third track on the band's successful 1976 album <i><a href="/wiki/A_New_World_Record" title="A New World Record">A New World Record</a></i>, and was the second single from the album. On some CD pressings of <i>A New World Record</i>, the title appears without the exclamation mark. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rockaria!&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">operatic</a> voice of <a href="/wiki/Mary_Thomas_(soprano)" title="Mary Thomas (soprano)">Mary Thomas</a> is featured on the track, particularly during the introduction. On the first <a href="/wiki/Take" title="Take">take</a> of the song, Thomas mistakenly began the vocal too early. However, Lynne elected to use that take, complete with her interjection, "Oops!", although the interjection is omitted from some later pressings of the album. </p><p>Released as a single in 1977, it reached the Top Ten in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UK_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> noted that the track "is rightly considered to be one of Jeff Lynne's finest achievements on record".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="B-side">B-side</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rockaria!&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: B-side"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Poker" is a song written and performed by <a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Electric Light Orchestra">Electric Light Orchestra</a>. </p><p>The song first appeared on the band's LP <i><a href="/wiki/Face_the_Music_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Face the Music (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Face the Music</a></i> as the fifth track. At 3:34, it is the shortest song on the album. During recording, <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Groucutt" title="Kelly Groucutt">Kelly Groucutt</a> sang most of the song's lyrics (generally, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lynne" title="Jeff Lynne">Jeff Lynne</a> sang the vocals of ELO songs). </p><p>The song twice appeared as a <a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a>, first of "Rockaria!" in the UK, then in 1979 as the flip side of the US single version of "<a href="/wiki/Confusion_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Confusion (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Confusion</a>". </p><p>"Poker rocks along with murderous intent, despite corn ball lyrics." – John Ingham (1975 – from a transcribed UK <i>Face the Music</i> album review of unknown origin) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chart_positions">Chart positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rockaria!&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chart positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rockaria!&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1977) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <td>Australia (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Austria (<a href="/wiki/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">Ö3 Austria Top 40</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-AUT_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AUT-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Flanders_Electric_Light_Orchestra_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Flanders_Electric_Light_Orchestra-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Top_40" title="Dutch Top 40">Dutch Top 40</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch40_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch40_-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">28 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_Electric_Light_Orchestra_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_Electric_Light_Orchestra-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-UK_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rockaria!&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1977) </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-kent77_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kent77-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>59 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jeff_Lynne_version">Jeff Lynne version</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rockaria!&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Jeff Lynne version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jeff Lynne re-recorded the song in his own home studio. It was released on <a href="/wiki/Mr._Blue_Sky:_The_Very_Best_of_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra">a compilation album</a> with other re-recorded ELO songs, under the ELO name,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as an iTunes Store exclusive bonus track.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rockaria!&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved 21 July 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuarisco" class="citation web cs1">Guarisco, Donald A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120910142544/http://www.allmusic.com/song/rockaria!-mt0003036496">"Rockaria!"</a>. <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>. 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Gibson">Wilfred Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_McDowell" title="Hugh McDowell">Hugh McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_de_Albuquerque" title="Mike de Albuquerque">Mike de Albuquerque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Walker_(cellist)" title="Colin Walker (cellist)">Colin Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mik_Kaminski" title="Mik Kaminski">Mik Kaminski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Groucutt" title="Kelly Groucutt">Kelly Groucutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Gale" title="Melvyn Gale">Melvyn Gale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Electric_Light_Orchestra_(album)" title="The Electric Light Orchestra (album)"><i>The Electric Light Orchestra</i> (<i>No Answer</i>)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ELO_2" title="ELO 2">ELO 2 (Electric Light Orchestra II)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Third_Day" title="On the Third Day">On the Third Day</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eldorado_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Eldorado (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Eldorado</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Face_the_Music_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Face the Music (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Face the Music</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_New_World_Record" title="A New World Record">A New World Record</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_the_Blue_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Out of the Blue (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Out of the Blue</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Discovery_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Discovery (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Discovery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Time (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secret_Messages" title="Secret Messages">Secret Messages</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Balance_of_Power_(album)" title="Balance of Power (album)">Balance of Power</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zoom_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Zoom (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Zoom</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alone_in_the_Universe" title="Alone in the Universe">Alone in the Universe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/From_Out_of_Nowhere_(Jeff_Lynne%27s_ELO_album)" title="From Out of Nowhere (Jeff Lynne's ELO album)">From Out of Nowhere</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Night_the_Light_Went_On_in_Long_Beach" title="The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach">The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Wembley_%2778" title="Live at Wembley '78">Live at Wembley '78</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Winterland_%2776" title="Live at Winterland '76">Live at Winterland '76</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_BBC_Sessions_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="The BBC Sessions (Electric Light Orchestra album)">The BBC Sessions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_BBC_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Live at the BBC (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Live at the BBC</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra_Live" title="Electric Light Orchestra Live">Electric Light Orchestra Live</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wembley_or_Bust" title="Wembley or Bust">Wembley or Bust</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Xanadu_(soundtrack)" title="Xanadu (soundtrack)">Xanadu</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Showdown_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Showdown (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Showdown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ol%C3%A9_ELO" title="Olé ELO">Olé ELO</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_Shines_On" title="The Light Shines On">The Light Shines On</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Light_Years" title="Three Light Years">Three Light Years</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_Shines_On_Vol_2" title="The Light Shines On Vol 2">The Light Shines On Vol 2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ELO%27s_Greatest_Hits" title="ELO's Greatest Hits">ELO's Greatest Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Box_of_Their_Best" title="A Box of Their Best">A Box of Their Best</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Light_Years" title="Four Light Years">Four Light Years</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Afterglow_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Afterglow (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Afterglow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ELO%27s_Greatest_Hits_Vol._2" title="ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2">ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_the_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra">The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Magic:_The_Best_of_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra">Strange Magic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Light_Years,_The_Very_Best_of_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra">Light Years</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Definitive_Collection_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Definitive Collection (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Definitive Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Friends_%26_Relatives" title="Friends & Relatives">Friends & Relatives</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flashback_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="Flashback (Electric Light Orchestra album)">Flashback</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Collection_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)" title="The Ultimate Collection (Electric Light Orchestra album)">The Ultimate Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="The Essential Electric Light Orchestra">The Essential Electric Light Orchestra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Over_the_World:_The_Very_Best_of_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra">All Over the World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ticket_to_the_Moon:_The_Very_Best_of_Electric_Light_Orchestra_Volume_2" title="Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Volume 2">Ticket to the Moon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_Electric_Light_Orchestra#2011_Edition" title="The Essential Electric Light Orchestra">The Essential Electric Light Orchestra (2 CD Edition)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Blue_Sky:_The_Very_Best_of_Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra">Mr. Blue Sky</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/10538_Overture" title="10538 Overture">10538 Overture</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Radio_(song)" title="Mr. Radio (song)">Mr. Radio</a>" (withdrawn)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Roll_Over_Beethoven#Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Roll Over Beethoven">Roll Over Beethoven</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Showdown_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Showdown (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Showdown</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ma-Ma-Ma_Belle" title="Ma-Ma-Ma Belle">Ma-Ma-Ma Belle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Get_It_Out_of_My_Head" title="Can't Get It Out of My Head">Can't Get It Out of My Head</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Illusions_in_G_Major" title="Illusions in G Major">Illusions in G Major</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boy_Blue_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Boy Blue (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Boy Blue</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Eldorado_(song)" title="Eldorado (song)">Eldorado</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Evil_Woman_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Evil Woman (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Evil Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strange_Magic_(song)" title="Strange Magic (song)">Strange Magic</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nightrider_(song)" title="Nightrider (song)">Nightrider</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strange_Magic_(song)" title="Strange Magic (song)">Strange Magic</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Livin%27_Thing" title="Livin' Thing">Livin' Thing</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Fire_On_High" title="Fire On High">Fire On High</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rockaria!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_Ya_(The_Move_song)#Electric_Light_Orchestra_version" title="Do Ya (The Move song)">Do Ya</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Telephone_Line_(song)" title="Telephone Line (song)">Telephone Line</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Poor_Boy_(The_Greenwood)" title="Poor Boy (The Greenwood)">Poor Boy (The Greenwood)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Turn_to_Stone_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Turn to Stone (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Turn to Stone</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Mister_Kingdom" title="Mister Kingdom">Mister Kingdom</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Blue_Sky" title="Mr. Blue Sky">Mr. Blue Sky</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/One_Summer_Dream" title="One Summer Dream">One Summer Dream</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Talkin%27_Woman" title="Sweet Talkin' Woman">Sweet Talkin' Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wild_West_Hero" title="Wild West Hero">Wild West Hero</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Over_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="It's Over (Electric Light Orchestra song)">It's Over</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shine_a_Little_Love" title="Shine a Little Love">Shine a Little Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Diary_of_Horace_Wimp" title="The Diary of Horace Wimp">The Diary of Horace Wimp</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Bring_Me_Down" title="Don't Bring Me Down">Don't Bring Me Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Confusion_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Confusion (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Confusion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Train_to_London" title="Last Train to London">Last Train to London</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Alive_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="I'm Alive (Electric Light Orchestra song)">I'm Alive</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Xanadu_(Olivia_Newton-John_and_Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song)">Xanadu</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title="Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_Over_the_World_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="All Over the World (Electric Light Orchestra song)">All Over the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Walk_Away_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Don't Walk Away (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Don't Walk Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hold_On_Tight_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Hold On Tight (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Hold On Tight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twilight_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Twilight (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Twilight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_Is_the_News" title="Here Is the News">Here Is the News</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Ticket_to_the_Moon" title="Ticket to the Moon">Ticket to the Moon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rain_Is_Falling" title="Rain Is Falling">Rain Is Falling</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Way_Life%27s_Meant_to_Be" title="The Way Life's Meant to Be">The Way Life's Meant to Be</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Is_King" title="Rock 'n' Roll Is King">Rock 'n' Roll Is King</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Secret_Messages_(song)" title="Secret Messages (song)">Secret Messages</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Four_Little_Diamonds" title="Four Little Diamonds">Four Little Diamonds</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stranger_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Stranger (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Stranger</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Calling_America" title="Calling America">Calling America</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_Serious_(song)" title="So Serious (song)">So Serious</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Getting_to_the_Point" title="Getting to the Point">Getting to the Point</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Videography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_the_Blue:_Live_at_Wembley" title="Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley">Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fusion_%E2%80%93_Live_in_London" title="Fusion – Live in London">Fusion – Live in London</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zoom_Tour_Live" title="Zoom Tour Live">Zoom Tour Live</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ELO_%E2%80%93_Total_Rock_Review" title="ELO – Total Rock Review">ELO – Total Rock Review</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live:_The_Early_Years" title="Live: The Early Years">Live: The Early Years</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lynne%27s_ELO:_Live_in_Hyde_Park" title="Jeff Lynne's ELO: Live in Hyde Park">Jeff Lynne's ELO: Live in Hyde Park</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wembley_or_Bust" title="Wembley or Bust">Wembley or Bust</a></i> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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