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href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>"Daybreaker" (US)</li><li>"Oh No Not Susan" (UK)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">February 1, 1974<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1974-02-01</span>)</span><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/AIR_Oxford_Circus" class="mw-redirect" title="AIR Oxford Circus">AIR</a> (London)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">Hard rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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></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">53</span></span> (Album length)</li><li>3:25 (US <a href="/wiki/Radio_edit" title="Radio edit">single version</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"><link 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Records">Warner Bros.</a> (UK)</li><li><a href="/wiki/United_Artists_Records" title="United Artists Records">United Artists</a> (US)</li></ul></div></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/Showdown_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)" title="Showdown (Electric Light Orchestra song)">Showdown</a>" <br />(1973) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Ma-Ma-Ma Belle</b>" <br />(1974) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<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>" <br />(1974) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Ma-Ma-Ma Belle</b>" is a song recorded by the <a href="/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Electric Light Orchestra">Electric Light Orchestra</a> (ELO). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ma-Ma-Ma_Belle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was taken from the 1973 album <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Third_Day" title="On the Third Day">On the Third Day</a></i>. In the UK, the single version had a slightly different mix from the album original featuring a descending string crescendo and was edited in length. <a href="/wiki/Marc_Bolan" title="Marc Bolan">Marc Bolan</a> plays twin lead guitar on the track alongside <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lynne" title="Jeff Lynne">Jeff Lynne</a> and features on a number of takes from the April 1973 ELO session, such as "Dreaming of 4000".<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> "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" also featured on <i><a href="/wiki/The_ELO_EP" class="mw-redirect" title="The ELO EP">The ELO EP</a></i> in 1978. In the UK the B-side "Oh No Not Susan" found its way on to various <a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">DJs</a>' playlists at the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, unaware that the song's lyrics contained profanity. In the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> "Daybreaker", the single's flip side, proved more popular and the song was relegated as a b-side in 1976 on "<a href="/wiki/Livin%27_Thing" title="Livin' Thing">Livin' Thing</a>". </p><p>In 1974 <i><a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cash Box</a></i> compared "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" to the style of <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a> of ELO's predecessor <a href="/wiki/The_Move" title="The Move">The Move</a>. …"just take their [The Move] brand of rock 'n roll, add an extra dash of heavy and there you have it—this new ELO disk."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Record_World" title="Record World">Record World</a></i> called it a "French-fried rocker" in which "crispy r&r should crunch onward as a bright biggie."<sup id="cite_ref-rw_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rw-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early working titles for the song were "Auntie" and "My Woman", both of which have found their way onto various compilations. </p><p>The UK single version of <i>Ma-Ma-Ma Belle</i> contains a unique rising string interlude following the second chorus that is not heard on the album version. This short segment is actually lifted from the song <i>Dreaming Of 4000</i> where it is extracted from that song, flipped backwards, a flange effect is added and it's inserted into <i>Ma-Ma-Ma Belle</i>'s UK single mix. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="B-sides">B-sides</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ma-Ma-Ma_Belle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: B-sides"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Daybreaker""><span id=".22Daybreaker.22"></span>"Daybreaker"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ma-Ma-Ma_Belle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: "Daybreaker""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Daybreaker" is an <a href="/wiki/Instrumental" title="Instrumental">instrumental</a> song on the album <i>On the Third Day</i>. It was the first of two instrumentals on the album. A prominent feature of its arrangement was <a href="/wiki/Richard_Tandy" title="Richard Tandy">Richard Tandy</a> playing <a href="/wiki/Arpeggio" title="Arpeggio">arpeggios</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Minimoog" title="Minimoog">Minimoog</a> synthesizer. </p><p>The song was the B-side to the single, "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle", in the US; however the B-side received more airplay than the A-side, so "Daybreaker" charted instead. Despite its US hit status, the song is rarely included on any of the band's extensive compilation albums.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Oh_No_Not_Susan""><span id=".22Oh_No_Not_Susan.22"></span>"Oh No Not Susan"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ma-Ma-Ma_Belle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: "Oh No Not Susan""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Oh No Not Susan" is a song written by Lynne taken from the album <i>On the Third Day</i> recorded in 1973. </p><p>Despite the song's lyrics containing profanity, it received much airplay at the time being the UK B-side to "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle". On the album's original lyric sheet the offensive word was omitted. <a href="/wiki/Bev_Bevan" title="Bev Bevan">Bev Bevan</a> remarked: </p> <blockquote><p>"On [On The Third Day] there is a song called Oh No, Not Susan on which Jeff sings: 'Oh, no not me, that's all she says... her money and her place they just don't mean a fucking thing...' The BBC played it many times, despite their policy towards such lyrics. It just goes to show that if you keep quiet about it and don't make maximum fuss to get publicity there isn't anyone listening closely to words on the radio."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <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=Ma-Ma-Ma_Belle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chart positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1974) </th> <th>Peak<br />Position </th></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-sc_UK_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_UK_-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>"Daybreaker"</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1974) </th> <th>Peak<br />Position </th></tr> <tr> <td>Canada Top Singles (<i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Canadatopsingles_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Canadatopsingles_-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">57 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><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> </td> <td align="center">87 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <i><a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cash Box</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">61 </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=Ma-Ma-Ma_Belle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Jeff Lynne version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lynne" title="Jeff Lynne">Jeff Lynne</a> re-recorded the song in his own home studio. It was released in <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-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as an iTunes Store exclusive bonus track.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<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=Ma-Ma-Ma_Belle&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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class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHorning2007" class="citation web cs1">Horning, Rob (15 February 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.popmatters.com/feature/electric-light-orchestra-too-much-at-once-can-blow-the-fuse/">"Electric Light Orchestra: Too Much at Once Can Blow the Fuse"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/PopMatters" title="PopMatters">PopMatters</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=PopMatters&rft.atitle=Electric+Light+Orchestra%3A+Too+Much+at+Once+Can+Blow+the+Fuse&rft.date=2007-02-15&rft.aulast=Horning&rft.aufirst=Rob&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popmatters.com%2Ffeature%2Felectric-light-orchestra-too-much-at-once-can-blow-the-fuse%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMa-Ma-Ma+Belle" class="Z3988"></span></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="http://www.allmusic.com/song/ma-ma-ma-belle-mt0012037848">"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle – Song Review"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 January</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Cash+Box&rft.atitle=Picks+of+the+Week&rft.volume=XXXV&rft.issue=43&rft.pages=26&rft.date=1974-03-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fworldradiohistory.com%2FArchive-All-Music%2FCash-Box%2F70s%2F1974%2FCB-1974-03-09.pdf%23page%3D26&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMa-Ma-Ma+Belle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rw-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rw_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/74/RW-1974-03-16.pdf">"Single Picks"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Record World</i>. 16 March 1974. p. 18<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Rockaria!" title="Rockaria!">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 scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours</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/Jeff_Lynne%27s_ELO_Tour_2019" title="Jeff Lynne's ELO Tour 2019">Jeff Lynne's ELO Tour 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Over_and_Out_Tour" title="The Over and Out Tour">The Over and Out Tour</a> (2024-25)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Touring members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Clark" title="Louis Clark">Louis Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Scott-Morgan" title="David Scott-Morgan">Dave Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Bissonette" title="Gregg Bissonette">Gregg Bissonette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Bissonette_(musician)" title="Matt Bissonette (musician)">Matt Bissonette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Mann" title="Marc Mann">Marc Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosie_Vela" title="Rosie Vela">Rosie Vela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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