"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.