Mr. Blue Sky

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“Mr. Blue Sky”
Single by Electric Light Orchestra from the album Out of the Blue
B-side	"One Summer Dream"
Released	1978
Format	7"
Recorded	1977 Musicland Studios , Munich
Genre	Rock, Art rock
Length	5:06
Label	Jet Records
Producer	Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Turn To Stone" (1977) "Mr. Blue Sky" (1978) "Wild West Hero" (1978)
Out of the Blue track listing
"Summer and Lightning" (12) "Mr. Blue Sky" (13) "Sweet Is the Night" (14)
Flashback track listing
"Livin' Thing" (3) "Mr. Blue Sky" (4) "Mission (A World Record)" (5)

Mr. Blue Sky is a song by the rock group Electric Light Orchestra.

The song forms the fourth and last track on the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite on side three of the original two-LP set. The song concludes with a heavily vocoded voice saying "Please Turn Me Over", Jeff Lynne's humorous way of telling the listener to turn the record over to side four.

The song was the third Hot 100 top 40 single to be taken from the album Out of the Blue (which album was released in November 1977), after "Turn To Stone" and "Sweet Talkin' Woman". The single reached number 6 in the UK and number 35 in the USA. It was also released on special limited edition blue vinyl.

In 2006, The Delgados released a cover of the song on their The Complete BBC Peel Sessions compilation. The song was voted as Anthem of the Midlands and is played before each Birmingham City Football Club home game to honour Jeff Lynne and his friendship with retired football player Trevor Francis.

Mr. Blue Sky by the Electric Light Orchestra

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Use in media

• Disney Channel UK - Aladdin Coming on March 2005 Promo
• Appeared in the 1979 Rowan Atkinson comedy special Canned Laughter.
• It was used in the now-defunct NBC drama LAX.
• The film version of The Magic Roundabout (known in North America as Doogal) used it in a flashback/dream sequence.
• It was featured in the opening credits of DVS Shoe Company's "Skate More".
• The song began a major revival in 2003 after it was used in an award-winning television commercial by Mike Mills for Volkswagen Beetle convertible.
• Heard in the trailers for the films Adaptation. and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, it was included on the latter film's soundtrack album despite not actually appearing in the film itself. It was also used in the TV ads for the film Dan in Real Life.
• In 2005, it was used in a successful advertising campaign on British television for a new clothes range from the retailer Marks & Spencer.

• After being featured in "Love & Monsters", ^[1] an episode of the British science-fiction series Doctor Who, the song broke into the top 40 of the iTunes Store's Top 100 Songs, a daily chart listing the most popular downloads.
• During the 1980's Sears used the song for their "Welcome to the Great Indoors" campaigns, then it was reintroduced on the year 2007 for the Searsbook Commercials
• In 2007, it was used in an advertising campaign for the French mobile phone company SFR, covered by pop/ska singer Lily Allen
• In 2007, it was used in an advertising campaign for Sears in the United States.
• In 2007, it was used in an advertising campaign for a June 15 - 17 sale on Kenmore Appliances in the United States.
• The song appeared during the start and end of a scene in the "Lab Rats" episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2007. The song was the backing music for the 'Hodges lucky day' scene.
• The beginning of the track is used in the Theatrical Trailer to the Tom Shadyac film, "Evan Almighty".
• In 2007, it was used in the movie "The Game Plan", starring Dwane "The Rock" Johnson
• In 2007, this song was featured at the end of the movie "Martian Child", starring John Cusack.
• The song was featured in Krux Trucks 2007 movie "Feelin' It".
• Used in the 2008 'Life of a Dot' television advertisement for Guinness.
• Used in the 2008 'Happy Jetting' television advertisement for JetBlue Airways.

Other uses and covers

• This song was covered by Tony Visconti with Kristeen Young and Richard Barone for Lynne Me Your Ears - A Tribute To The Music Of Jeff Lynne (2000).
• It is part of the soundtrack for the Atari video game Driver: Parallel Lines, featuring prominently in the 1970s section of the game.
• A period near the end of the song resembles the introduction to Black Mirror, the opening song on Neon Bible the second album released by Arcade Fire.
• For many years it has been an unofficial anthem of Birmingham City Football Club.
• The Decemberists have covered this song in various concerts.
• This song was the inspiration for the song "Dead!" on My Chemical Romance's album The Black Parade.
• This song was used for a wake up call on STS-118 mission, Flight Day 3.
• An extract of this song was used by Take That as an intro for their song "Shine" on their world tour.
• Lily Allen recorded a cover for SFR, a French mobile phone carrier, which was leaked onto the internet in December 2007.
• The band Nerf Herder has a cover of this song.

References

External links

• Mr. Blue Sky at Discogs