Can't Get It Out of My Head

Not to be confused with Can't Get You Out of My Head.
"Can't Get It Out of My Head"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Eldorado
B-side"Illusions in G Major"
ReleasedNovember 1974 (US)[1]
January 1975 (UK)[1]
Recorded1974 De Lane Lea Studios
GenreSoft rock[2]
Length4:23 (Album version)
3:07 (Single edit)
LabelWarner Bros. (UK)
United Artists (US)
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"
(1974) 		"Can't Get It Out of My Head"
(1974) 		"Boy Blue"
(1975)
Eldorado track listing
10 tracks
Side one
  1. "Eldorado Overture"
  2. "Can't Get It Out of My Head"
  3. "Boy Blue"
  4. "Laredo Tornado"
  5. "Poor Boy (The Greenwood)"
Side two
  2. "Mister Kingdom"
  3. "Nobody's Child"
  4. "Illusions in G Major"
  5. "Eldorado"
  6. "Eldorado Finale"
Music video
"Can't Get It Out of My Head" on YouTube

"Can't Get It Out of My Head" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and originally recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (also known as ELO).

First released on the band's fourth album Eldorado in September 1974, the song is the second track on the album and follows "Eldorado Overture". The song was released in November the same year as a single.

The song became the band's first top 10 single in the United States, reaching number 9,[3] and helped boost public awareness of the band in the U.S., although the single and LP failed to chart in the UK. In 1978, it was included as the lead song on the four-track The ELO EP (UK release), reaching number 34 on the UK charts. The song has appeared on many ELO compilation albums.

  1. ^ a b "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Electric Light Orchestra - Can't Get It Out Of My Head song analysis". Jefflynnesongs.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. ^ Farley, Keith. "Various Artists – Songs You Know by Heart: Songs of Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Chart History - Can't Get It Out Of My Head". Billboard. Retrieved 8 June 2020.