Telephone Line (song)

"Telephone Line"
+2348027046508
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album A New World Record
B-side
ReleasedMay 1977
StudioMusicland (Munich, West Germany)
Genre
Length
LabelJet
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Do Ya"
(1977)
"Telephone Line"
(1977)
"Turn to Stone"
(1977)
A New World Record track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "Tightrope"
  2. "Telephone Line"
  3. "Rockaria!"
  4. "Mission (A World Record)"
Side two
  1. "So Fine"
  2. "Livin' Thing"
  3. "Above the Clouds"
  4. "Do Ya"
  5. "Shangri-La"

"Telephone Line" is a song by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).[4] It was released in May 1977 through Jet Records and United Artists Records as part of the album A New World Record. It was commercially successful, topping the charts of Canada and New Zealand and entering the top 10 in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

  1. ^ Zaleski, Annie (29 October 2015). "The 30 Best Pop Songs About Telephone Drama". Vulture. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (2000), Night Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70s, St. Martin's Press, p. 67, ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3
  3. ^ "A New World Record". Gb.napster.com. 1 October 1976.
  4. ^ Dave Thompson 1000 Songs That Rock Your World: From Rock Classics to One-Hit Wonders 2011- Page 212 "Telephone Line BY THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA Having already serenaded us with the tones of “Ma Ma Belle,” E.L.O. followed up with a reminder of just how lonely the sound of an unanswered telephone could be."