Video!

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"Video!"
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Single by Jeff Lynne
from the album Electric Dreams
B-side "Sooner or Later"
Released1984
Recorded1984
Genre Pop rock
Length3:26
Label Virgin/Epic
Songwriter Jeff Lynne
Producer Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne singles chronology
"Doin' That Crazy Thing"
(1977)		"Video!"
(1984)		"Every Little Thing"
(1990)

"Video!" is a song by Jeff Lynne from the soundtrack to the film Electric Dreams in 1984. [1] It is one of two songs that Lynne and keyboard player Richard Tandy provided for the film's soundtrack. [1] The single version is 3:26 in length, [1] while the version included in the film is longer, at 4:18. [2]

Contents

The chorus of "Video!" is originally taken from the unreleased Electric Light Orchestra song "Beatles Forever", which was originally to have appeared on the album, Secret Messages , when it was planned to be a double album. [3] [ self-published source ]

Reception

Muriel Gray at Smash Hits said, "Mr. Lynne likes to catch on to buzzwords and then attempt to build a song around them. 'Video madness comes upon us' we are informed and, to back up this earth-shattering statement, we are treated to some Buggles-like voices. A nasty piece of work if ever there was." [4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jeff Lynne.

  1. "Video!" – 3:26
  2. "Sooner or Later" – 3:51

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 85

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Song Details". Jefflynnesongs.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Song Details". Jefflynnesongs.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Electric Light Orchestra – Beatles Forever". thelogbook.com. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Muriel Gray. "Singles". Smash Hits (19 July 1984): 23.
  5. ↑ "Jeff Lynne Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
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