Telephone Line (song)

"Telephone Line"
"Telephone Line"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album A New World Record
B-side	"Poor Boy (The Greenwood)"; "King of the Universe";
Released	May 1977
Studio	Musicland (Munich, Germany)
Genre	Orchestral pop; progressive pop; soft rock;
Length	4:39 (album/UK single version); 3:56 (US single edit);
Label	Jet
Songwriter(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
A New World Record track listing
	9 tracks Side one "Tightrope"; "Telephone Line"; "Rockaria!"; "Mission (A World Record)"; Side two ; "So Fine"; "Livin' Thing"; "Above the Clouds"; "Do Ya"; "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.

^ Zaleski, Annie (29 October 2015). "The 30 Best Pop Songs About Telephone Drama". Vulture. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ 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
^ "A New World Record". Gb.napster.com. 1 October 1976.
^ 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."

[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."

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