Blue Sky following a break in the weather when the entire area was bathed in sunshine, this was quickly followed by the remainder of the Out of the Blue songs including Concerto for a Rainy Day. After a two week period of writers block dampened by the inclement weather outside, Lynne was suddenly inspired to write Mr. ![]() Written in Switzerland by Jeff Lynne, who hid himself away to write enough material for a double album. It was also released on special limited edition blue vinyl. The single reached number 6 in the UK and number 35 in the USA. The song was the third Hot 100 top 40 single to be taken from the album Out of the Blue. It is certainly understandable that the director of the 1978 promo might not have known the words at the end, and thus the misunderstanding by fans for thirty-one years. Fans who remember the original 1978 promo video saw the title of the song displayed at the end during the vocoded voice, and to this very day, mistakenly believe that the vocoded voice says "Mis-ter-blue-sky-yi", in the same way as it does earlier in the song. This was confirmed by original keyboardist Richard Tandy, who did confirm the actual lyric to members of the Showdown ELO fan list. Although the ending vocoded voice may sound like "Mister Blue Sky-yi", it is actually "Please turn me over" as it is the end of side three, and the listener is instructed to flip the LP over. ![]() The song features a heavily vocoded voice singing the phrase "Mister Blue Sky", (from 2:23 to 2:39, or from 2:20 to 2:34 on the 30th anniversary CD). 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. ![]() Blue Sky" is a song by the rock group Electric Light Orchestra.
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