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"Nightrider" 
Single by Electric Light Orchestra from the album Face The Music A-side "Do Ya" (1977) B-side "Daybreaker" Live Released March 1976 (UK) Format 7" Recorded 1975 Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany Genre Rock Length 4:25 (LP length)
3.45 (UK single edit)Label Jet Records Writer(s) Jeff Lynne Producer Jeff Lynne Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology "Evil Woman"
(1975)"Nightrider"
(1976)"Strange Magic"
(1976)"Nightrider" is a song from Electric Light Orchestra's album Face The Music.
The song's title is a titular tip of the hat to Lynne's first major band, The Nightriders. This was the second single released from the album after "Evil Woman", in 1976. The B-side on the single was a live version of "Daybreaker" taken from the 1974 live album The Night The Light Went On (In Long Beach). Despite ELO's rising popularity, the song failed to chart. The song was also included as the B-side on the US hit single Do Ya.
Between 3:16 and 3:19, the song features a string crescendo which was reused (played backwards, from 2:40 to 2:44) on another of the album's tracks, "Evil Woman".
"I took the high string part of Nightrider that climbs up to a climax, and used it backwards in Evil Woman as a big effect. I was amazed when it slotted in seamlessly." - Jeff Lynne (Face The Music remaster liner notes)
During live performances, Jeff Lynne and Kelly Groucutt would swap vocals during the song.
1970s 1972: "10538 Overture" • "Mr. Radio" • 1973: "Roll Over Beethoven" • "Showdown" • 1974: "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle/Daybreaker" • "Can't Get It Out of My Head" • 1975: "Boy Blue" • "Evil Woman" • 1976: "Nightrider" • "Strange Magic" • "Livin' Thing" • 1977: "Rockaria!" • "Do Ya • "Telephone Line" • "Turn to Stone" • 1978: "Mr. Blue Sky" • "Wild West Hero • "Sweet Talkin' Woman" • "It's Over" • "The ELO EP" • 1979: "Shine a Little Love" • "The Diary of Horace Wimp" • "Don't Bring Me Down" • "Confusion"/"Last Train to London"1980s 1980: "I'm Alive" • "Xanadu" • "All Over the World" • "Don't Walk Away" • 1981: "Hold On Tight" • "Twilight" • 1982: "Here Is the News"/"Ticket to the Moon" • "Rain Is Falling" • "The Way Life's Meant to Be" • 1983: "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" • "Secret Messages" • "Four Little Diamonds" • "Stranger" • 1986: "Calling America" • "So Serious" • "Getting to the Point"1990s 1990: "Destination Unknown"2000s Categories:- 1976 singles
- Electric Light Orchestra songs
- Songs produced by Jeff Lynne
- Songs written by Jeff Lynne
- 1970s rock song stubs
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