Confusion (ELO song)

"Confusion"
UK single
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Discovery
A-side	"Last Train to London" (UK)
B-side	"Poker" (US)
Released	October 1979 (US) November 1979 (UK)
Format	7" vinyl
Recorded	1979, Musicland Studios, Munich
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:42
Label	Jet
Writer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer	Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Don't Bring Me Down" (1979) "Confusion" / "Last Train to London" (1979) "I'm Alive" (1980)

"Confusion" is the second song from the 1979 Electric Light Orchestra album Discovery. It features acoustic guitar and vocoder.

It was released in the UK as a double A-side single with "Last Train to London". It peaked at #8 in the UK Singles Chart^[1]. In the US the song was released as a single with "Poker" on the B-side becoming a more modest hit, reaching #37 on the Billboard Hot 100^[2].

Chart positions

Chart (1979)	Peak Position
Austrian Ö3 Austria Top 40[3]	5
Canadian RPM Top Singles	13
French SNEP Singles Chart	10
German Media Control Singles Chart	6
Irish Singles Chart[4]	9
South African Singles Chart	10
UK Singles Chart[1]	8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2]	37
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles	47

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chart Stats - Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion/Last Train To London". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=8542. Retrieved 22 March 2009 (2009-03-22). 
2. ^ ^{a b} "The Billboard Hot 100 - Confusion - Electric Light Orchestra". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3071074&cdi=8889744&cid=12%2F08%2F1979. Retrieved 22 March 2009 (2009-03-22). 
3. ^ "Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion - austriancharts.at". http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra&titel=Confusion&cat=s. Retrieved 22 March 2009 (2009-03-22). 
4. ^ "irishcharts.ie search results". http://www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 20 March 2009 (2009-03-20).