Calling America

Infobox Single
Name = Calling America


Artist = Electric Light Orchestra
from Album = "Balance of Power"
B-side = "Caught In A Trap"
Released = 1986
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1985 Compass Point, Nassau, Bahamas and Hartmann Digital Untertrubach, Germany
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 3:28
Label = Jet Records
Writer =
Producer = Jeff Lynne
Certification =
Last single = "Stranger" (1983)
This single = "Calling America" (1986)
Next single = "So Serious" (1986)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Flashback
Type = Box Set
prev_track = "So Serious"
prev_no = 12
this_track = "Calling America"
track_no = 13
next_track = "Four Little Diamonds"
next_no = 14

"Calling America" is a song by the rock music group Electric Light Orchestra released as a single from their 1986 (see 1986 in music) album "Balance of Power". It became the band's first hit in three years. The song is, like most of the songs on "Balance of Power", musically upbeat and bright but lyrically darker, concerning a dishonest lover. Released as a single in 1986, the song peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard singles chart, making it their final hit single in the US.

ingle info

Track listing

;7"
#"Calling America" (Jeff Lynne) – 3:28
#"Caught In A Trap" (Lynne) – 3:43

;12"
#"Calling America" (Lynne) – 3:28
#"Caught In A Trap" (Lynne) – 3:43
#"Endless Lies" (Lynne) – 2:54

;Vinyl non-standard
#"Calling America" (Lynne) – 3:28
#"Caught In A Trap" (Lynne) – 3:43
#"Destination Unknown" (Lynne) – 4:10

Charts

* released in January 1986 in the UK and reached #28.
* charted February 1, 1986 for 15 weeks in the U.S. and reached #18.
* charted 17 March, 1986 for 11 weeks in Australia and reached #47.

Video

The video was shot in Paris and contains shots of Centre Georges Pompidou; the band plays in front of Pompidou.

Resources

* [http://www.connollyco.com/discography/elo/calling7.html Track listings]
* [http://www.epinions.com/content_3270746244 Single chart positions]
* [http://members.iinet.com.au/~althomp/austelo/elo/chartelo.htm Australian charts]
* [http://www.ftmusic.com/balanceofpower/index.html ftmusic.com - UK single b-side "Destination Unknown"]
*youtube|uE6RqGgmPZA|Calling America (licensed content by Sony BMG)