Mystery (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Mystery


Artist = Dio
from Album = The Last in Line
B-side = "Eat Your Heart Out" (live), "Don't Talk to Strangers" (live)
Released = 1984
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded = 1984, Caribou Ranch, Colorado (track "Mystery")
24 July 1984, Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, Washington, USA (live recordings) [cite web |author=Keihänen, Tapio |url=http://www.dio.net/biography/discography/Dio_May1983-Mar1986_12.html |title=Tapio's Ronnie James Dio Pages: Dio 12" Single Discography, May 1983-March 1986 |publisher=Dio.net |accessdate=2008-04-26]
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 4:33
Label = Vertigo Records
Writer = Ronnie James Dio
Producer = Ronnie James Dio
Chart position =
Last single = "We Rock" (1984)
This single = "Mystery" (1984)
Next single = "Rock 'N' Roll Children" (1985)

"Mystery" is a song written and produced by Ronnie James Dio for the heavy metal band Dio. Originally released on 13 July 1984 on the album "The Last in Line", it was again released later that year as the third single from the album.

The song was intended as a hit single and has a more pop-oriented sound than the rest of the album.cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfyxqlgldde~T1 |title=The Last in Line > Overview |author=Rivadavia, Ed | publisher=All Media Guide | accessdate=2008-04-26] It went on to become one of Dio's biggest hits, reaching the top 20 in Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks,cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfyxqlgldde~T31 |title=The Last in Line > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles | publisher=All Media Guide | accessdate=2008-04-26] and it became Dio's only single to break the top 40 in the UK.cite web |url=http://www.everyhit.com |title=UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts |publisher=EveryHit.com |accessdate=2008-04-26]

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