Confusion (Electric Light Orchestra song)
"Confusion" | ||||
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![]() UK single | ||||
Single by Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
from the album Discovery | ||||
A-side | "Last Train to London" (UK) | |||
B-side | "Poker" (US) | |||
Released | 8 October 1979 (US) | |||
Recorded | 1979 | |||
Studio | Musicland Studios, Munich | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 3:42 | |||
Label | Jet | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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Discovery track listing | ||||
9 tracks
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Music video | ||||
"Confusion" on YouTube |
"Confusion" is the second song from the 1979 Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) album Discovery. It features 12-string acoustic guitar and vocoder.
It was released in the UK as a double A-side single with "Last Train to London". It peaked at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart, making it the fourth consecutive top 10 single to be taken from the Discovery album.[1] In the United States the song was released as a single with "Poker" on the B-side becoming a more modest hit, reaching number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
Billboard rated "Confusion" as "a superbly crafted single," describing it as "a mid-tempo rock track that mixes a Beatlesque sound with a hint of disco."[3] Cash Box called it a "bubbly Lynne concoction, mixing glossy pop melody with alternately grandiose and circus-like keyboard fills" and praised the song's hook and craftsmanship."[4] Record World called it a "mellifluous, pop disc with the everpresent falsetto vocals & keyboard gymnastics."[5]
I'd just got hold of the very latest synthesizer, the Yamaha CS-80. The song is based entirely on the sound it made.
— Discovery remaster (2001), Jeff Lynne
Charts
[edit]Chart (1979–80) | Peak position |
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Austrian Ö3 Austria Top 40[6] | 5 |
Canadian RPM Top Singles[7] | 20 |
German Media Control Singles Chart[8] | 6 |
Irish Singles Chart[9] | 9 |
New Zealand (RIANZ)[10] | 19 |
South African Singles Chart[11] | 10 |
UK Singles Chart[1] | 8 |
US Billboard Hot 100[2] | 37 |
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[12] | 41 |
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles | 47 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Electric Light Orchestra". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Electric Light Orchestra - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. 13 October 1979. p. 85. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 13 October 1979. p. 22. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 13 October 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion - austriancharts.at". Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - December 8, 1979" (PDF).
- ^ "charts.de - Electric Light Orchestra". charts.de. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013. Enter Electric Light Orchestra in the Search by Artist field, then click Search.
- ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart".
- ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (E)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 79.
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