Video!

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"Video!"
Single by Jeff Lynne
from the album Electric Dreams
B-side"Sooner or Later"
Released1984
Recorded1984
GenrePop rock
Length3:26
LabelVirgin/Epic
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne singles chronology
"Doin' That Crazy Thing"
(1977)
"Video!"
(1984)
"Every Little Thing"
(1990)

"Video!" is a song by Jeff Lynne from the soundtrack to the film Electric Dreams in 1984.[1] It is one of two songs that Lynne and keyboard player Richard Tandy provided for the film's soundtrack.[1] The single version is 3:26 in length,[1] while the version included in the film is longer, at 4:18.[2]

The chorus of "Video!" is originally taken from the unreleased Electric Light Orchestra song "Beatles Forever",[citation needed] which was originally to have appeared on the album, Secret Messages, when it was planned to be a double album.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jeff Lynne.

  1. "Video!" – 3:26
  2. "Sooner or Later" – 3:51

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 85

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Song Details". Jefflynnesongs.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Song Details". Jefflynnesongs.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.