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Twilight (Electric Light Orchestra song)

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"Twilight"
Song
B-side"Julie Don't Live Here"

"Twilight" is a song by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), originally released on their 1981 album Time. It was the second single released from the album.

The song was used (without authorisation[1]) as the theme music for the opening animation to the 1983 Daicon IV science fiction convention in Osaka.[2] In 2005, as an homage to the Daicon IV animation, the song was used as the opening theme of the television series Densha Otoko, which features an otaku as the main character.[2] As a similar homage, it has served as the opening song for Otakon's AMV contest since 2008.[3] It also appeared, with authorisation and credit, in a 1982 advertisement for the Toyota Celica XX.

It was used as the finale song in the 2009-2010 Burton Snowboards film The B Movie, featuring most of the Burton team snowboarding on a "B" built out of snow.[citation needed]

Indian actor and producer Shahrukh Khan covered this song in British and American version of the television series Galaxy World of Alisa, the ending theme of few episode.

Chart positions

Chart (1981) Peak
Position
Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart[4] 93
Austrian Ö3 Austria Top 40[5] 15
Dutch GfK chart[6] 18
French SNEP Singles Chart 10
German Media Control Singles Chart[7] 17
Irish Singles Chart[8] 18
UK Singles Chart[9] 30
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 38
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles 38
US Record World Singles[11] 39
US Radio & Records (R&R)[12][13] 25

References

  1. ^ Eng, Lawrence. "Daicon III and IV Opening Animations : Laserdisc and other Media". Cornell Japanese Animation Society. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b Eng, Lawrence. "Daicon III and IV Opening Animations - Trivia". Cornell Japanese Animation Society. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ^ "AMV - Video Information: The Otakon 2008 AMV Contest Intro". Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. ^ "Discographie Electric Light Orchestra". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  6. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Electric Light Orchestra". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  7. ^ "charts.de - Electric Light Orchestra". charts.de. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 6 March 2013. Enter Electric Light Orchestra in the Search by Artist field, then click Search.
  9. ^ "Electric Light Orchestra". Offfical Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Electric Light Orchestra - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  11. ^ Hawtin, Steve. "Song artist 171 - Electric Light Orchestra". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  12. ^ ELO
  13. ^ Charts!


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