Blue Sky.' It's returning to vinyl on September 29 from Legacy Recordings in a new picture disc edition. Written and produced by Jeff Lynne, the LP went multi-platinum and introduced some of the band's most enduring songs including 'Turn to Stone,' 'Sweet Talkin' Woman,' and most especially, 'Mr. The song also includes a heavily vocoded voice singing the phrase 'Mr Blue Sky'.Ī second vocoded segment at the end of the song is often incorrectly interpreted as saying 'Mister Blue Sky', but it is actually saying 'Please turn me over', as it is the end of side three of the vinyl record, and the listener is being instructed to flip it over.Electric Light Orchestra's sprawling seventh studio album Out of the Blue landed with four sides melding impeccably-crafted, widescreen pop and symphonic rock.

When the song is performed live, a drumstick is used to strike the side of a fire extinguisher, which produces the famous sound. The song has a prominent use of a cowbell-like sound, which is credited on the album to percussionist Bev Bevan, as that of a 'fire extinguisher.' The song's arrangement has been dubbed 'Beatlesque', as it has similarities to Beatles songs 'Martha My Dear' and 'A Day in the Life', and it shares its unusual first four chords and harmonic rhythm with 'Yesterday'.įor such an epic song, the song simply follows the concept of a rainy day that comes to an end. 'Suddenly the sun shone and it was, 'Wow, look at those beautiful Alps.' I wrote 'Mr Blue Sky' and 13 other songs in the next two weeks.' 'It was dark and misty for two weeks, and I didn't come up with a thing,' he told the BBC. Jeff Lynne has said that he wrote 'Mr Blue Sky' after locking himself away in a Swiss chalet, and attempting to write ELO's follow-up album to A New World Record.

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