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Discovery is the eighth studio album by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released on 1 June 1979 in the United Kingdom by Jet Records , where it topped record charts, and on 8 June in the United States on Jet through Columbia Records distribution.
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]
The song is the first track on their 1979 album Discovery. This was one of the band's most commercially successful singles, peaking at no. 4 in Canada, no. 6 in the UK Singles Chart [2] and no. 8 in the US Billboard Hot 100. [3] The song subsequently became one of their biggest worldwide hits as well. The 12" release was also available in white ...
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2022) ELO performing live during their 1981 Time Tour. From left: Jeff Lynne, Louis Clark (obscured), Kelly Groucutt, Bev Bevan, and Richard Tandy The English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) recorded over 190 songs from 1971 to 2019. The band's music is characterised by their blending of Beatlesque pop, classical ...
My Sharona" by The Knack (singer Doug Fieger pictured) was the number-one song of 1979. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1979. [1] [2] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 22, 1979.
The box set compiles Face the Music, A New World Record and Discovery in their entirety. Flashback: Released: 21 November 2000; Label: Epic/Legacy (3K 85123) Formats: 3 CDs; The box set features songs from all Electric Light Orchestra albums with previously unreleased tracks. Original Album Classics: Released: 25 October 2010
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These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1979, per the Billboard 200. Though only spending one week at number one that year, Billy Joel's 52nd Street was the best-selling album of 1979. The album had previously spent seven weeks at number one in 1978.