Confusion (Electric Light Orchestra song)

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"Confusion"
Last train to london.jpg
UK single
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Discovery
A-side"Last Train to London" (UK)
B-side"Poker" (US)
Released8 October 1979 (US)
Recorded1979, Musicland Studios, Munich
GenrePop rock
Length3:42
LabelJet
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Don't Bring Me Down"
(1979) 		"Confusion"
(1979) 		"I'm Alive"
(1980)
Discovery track listing
9 tracks
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 Magazine 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]

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

Personnel[]

Additional personnel

Charts[]

Chart (1979–80) Peak
position
Austrian Ö3 Austria Top 40[4] 5
Canadian RPM Top Singles[5] 20
German Media Control Singles Chart[6] 6
Irish Singles Chart[7] 9
New Zealand[8] 19
South African Singles Chart[9] 10
UK Singles Chart[1] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 37
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[10] 41
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles 47

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Electric Light Orchestra". Offfical Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Electric Light Orchestra - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. 13 October 1979. p. 85. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion - austriancharts.at". Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  5. ^ Peaked on RPM 100 Singles Chart on December 8, 1979
  6. ^ "charts.de - Electric Light Orchestra". charts.de. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013. Enter Electric Light Orchestra in the Search by Artist field, then click Search.
  8. ^ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2875
  9. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (E)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  10. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 79.

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