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1976 single by Electric Light Orchestra

"Livin' Matter"
Livin Thing Single.jpg
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the anthology A New Earth Record
B-side
  • "Burn On Loftier" (U.k.)
  • "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (US)
Released October 1976 [1]
Studio Musicland Studios, Munich
Length 3:32
Characterization
  • Jet
  • United Artists (Britain)
United Artists (US)
Songwriter(s) Jeff Lynne
Producer(due south) Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Nightrider"
(1976) 		"Livin' Matter"
(1976) 		"Rockaria!"
(1977)
A New World Tape track listing

9 tracks

Side one
  1. "Tightrope"
  2. "Phone Line"
  3. "Rockaria!"
  4. "Mission (A World Record)"
Side two
  2. "So Fine"
  3. "Livin' Affair"
  4. "Above the Clouds"
  5. "Exercise Ya"
  6. "Shangri-La"
Sound sample

"Livin' Thing"

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Music video
"Livin' Matter" on YouTube
45 RPM blue vinyl event
Limited edition release

Limited edition release

"Livin' Thing" is a vocal written by Jeff Lynne and performed past Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). Information technology appears on ELO'south 1976 album A New World Tape and was also released every bit a single. Patti Quatro sang uncredited vocals, particularly the "higher and higher" parts.[2]

In Baronial 2006, "Livin' Affair" was named past the UK's Q as the number i "Guilty Pleasance" single of all time – a list designed to celebrate "uncool" but splendid records, and which received considerable publicity.[iii] The original unmarried had the bonus of having "Fire On High" on the flip side, a tune that became the band's most popular instrumental piece. The U.k. version was released in a blue vinyl format.

Critical reception [edit]

AllMusic'southward writer Stewart Mason described the song structure: "[it] opens with a mock-Castilian orchestral flourish before swinging into a more typical mid-tempo ELO rocker, driven by a battery of audio-visual rhythm guitars on the verses and modulating upwards into a falsetto Jeff Lynne vocal on a chorus that'southward powered by an even more prominent than usual contribution from the grouping'southward cord section", adding that it lacks "that impossible-to-dislodge hook that typified Lynne'due south most successful songs from this era, but information technology's notwithstanding a darn sight amend than about of what was at the top of the charts in late 1976".[4]

Billboard said that it "moves through a nighttime U.K. rock distillation into a soaring, ethereal chorale and a return to the minor-key style.[5] Cash Box said that "a diabolical arrangement hits hard along with some ever ready harmonies which run up this record up into sure hit potential."[half-dozen]

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Chart (1976–1977) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 2
Republic of austria (Ö3 Austria Top xl)[8] 3
Kingdom of belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[nine] eight
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[10] 41
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[11] 8
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] half dozen
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 4
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[16] one
Espana (AFE)[17] xi
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 17
UK Singles (OCC)[nineteen] 4
United states Billboard Hot 100 [20] 13
US Billboard Developed Contemporary[21] 36
U.s.a. Cash Box [22] ten
US Record World [23] 10
West Frg (Official German Charts)[24] 5

Year-finish charts [edit]

Chart (1976) Rank
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[25] 106
Netherlands (Unmarried Height 100)[26] 85
Chart (1977) Rank
Commonwealth of australia (Kent Music Report)[27] 27
Austria (Ö3 Austria Pinnacle 40)[28] 25
Canada Meridian Singles (RPM)[29] 106
Due south Africa (Springbok Radio)[30] xvi
US Billboard Hot 100[31] 77

Certifications [edit]

Jeff Lynne version [edit]

Jeff Lynne re-recorded the vocal in his ain home studio. It was released in a compilation album with other re-recorded ELO songs, under the ELO name.[34]

Covers [edit]

In 2001, PFR covered the track on the album Lynne Me Your Ears – A Tribute to the Music of Jeff Lynne.

In 2004, The Cute South covered the track for their covers album Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs. It reached number 24 on the UK charts and number 26 on the Irish charts.[35] [36]

Livin' Thing – CD1 (Sony Music UK; 6753711)
  1. Livin' Thing [3:17]
  2. I'k Living Good [4:00]
Livin' Affair – CD2 (Sony Music UK; 6753712)
  1. Livin' Matter [3:17]
  2. Lovin' Yous [2:53]
  3. Another Night with the Boys [iii:32]
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Republic of ireland (IRMA)[35] 26
UK Singles (OCC)[36] 24

Uses in other media [edit]

In 2017, "Livin' Affair" was featured in Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy game.[37] The 2017 Guardians sequel of the 2014 original film also contains music from ELO.[38] The 1997 feature film Boogie Nights uses Livin' Matter for the end credits of the movie. Initially, Jeff Lynne refused to release the rights to the song, only changed his listen subsequently viewing a screening of the film with director Paul Thomas Anderson and existence impressed.[39]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "ELO singles".
  2. ^ Quatro, Suzi (2008). Unzipped. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN978-0-340-93751-eight.
  3. ^ "ELO pinnacle 'guilty secret' song list". BBC News Online. 2 August 2006. Retrieved v May 2014.
  4. ^ Stewart, Stonemason. "Electric Calorie-free Orchestra – Livin' Matter – Vocal Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 26 Jan 2020.
  5. ^ "Billboard's Pinnacle Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. 9 Oct 1976. p. 64. Retrieved xiii July 2020.
  6. ^ "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Vol. XXXVIII, no. 21. 9 Oct 1976. p. xviii. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Nautical chart Book 1970—1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN0-646-11917-six.
  8. ^ "Electric Light Orchestra – Livin' Thing" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved v May 2014.
  9. ^ "Electrical Light Orchestra – Livin' Matter" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Acme RPM Developed Gimmicky: Issue 4446." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved v May 2014.
  11. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5169a." RPM. Library and Athenaeum Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  12. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Living Thing". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 52, 1976" (in Dutch). Dutch Acme 40. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  14. ^ "Electric Light Orchestra – Livin' Thing" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  15. ^ "Electric Low-cal Orchestra – Livin' Thing". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved five May 2014.
  16. ^ "South African Stone Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (E)". Stone.co.za . Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  17. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Espana: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN84-8048-639-2.
  18. ^ "Electric Low-cal Orchestra – Livin' Thing". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  19. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  20. ^ "Electrical Light Orchestra – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  21. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Height Adult Gimmicky: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 79.
  22. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending DECEMBER 25, 1976". Cash Box. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013.
  23. ^ "Song creative person 137 – Electric Calorie-free Orchestra". TsorT . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  24. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Electric Light Orchestra – Livin' Thing". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved v May 2014.
  25. ^ "Top 200 Singles of '76". RPM. Vol. 26, no. fourteen & 15. Library and Archives Canada. viii January 1977. p. 13. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014.
  26. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1976" (in Dutch). Unmarried Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  27. ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Tiptop 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1970s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  28. ^ "Jahreshitparade 1977" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  29. ^ "Acme 200 Singles of '77". RPM. Vol. 28, no. 14. Library and Archives Canada. 31 December 1977. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014.
  30. ^ "Top twenty Hit Singles of 1977". Rock.co.za . Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  31. ^ "Top 100 Hits for 1977". The Longbored Surfer. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  32. ^ "British unmarried certifications – ELO – Livin' Affair". British Phonographic Manufacture. Retrieved 29 Feb 2020.
  33. ^ "American single certifications – Electric Light Orchestra – Livin' Matter". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  34. ^ "Mr. Blue Sky – The Very All-time of Electric Light Orchestra". Elo.biz. 5 Oct 2012. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
  35. ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Livin' Matter". Irish Singles Nautical chart. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  36. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved seven May 2015.
  37. ^ Virtue, Graeme (4 April 2017). "Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy gets off to a great start". Eurogamer . Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  38. ^ Lewis, Rebecca (19 April 2017). "The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 soundtrack is full of 70s goodness". Metro . Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  39. ^ Lifton, Dave (7 September 2018). "How ELO'southward 'Livin' Matter' Got into 'Boogie Nights'". Ultimate Classic Rock . Retrieved iii March 2021.

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