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"Video!"
Single by Jeff Lynne
from the album Electric Dreams
B-side"Sooner or Later"
Released1984
Recorded1984
Genre Pop rock
Length3:26
Label Virgin/ Epic
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s) Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne singles chronology
" Doin' That Crazy Thing"
(1977)
"Video!"
(1984)
" Every Little Thing"
(1990)

"Video!" is a song by Jeff Lynne from the soundtrack to the film Electric Dreams in 1984. [1] It is one of two songs that Lynne and keyboard player Richard Tandy provided for the film's soundtrack. [1] The single version is 3:26 in length, [1] while the version included in the film is longer, at 4:18. [2]

The chorus of "Video!" is originally taken from the unreleased Electric Light Orchestra song " Beatles Forever", which was originally to have appeared on the album, Secret Messages, when it was planned to be a double album. [3][ self-published source]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jeff Lynne.

  1. "Video!" – 3:26
  2. "Sooner or Later" – 3:51

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 85

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Song Details". Jefflynnesongs.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Song Details". Jefflynnesongs.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Electric Light Orchestra – Beatles Forever". thelogbook.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Jeff Lynne Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.