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词条 Confusion (Electric Light Orchestra song)
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  1. Personnel

     Additional personnel 

  2. Charts

  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = Confusion
| cover = Last train to london.jpg
| alt =
| caption = UK single
| type = single
| artist = Electric Light Orchestra
| album = Discovery
| A-side = "Last Train to London" (UK)
| B-side = "Poker" (US)
| released = October 1979 (US)
9 November 1979 (UK)
| format = 7" single
| recorded = 1979, Musicland Studios, Munich
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 3:42
| label = Jet
| writer = Jeff Lynne
| producer = Jeff Lynne
| prev_title = Don't Bring Me Down
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = I'm Alive
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{Extra track listing
| album = Discovery
| type = studio
| tracks = {{Discovery tracks}}
}}
}}

"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.[1]

{{cquote|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

  • Jeff Lynne – lead vocals and backing vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar, vocoder
  • Bev Bevan – drums, rototoms, timpani, bell-tree, backing vocals
  • Richard Tandy – piano, synthesizer
  • Kelly Groucutt – bass, backing vocals

Additional personnel

  • Louis Clark – orchestra arranger and conductor

Charts

Chart (1979-80) Peak
position
Austrian Ö3 Austria Top 40[2]5
Canadian RPM Top Singles[3]20
German Media Control Singles Chart[4]6
Irish Singles Chart[5]9
New Zealand[6]19
South African Singles Chart[7]10
UK Singles Chart[8]8
US Billboard Hot 100[1]37
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[9]41
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles47

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/electric-light-orchestra-mn0000163229/awards |title=Electric Light Orchestra - Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=5 March 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Electric+Light+Orchestra&titel=Confusion&cat=s |title=Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion - austriancharts.at |accessdate=22 March 2009}}
3. ^Peaked on RPM 100 Singles Chart on December 8, 1979
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-6540 |title=charts.de - Electric Light Orchestra |publisher=charts.de |date= |accessdate=22 April 2013}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |publisher=Irishcharts.ie |date= |accessdate=6 March 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5hFf8iFDu?url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archivedate=3 June 2009 |df=dmy }} Enter Electric Light Orchestra in the Search by Artist field, then click Search.
6. ^http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2875
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(E).html |title=South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (E) |publisher=Rock.co.za |date= |accessdate=29 April 2013}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/electric%20light%20orchestra/ | title= Electric Light Orchestra| publisher=Offfical Charts Company | accessdate=5 March 2013}}
9. ^{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=79}}

External links

  • {{MetroLyrics song|electric-light-orchestra|confusion}}
{{Electric Light Orchestra singles}}{{1970s-rock-song-stub}}

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