Original Version By The Move
Written by Jeff Lynne in 1971, it was one of two songs featured on the B-side of the UK hit "California Man" credited to The Move (the other was Roy Wood's "Ella James"). In the United States the B-side proved to be more popular than the A and so the song became The Move's only hit in the U.S. albeit a minor one (#93 on the Hot 100 chart). The song was originally titled "Look Out Baby, There's a Plane A-Comin'" (which is sung by Roy Wood at the end of the song). The song was later included on the 2005 remastered version of the Message from the Country album, in both the original single version and an alternate take.
The song was recorded on the same multireel tapes alongside the ELO tracks "From The Sun To The World" and "In Old England Town", the two songs that Roy Wood appeared on from the ELO 2 album.
The song inspired Tom Petty to write the US hit single "Change of Heart" in 1982.
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