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Video!

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"Video!"
Single by Jeff Lynne
from the album Electric Dreams
B-side"Sooner or Later"
Released1984
Recorded1984
GenrePop rock
Length3:26
LabelVirgin/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

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All songs written and composed by Jeff Lynne.

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

Charts

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

References

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  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.