Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture ( S1.1 )

 

B-side

The B-side to "10538 Overture" was "First Movement (Jumping Biz)", an instrumental by Wood. The song first appeared on the band's debut album The Electric Light Orchestra in 1971 and features Wood on classical guitar, oboe and cello. Wood has apparently acknowledged that "First Movement (Jumping Biz)" was inspired by the 1968 song "Classical Gas".

By [Roy Wood's] own admission First Movement (Jumping Biz) owed a debt to Mason Williams' transatlantic 1968 hit Classical Gas...

— Rob Caiger, 28 March 2006 - No Answer Remaster

"10538 Overture" became a B-side itself when a live version was released as the flip side of "Evil Woman" in 1975.

Chart history

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Dutch Top 40	24 (tip)
UK Singles Chart	9

Jeff Lynne version

"10538 Overture"
Song by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
Released	8 October 2012 (UK) 9 October 2012 (US)
Recorded	2001–2012 Bungalow Palace
Length	4:44
Label	Frontiers
Songwriter(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra track listing
show 12 tracks

Jeff Lynne re-recorded the song in his own home studio. It was released on a compilation album with other re-recorded ELO songs, under the ELO name.

Covers and other uses

The song was covered by Bobby Sutliff and Mitch Easter in 2001 for the Jeff Lynne tribute album Lynne Me Your Ears, by Parthenon Huxley in 2005, and by Def Leppard in 2006 on their cover album Yeah!. The song's main guitar riff was also sampled by Paul Weller for his 1995 song "The Changingman". The song was also featured in the 2013 film American Hustle.

Single by The Electric Light Orchestra
from the album The Electric Light Orchestra (No Answer)
B-side	"First Movement (Jumping Biz)"
Released	23 June 1972 (UK) 29 July 1972 (US)
Recorded	July 1970
Studio	Philips Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock, symphonic rock
Length	5:32 (Album length) 4:04 (Single edit)
Label	Harvest
Songwriter(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)	Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne
The Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"10538 Overture" (1972) "Roll Over Beethoven" (1973)