Stranger (Electric Light Orchestra song)

"Stranger"
"Stranger"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Secret Messages
B-side	"Train of Gold"
Released	November 1983 (US)
Recorded	1983 Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, the Netherlands
Genre	Rock
Length	4:27 (album); 4:18 (USA single edit); 4:30 (double album version)
Label	Jet
Songwriter(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
Secret Messages track listing
	10 tracks Side one "Secret Messages"; "Loser Gone Wild"; "Bluebird"; "Take Me On and On"; Side two ; "Four Little Diamonds"; "Stranger"; "Danger Ahead"; "Letter from Spain"; "Train of Gold"; "Rock 'n' Roll Is King";

"Stranger" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and performed by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).

This song first appeared on the band's 10th studio album, Secret Messages. Stranger also was the third single from the LP.

The small quiet opening is one of the many messages that takes place in this album. A high pitched backmasked voice is heard during the opening, played in reverse the voice is actually saying "You're playing me backwards."^[1]

Cash Box called the song "a lovely McCartneyesque vocal and ballad about...a small town boy anxiously facing the rest of the world, finding his first girl, and resolving never to return."^[2]

"Recorded this in Holland, where I was looking through the eyes of a stranger." Jeff Lynne (2001 – Secret Messages Remaster)

Chart positions

Chart (1983)	Peak Position
Polish Singles Chart^[3]	15
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	105
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[4]	33

References

^ "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Exposing the Secrets!".
^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 5, 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
^ Hawtin, Steve. "Song artist 171 – Electric Light Orchestra". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ "Electric Light Orchestra – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2013.

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[1] "Jeff Lynne Song Database - Exposing the Secrets!".

[2] "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 5, 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-07-20.

[tsort-3] Hawtin, Steve. "Song artist 171 – Electric Light Orchestra". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[AM-4] "Electric Light Orchestra – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2013.

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Studio albums	The Electric Light Orchestra (No Answer) ELO 2 (Electric Light Orchestra II) On the Third Day Eldorado Face the Music A New World Record Out of the Blue Discovery Time Secret Messages Balance of Power Zoom Alone in the Universe From Out of Nowhere
Live albums	The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach Live at Wembley '78 Live at Winterland '76 The BBC Sessions Live at the BBC Electric Light Orchestra Live Wembley or Bust
Soundtracks	Xanadu
Compilations	Showdown Olé ELO The Light Shines On Three Light Years The Light Shines On Vol 2 ELO's Greatest Hits A Box of Their Best Four Light Years Afterglow ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra Strange Magic Light Years Definitive Collection Friends & Relatives Flashback The Ultimate Collection The Essential Electric Light Orchestra All Over the World Ticket to the Moon The Essential Electric Light Orchestra (2 CD Edition) Mr. Blue Sky
Singles	"10538 Overture" "Mr. Radio" (withdrawn) "Roll Over Beethoven" "Showdown" "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" "Can't Get It Out of My Head" / "Illusions in G Major" "Boy Blue" / "Eldorado" "Evil Woman" "Strange Magic" "Nightrider" "Strange Magic" "Livin' Thing" / "Fire On High" "Rockaria!" "Do Ya" "Telephone Line" / "Poor Boy (The Greenwood)" "Turn to Stone" / "Mister Kingdom" "Mr. Blue Sky" / "One Summer Dream" "Sweet Talkin' Woman" "Wild West Hero" "It's Over" "Shine a Little Love" "The Diary of Horace Wimp" "Don't Bring Me Down" "Confusion" "Last Train to London" "I'm Alive" "Xanadu" (with Olivia Newton-John) "All Over the World" "Don't Walk Away" "Hold On Tight" "Twilight" "Here Is the News" / "Ticket to the Moon" "Rain Is Falling" "The Way Life's Meant to Be" "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" "Secret Messages" "Four Little Diamonds" "Stranger" "Calling America" "So Serious" "Getting to the Point"
Videography	Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley (1980) Fusion – Live in London (1990) Zoom Tour Live (2001) ELO – Total Rock Review (2006) Live: The Early Years (2010) Jeff Lynne's ELO: Live in Hyde Park (2015) Wembley or Bust (2017)
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