Videos and Promo Films

Jeff Lynne Videos and Promotional Films

Listed here are all the known music videos and promotional films produced relating to Jeff Lynne's music. As very little of this has ever seen official release and has only ever been available to TV studios or bootleg. As such, much of the analysis of this material is from bootleg material, which is to be treated as suspect and some information provided on this page may not be entirely accurate. Comments, questions and corrections are always welcome.

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Robert Porter
July 2008

Artist Song Title Date Type Song Version Image
Electric Light Orchestra 10538 Overture 1972 Promo Video Electric Light Orchestra album version
Band playing on stage. Roy is wearing a white wig, Jeff is wearing an eye patch, and roadies are masquerading as cello players while wearing masks
Electric Light Orchestra Roll Over Beethoven 1973 Promo Video This is a unique live version performed especially for this video.
Band playing on stage, with many 1970s style negative image effects.
Electric Light Orchestra New World Rising/Ocean Breakup Reprise 1973 On The Third Day Promo Movie - Promo Video On The Third Day album version
Band playing in a sound studio with Mik Kaminski on violin. These videos were broadcast on the Don Kirshner television show.
Electric Light Orchestra Dreaming Of 4000 1973 On The Third Day Promo Movie - Promo Video On The Third Day album version
Band playing in a sound studio; Mik Kaminski on violin
Electric Light Orchestra Ma-Ma-Ma Belle 1973 On The Third Day Promo Movie - Promo Video Ma-Ma-Ma Belle UK single version
Band playing in a sound studio; Mik Kaminski on violin
Electric Light Orchestra Showdown 1973 Promo Video This version is unique to the video. It is the same as the original UK Showdown single version, but cuts the first line of the third chorus.
Band playing on the banks of the Thames river.
Electric Light Orchestra Can't Get It Out Of My Head 1974 Promo Video Can't Get It Out Of My Head UK/USA single version
Band playing in a small room. The video starts with showing the exterior of a farm house, giving the impression that that's where the band is playing.
Electric Light Orchestra Evil Woman 1975 Promo Video Evil Woman UK single version
Band playing on stage. Jeff is wearing a hat and sunglasses.
Electric Light Orchestra A New World Record Commercial 1976 A New World Record Promo Movie - Promo Commercial N/A
A sport announcer talks about something new and remarkable. Then an athlete throws a discus with the ELO logo while Tightrope plays. When it lands, two men run up with a measuring tape and Livin' Thing begins to play. The men measure where the discus has landed (which is now an ELO record) and declare "it's a new world record!"
Electric Light Orchestra Livin' Thing #1 1976 A New World Record Promo Movie - Promo Video This version is unique to the video. Much of the last half of the song is mixed with sound effects of the scientists launching the rocket and the sound of the rocket itself taking off. The song is extended by about 15 seconds with the fade-out intercutting choruses from other parts of the song onto the end. This extended fade-out is mostly obscured by an announcer talking over it.
The first half is the Livin' Thing promo video. The last half is several images of scientists launching a rocket as if in rhythm with the song.
Electric Light Orchestra Livin' Thing #2 1976 Promo Video A New World Record album version
Band playing in a small room. Lots of honeycombed images of Mik's blue violin and Hugh's silver cello. Jeff is wearing a white button-down shirt that is unbuttoned.
Electric Light Orchestra Tightrope 1976 A New World Record Promo Movie #2 - Promo Video A New World Record album version
Band playing in a small room. Jeff is wearing a white button-down shirt that is unbuttoned.
Electric Light Orchestra Telephone Line 1976 A New World Record Promo Movie #2 - Promo Video A New World Record album version
Band playing in a small room. Jeff is wearing a white button-down shirt that is unbuttoned.
Electric Light Orchestra Rockaria! 1976 A New World Record Promo Movie #2 - Promo Video Rockaria! UK single version
Band playing on stage. Opera singer is shown offstage singing the opera parts. Camera shots make it appear as if the band is playing on stage in an opera.
Electric Light Orchestra Do Ya 1976 A New World Record Promo Movie #2 - Promo Video A New World Record album version
Band playing in a small room. Jeff is wearing a white button-down shirt that is unbuttoned.
Electric Light Orchestra Out Of The Blue Commercial 1977 Promo Commercial N/A
Two teenagers are kissing in a car when strange lights appear and the car shakes as if an UFO is upon them. After a few moments, the boy reaches out of the car and pulls in the Out Of The Blue album, showing it to the girl and declaring "It's Out Of The Blue, the ELO album!"
Electric Light Orchestra Turn To Stone 1977 Out Of The Blue Promo Movie - Promo Video Out Of The Blue album version. It also includes a small section of The Whale and the "Concerto" thunder sounds (not the "For A Rainy Day" part) from Standin' In The Rain at the beginning and another small section of The Whale at the end.
Band playing on stage. Jeff, without sunglasses, is wearing a black shirt. Kelly is wearing a purple shirt. Intro with Standin' In The Rain and Outro with The Whale
Electric Light Orchestra Sweet Talkin' Woman 1977 Out Of The Blue Promo Movie - Promo Video This version is unique to the video. This version is the same as the original Out Of The Blue version, but it cuts the first half of the next to last chorus. It also Includes a small section of The Whale and Concerto For A Rainy Day thunder sounds from Standin' In The Rain at the beginning and another small section of The Whale at the end.
Band playing on stage. Jeff, without sunglasses, is wearing a black shirt. Kelly is wearing a purple shirt. Intro and Outro with The Whale.
Electric Light Orchestra Wild West Hero #1 1977 Out Of The Blue Promo Movie - Promo Video Out Of The Blue album version
Band playing on stage. Several cartoon images of cowboys and desert mesas with the ELO spaceship flying overhead.
Electric Light Orchestra Mr. Blue Sky 1977 Out Of The Blue Promo Movie - Promo Video This version is unique to the video. It is heavily edited from the Out Of The Blue version. It cuts completely the first vocal part of the bridge ("Hey there mister blue", etc.). On the album version, just before the song slows down is the choir "ba ba ba ba ba ba" bits repeated twice, however on the video version the last half of the first part and first have of the second part are cut. The ending coda is severely chopped up. Once the new beat starts, the choral section is cut altogether (meaning it goes from the piano and drum part straight to the orchestral and choral section, skipping the middle choral part). On the album version, just at the end the orchestra plays the "big wheels, keep turning" melody, then goes into a long orchestra before the "please turn me over" vocoder. Everything between the "big wheels" section and the vocoder is cut. Also there is a long section of "The Whale" on the end, although this is thought to not be a part of the Mr. Blue Sky video, but the end of the Out Of The Blue promo movie.
Band playing on stage. Jeff, without sunglasses, is wearing a black shirt. Kelly is wearing a purple shirt. The 'Mister Blue Sky' vocoder is written on the screen in cartoon images. Images over the orchestral ending is of various sky images. Intro and Outro with The Whale.
Electric Light Orchestra Wild West Hero #2 1978 Promo Video Out Of The Blue album version
Band playing on a stage in western clothes, including cowboy hats. The intro and ending of the song features various intercut scenes from western films. Also, near the end of the song, a cowboy rides a horse onto stage and throws a lasso over Jeff Lynne.
Electric Light Orchestra It's Over 1978 Promo Video Out Of The Blue album version
Band playing in a dark room. Lots of images of Jeff and Kelly backlit so that the image of their big hair is visible, but their faces can't be seen at all.
Electric Light Orchestra Shine A Little Love #1 1979 Promo Video Shine A Little Love single version
Band on a sound stage. Jeff and Kelly are standing at a sound mike singing (no guitars). No string players in this video.
Electric Light Orchestra Shine A Little Love #2 1979 Discovery Promo Movie - Promo Video Discovery album version
The choral intro shows images from the Discovery album cover. The first part of the main song shows the band performing in one lens of a pair of glasses and the rest shows the band in a desert landscape sound stage.
Electric Light Orchestra Confusion 1979 Discovery Promo Movie - Promo Video Discovery album version
Band playing in a smoky studio with strange silver crystals in the background; Intro shows a man in a turban finding the treasure chest and ELO spaceship, imitating the Discovery album cover.
Electric Light Orchestra Need Her Love 1979 Discovery Promo Movie - Promo Video Discovery album version
Cartoon images of the ELO spaceship flying through a woman's face, follows by closeup images of Jeff's face blended with images of the band playing the song.
Electric Light Orchestra The Diary Of Horace Wimp 1979 Discovery Promo Movie - Promo Video Discovery album version
Band playing on a cartoon stage, mixed with cartoon images of Horace Wimp doing things as described in the song.
Electric Light Orchestra Last Train To London 1979 Discovery Promo Movie - Promo Video This version is unique to the video. It is the same as the Discovery album version, but fades 10 seconds early.
Band playing on a smoky stage. Jeff is wearing a white shirt, with Mik and Kelly wearing blue shirts and standing on the side of Jeff. Video features cartoon images of the ELO spaceship traveling down train tracks.
Electric Light Orchestra Midnight Blue 1979 Discovery Promo Movie - Promo Video Discovery album version
Band on imitation desert stage playing (although it's hard to see the stage because it's all shot in close-ups). The entire video has a blue halo.
Electric Light Orchestra On The Run 1979 Discovery Promo Movie - Promo Video Discovery album version
Band performing in front of a stark white background, interspersed by weird negative film effects during the instrumental parts and the song's slow down ending.
Electric Light Orchestra Wishing 1979 Discovery Promo Movie - Promo Video Discovery album version
Band performing on a white stage with rainbows around them and fog effects at their feet.
Electric Light Orchestra Don't Bring Me Down 1979 Discovery Promo Movie - Promo Video Discovery album version
Neon woman and hot dog start the video. Band is playing in a strange crystal city type of sound stage and all the string players are playing mad keyboards rather than strings. NOTE: The version of this video released on home video and DVD has the last half cut off by the rolling of the credits for the video.
Newton-John, Olivia and Electric Light Orchestra The Making Of Xanadu 1980 Promo Movie N/A
This is a 22 minute special featuring scenes from the film, behind the scenes moments, and interviews with Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly, Robert Greenwald, Larry Gordon, John Farrar and Jeff Lynne. It includes a short instrumental version of All Over The World which is likely a demo.
Electric Light Orchestra Hold On Tight 1981 Promo Video Time album version
Man in a theater watching various fake movie previews. Movie previews sometimes feature the band playing the song.
Electric Light Orchestra Twilight 1981 Promo Video Time album version
Band playing on stage, backlit by frantic blue lasers.
Electric Light Orchestra Ticket To The Moon 1981 Promo Video Time album version
Band playing on stage. Several close up images of Jeff, backlit with swirling blue lasers and bubble images of the rest of the band floating by.
Electric Light Orchestra Here Is The News 1981 Promo Video This version is unique to the video. It is the same as the Time album version but it fades 8 seconds early.
Jeff acts as a newscaster while the rest of the band act as newsroom staff.
Electric Light Orchestra Rock 'N' Roll Is King 1983 Promo Video Secret Messages album version
Band playing on a stage at a 1950s style sock hop dance
Electric Light Orchestra Secret Messages 1983 Promo Video Secret Messages single version
Jeff singing in a large field and in front of a large radar dish. Some images of the band playing in the field. Lots of space and mystical alien landscape images with beautiful women.
Edmunds, Dave Slipping Away 1983 Promo Video This version is unique to the video. It fades about 20 seconds early.
Dave singing and playing in a car shop interchanged with images of a frustrated female go-cart racer trying to work on carts and be taken seriously as a girl amongst men.
Edmunds, Dave Information 1984 Promo Video Information album version.
Dave singing and playing in a neon lit airport terminal and pretending to find information on a girl he wants to meet.
Edmunds, Dave Something About You 1984 Promo Video TBD
Dave singing on a sound stage with 1950's style dancers behind him.
Everly Brothers The Story Of Me 1984 Promo Video E.B. '84 album version.
A woman moves around a mansion, while the Everly Brothers stand around and sing.
Lynne, Jeff Video! 1984 Promo Video This version is unique to the video. It includes Jeff announcing "Okay, ready to roll" at the beginning, followed by an engineer confirming. It also includes the sounds of fireworks following the final chorus.
Jeff in a studio recording a music video with a frantic engineer trying to deal with things going wrong; interspersed with scenes from the Electric Dreams film.
Electric Light Orchestra Calling America 1986 Promo Video Balance Of Power album version, but with wind sounds at the beginning of the song
Band playing in from of a building with blue piping. Imagery of a woman in America occasionally responding as if being called by the song.
Electric Light Orchestra So Serious 1986 Promo Video Balance Of Power album version, but with an extended intro (no music) of a woman driving a car onto the railroad tracks
Black and white images of band playing on a sound stage. Other scenes of a car stuck on train tracks, a swimming race, and a man seeing a ghostly woman on a train.
Sumo Giants Tower Of Babel 1986 Promo Video Tower Of Babel single version.
Band in various settings attempting communication
Harrison, George Got My Mind Set On You #1 1987 Promo Video Cloud Nine album version.
This video is in a machine box setting, where George and band (featuring Jeff on bass) are playing in the cogs of a machine, while on the outside a girl and boy are flirting with each other as they play with a picture box and prize machine.
Harrison, George Got My Mind Set On You #2 1987 Promo Video Cloud Nine album version.
George alone in a library with a myriad of moving objects moving in time to the music.
Harrison, George When We Was Fab 1988 Promo Video Cloud Nine album version.
George performing before a wall while many strange things go by, including Ringo Starr and Jeff Lynne doing various amusing things.
Harrison, George This Is Love 1988 Promo Video Cloud Nine album version.
George performing on a rocky shore, gardens and an outdoor gathering of friends and family.
Newman, Randy It's Money That Matters 1988 Promo Video Unknown - This video is not available for review.
Unknown - This video is not available for review.
Newman, Randy Falling In Love 1988 Promo Video Unknown - This video is not available for review.
Unknown - This video is not available for review.
Traveling Wilburys Handle With Care 1988 Promo Video Volume One album version.
Band performing around a microphone in a warehouse.
Traveling Wilburys End Of The Line 1988 Promo Video Volume One album version.
Band performing the song on a moving train. A chair with only a guitar is used to represent the recently passed away Roy Orbison.
Traveling Wilburys Whatever Wilbury Wilbury 1988 Promo Movie N/A
Nearly 8 minute documentary of various shots of the bands recording the songs or in a photo shoot. All footage is black and white.
Orbison, Roy You Got It 1989 Promo Video Mystery Girl album version except the intro is faded in with crowd cheering and cheering noises are added at song's end.
Roy in concert at Diamond Career awards ceremony in Antwerp, Belgium. It was his only live performance of the song (despite the studio version of the song playing in the video) and Roy's last live performance before his death.
Orbison, Roy California Blue 1989 Promo Video Mystery Girl album version.
A myriad of outdoor scenes from California.
Petty, Tom I Won't Back Down 1989 Promo Video TBD
Tom, Mike Campbell, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison and Ringo Starr on an empty and dark soundstage performing the song. Occasional shots of the band against flying backgrounds or a disco ball and Ringo Starr drilling into a globe and looking into the hole, watching the band inside.
Petty, Tom Runnin' Down A Dream 1989 Promo Video TBD
Black and white cartoon images of Tom in a fantasy land.
Petty, Tom Free Fallin' 1989 Promo Video TBD
The video follows a girl that loosely follows the song's lyrics, while Tom comes in and out of the scenes, while singing and playing. The choruses show Tom singing and playing while riding escalators.
Petty, Tom Face In The Crowd, A 1989 Promo Video TBD
Tom singing and playing alone on a sound stage, mixed with images of people wandering around.
Petty, Tom Yer So Bad 1989 Promo Video TBD
Tom singing and playing in various settings that reenact the lyrics of his sister and ex-brother-in-law.
Shannon, Del Walk Away 1989 Promo Video Walk Away single version.
Del on stage performing the song. The studio recording is dubbed over the live audio.
Lynne, Jeff Every Little Thing 1990 Promo Video Armchair Theatre album version.
Jeff singing and playing in cartoon world. Some parts show Jeff tied to an armchair. Also features Tom Petty in some cameos.
Lynne, Jeff Lift Me Up 1990 Promo Video Armchair Theatre album version.
Jeff singing and playing in a cartoon world as well as flying about in a cartoon airplane.
Traveling Wilburys Nobody's Child 1990 Promo Video Nobody's Child single version
Animated children's crayon drawings of the band performing and sad children, interspersed with images of Romanian orphans.
Traveling Wilburys She's My Baby 1990 Promo Video Vol. 3 album version.
Band in a large room performing the song with Jim Keltner on drums. Occasional shots of the band in a stage car (with Jeff Lynne behind the wheel) and a flashing Traveling Wilburys sign, pretending to drive.
Traveling Wilburys Volume 3 Commercial 1990 Promo Commercial N/A
Old black and white footage of dubbed with shouts of "The Wilburys are coming!" followed by select scenes from the She's My Baby video and announcement for the new album.
Miss B Haven Nobody's Angel 1990 Promo Video Unknown - This video is not available for review.
Unknown - This video is not available for review.
Traveling Wilburys Inside Out 1991 Promo Video Vol. 3 album version.
Band performing on a theater stage with a fake forest background.
Traveling Wilburys Wilbury Twist 1991 Promo Video Vol. 3 album version.
Band performing in various settings where famous people attempt to dance the Wilbury Twist, including John Candy and Milli Vanilli.
Orbison, Roy I Drove All Night 1991 Promo Video TBD
Starring Jason Preistley and Jennifer Connelly, the video shows images of Jason "driving all night", interspersed with him remembering his love for Jennifer. The video ends with them being reunited and driving off together. Roy appears to be singing the song in periodic shadowy images.
Petty, Tom and the Heartbreakers Learning To Fly 1991 Promo Video Into The Great Wide Open album version.
Band playing the song on a field of airplanes. Mostly black and white footage. Includes various scenes of women seducing young men.
Petty, Tom and the Heartbreakers Into The Great Wide Open 1991 Promo Video TBD
Video of the story of Johnny joining a band and going "into the great wide open", interspersed with images of Tom and the band playing on a school desk.
Petty, Tom and the Heartbreakers Into The Great Wide Open 1991 Promo Video TBD TBD
Cocker, Joe Night Calls 1991 Promo Video Night Calls album version.
Black and white scenes of Joe singing the song on a street corner, interspersed with scenes of lovers in rooms having emotional interactions.
Orbison, Roy Heartbreak Radio 1992 Promo Video TBD
Images of a look-a-like of Roy that is highly backlit to obscure that it's not Roy on the stage of a nightclub. Video features Pierce Brosnan and Sean Young in a sexy lover's spat in the nightclub. Also includes Jeff on guitar and cards running across the screen.
Starr, Ringo Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go 1992 Promo Video Time Takes Time album version.
Ringo on stage singing the song, interspersed with footage of Ringo wandering backstage.
Starr, Ringo Time Takes Time Commercial 1992 Promo Commercial N/A TBD
Raye, Julianna I'll Get You Back 1993 Promo Video Something Peculiar album version.
Julianna in a cartoon landscape singing about her cartoon boyfriend and who she will "get him back."
Beatles, The Free As A Bird 1995 Promo Video TBD
Everything is shown from a bird's point of view, as if it is flying about a city. Several scenes feature images of the Beatles and things related to the Beatles that come in and out of the frame.
Beatles, The Real Love 1996 Promo Video Real Love single version.
Alternating images of flying musical instruments, old Beatles footage, the three surviving Beatles in the studio recording the song, and each of the Beatles with their respective wives. Also features some images of Jeff Lynne in the studio with the Beatles.
McCartney, Paul The World Tonight 1997 Promo Video Flaming Pie album version.
Several images of Paul and Linda McCartney playing with a yellow and white umbrella in several locations
McCartney, Paul Little Willow 1997 Promo Video Flaming Pie album version.
Paul alone on a sound stage singing and playing guitar. Images tell a story of a family with small children where the mother dies and leaves the children and father alone.
McCartney, Paul Beautiful Night 1997 Promo Video Flaming Pie album version except it cuts the "Lordy, Lordy" part at song's end.
All in black and white, the video includes images of Paul in some sort of control room watching various people's lives in a city, as well as controlling power to their homes. Also features Ringo Starr on drums. By songs's end, it is daytime and the band is playing outside while people throw television sets out the window.
Electric Light Orchestra Alright 2001 Promo Video TBD TBD
George Harrison Any Road 2002 Promo Video Brainwashed album version.
Several images of George traveling and scenes from his past, including music videos, movies, television and stage performances.
Electric Light Orchestra All Over The World: The Best Of Electric Light Orchestra TV Commercial 2005 Promo Commercial N/A TBD
Traveling Wilburys The Wilburys Are Coming 2007 Promo Commercial N/A TBD
Traveling Wilburys Wilbury Twist (2007) 2007 Promo Video Vol. 3 album version.
The video starts with the same John Candy footage as the 1991 video, but all other guest stars are cut and only the band playing in a small room is shown.

TBD = To Be Determined -- I am still in the process of determining this information. It will be completed soon.

This page is intended to be a complete record of music videos and promotional films for Jeff Lynne's musical career. If you notice any errors or omissions, please contact me at elofan@juno.com and let me know. I strive for accuracy.

Robert Porter
July 2008