non-ELO USA Singles

 

The USA Singles Not by Electric Light Orchestra


Comments and Observations

Although Jeff Lynne is probably best known as the leader of Electric Light Orchestra, he has had a much more varied career. He was a member and sometimes leader of three other bands as well as a solo artist. He also has a long history of songwriting and production with and for other artists. In this non-ELO regard, Jeff has been involved in some facet in about 50 different single releases in the US, some of which have gone on to become classics of American pop music, including Tom Petty's Free Fallin' and I Won't Back Down, Roy Orbison's You Got It, Traveling Wilburys' Handle With Care. This large collection of singles has generated 10 Top 40 Billboard singles and Jeff's only #1 in the US Billboard Hot 100 charts with George Harrison's Got My Mind Set On You.

Jeff's first ever USA single release in 1967 was also his first professional release ever. This was Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree by his band, Idle Race. The single was not a success and despite several more Idle Race single releases in the UK, he had no more Idle Race singles issued in the US. It wasn't until joining The Move in 1970 that several more USA issued singles were released. During the ELO years, most of his time was taken up with his band and very little non-ELO material was produced. In 1975, his collaboration with Del Shannon on Cry Baby Cry was released, in 1977 his Doin' That Crazy Thing solo single was released and in the waning years of ELO during the 1980s, he also had releases of his collaborations with Dave Edmunds as well as a solo single. After ELO disbanded in 1986, Jeff's post-ELO work expanded and he went on to involvement with a wide assortment of USA issued singles. Although he had a lot of chart and popular success with many singles during this period, his proudest achievement is the production of the two new singles by The Beatles, Free As A Bird and Real Love. Following this success, he moved into a period of semi-retirement, only producing music occasionally and very few singles followed.

Various Labels: As Jeff's role in these singles was often either in production, songwriting or sometimes even just supplying a bit of backing vocal or guitar, they were typically released under the names of other artists and under record contracts that had no direct involvement with Jeff. As such, the labels and rules regarding their releases can vary radically. For example, during the busy year of 1989, Jeff's music was being released on four different labels at once, including Warner Brothers (by George Harrison), Virgin America (by Roy Orbison), MCA (by Tom Petty) and Wilbury Records (actually Warner Brothers by Traveling Wilburys). The different business models and marketing plans for each of these artists and their labels led to a wide variation in single releases. Even Jeff Lynne's own releases could be unpredictable, with the one-off 1977 Doin' That Crazy Thing single being on his ELO label of Jet Records (distributed by United Artists), his one-off 1983 Video! single on the Virgin label, and his 1990 singles from his Armchair Theatre album out on Reprise Records.

Got My Mind Set On You cassette singleVariable Formats: By the post-ELO era, the reign of the 7" single was waning, giving way to formats such as cassettes, CDs and eventually downloads. During this transition period, different record companies experimented with trying to find a format that would prove successful. Similar to the issue of the various labels for Jeff's non-ELO singles, there also exist a wide variation on formats for these singles. Each label had their own plans and it led to a very wide variation on what was produced in both the stock releases and the promo releases. Certainly during the main part of Jeff's career, the 7" vinyl single was most common with most singles having a release in both stock and (often white label) promo issues. With the fading of vinyl as a format by the early 1990s, the last ever 7" vinyl single with Jeff Lynne is The Beatles' Real Love in 1996. It could be said that this was only released on vinyl as a collector's item, so the last genuine 7" vinyl single release is Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1991 Into The Great Wide Open single.

Other than dance clubs, 12" vinyl singles as a commercial format never really caught on, therefore only two stock issues of 12" singles featuring Jeff Lynne were produced; these 12" singles are his 1977 Doin' That Crazy Thing single (with a hilarious attempt at creating a new dance craze on the cover) and the 1987 Spies single by Duane Eddy which only has the Jeff produced Rockabilly Holiday as the B-side. All other 12" releases are promo only issues with the first promo appearing in 1983 on Dave Edmunds' Slipping Away and the last produced promo 12" being Roy Orbison's 1989 song, You Got It. Curiously, Warner Brothers released a George Harrison 12" promo single only for his song Devil's Radio in late 1987, a song that was never a commercial stock single.

As vinyl as a format faded, both cassette tape and digital CDs came to prominence. Not every format got released as the industry was still trying to figure out the best direction to go. Cassette tapes were popular and extremely portable in the late 1980s and early 1990s; while CD playback was still unreliable on portable devices during this period as they tended to skip if the player was shaken. The idea of the cassette single (sometimes called a cassingle) was created to fill the single market. The first non-ELO Jeff-involved cassette single was 1987's Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison and most (but not all) releases featured a cassette single release (and a few only a cassette single stock release) up to 1996's Real Love by The Beatles. Cassette singles never really proved to be very popular as a format and most of them had very limited copies manufactured. Therefore, many can be very rare and difficult to find today.

Every Little Thing promo CD singleMany different CD singles were also produced during vinyl's waning years and it eventually sort of won out in the format war for singles until the advent of the download single. Curiously most of the CD singles produced were actually promo 5" singles made for radio. The first Jeff promo CD single was 1987's Got My Mind Set On You and the latest is from 2012 with Joe Walsh's One Day At A Time. Not all, but most singles during this period had a promo CD single produced and some songs, as the idea of producing a stock copy single itself began to fade, were released on promo CD single only. Examples of this include the Traveling Wilbury's Last Night (1988) and Inside Out (1990), Jeff Lynne's Lift Me Up (1990), Roy Orbison's Heartbreak Radio (1993) and George Harrison's Stuck Inside A Cloud (2003). There were several stock copy CD singles produced, often with extra tracks (an equivalent to a B-side), although there was a bit of a format war in the size of the CD singles. The Traveling Wilburys' Handle With Care (1988) and End Of The Line (1989) were both release on 3" CD single, each featuring an experiment in packaging as the format was so new. A promo CD of George Harrison's This Is Love was produced in both 5" and 3" format. No other stock copy CD singles were produced until 1992 with Ringo Starr's Weight Of The World (featuring Jeff on the extra tracks only), although by then the size had easily settled to the typical 5" CD and all promo CD singles on 5" in this size as well. Only a handful of remaining commercial CD singles were produced with the last being Paul McCartney's The World Tonight in 1997.

Finally, with the advent of devices that can directly play music files (typically mp3 formats), the concept of a physical single itself is fading. The first official digital "single" of a Jeff Lynne produced song is Tom Petty's 2006 Saving Grace. What exactly constitutes a single in this format remains a bit vague. Often a digital single will be release with unique artwork (such as Saving Grace) and it may be bundled with extra bonus tracks (an equivalent to a B-side). But this is not always the case and has become almost non-existant today. Jeff Lynne's 2012 Mercy, Mercy song was a single in name only because the record company declared it as such and a music video was produced. There was no special artwork produced and there is no digital single to purchase other than to buy the loan track from the Long Wave digital album. So can it really be declared a single? It is marketed as such so it must be, but it remains debatable. (Note: a promo CD single of Mercy, Mercy was produced in the UK using artwork that featured screen captures from the music video, but this was not available in the US market.)

A-sides and B-sides: Most of these non-ELO Jeff involved singles are the A-side, aka the primary song being promoted for a single. With the single-sided CD singles and no-sided digital singles, the concept of the A-side really doesn't apply, but it is sometimes still used to indicate the song being pushed. The B-side, although typically used to describe what's on the flipside of a two-sided single, can also refer to the extra songs available on a single and are not the primary song(s) being pushed. As stated, most of these Jeff singles feature Jeff on the A-side (and often the B-side as well), but there are a few releases that only feature the Jeff related song on the B-side only. These include the Duane Eddy single from 1987 of Spies featuring Jeff on the Rockabilly Holiday B-side and the 1992 Ringo Starr Weight Of The World single with After All These Years and Don't Be Cruel on the B-side, with Don't Be Cruel being an exclusive to the CD single only.

Curiously, in the case of The Move's 1972 California Man single, the American DJs flipped the single and made the B-side, Do Ya the hit instead, although it was only a minor hit, peaking at #93 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Promo Only Titles: Several songs were released as promo only titles in the US starting in the mid 1980s. This was done in part because of the fracturing nature of US radio and the way that albums and singles were promoted. Titles with a stock copy single release were aimed at the Top 40 radio and general audiences. Album cuts released on promo only titles were aimed at Album Oriented Rock (AOR) radio stations. As the name for such radio stations suggests, the songs played on these stations were aimed at selling albums, not so much singles, and they would often play choice album cuts. Thus, songs such as George Harrison's Devil's Radio, Traveling Wilburys' Last Night and Jeff Lynne's Lift Me Up only had promo releases and no stock copy release.

Rereleases vs. Reissues: There is a distinction to be made regarding a rerelease of a single versus a reissue of a song. A rerelease refers to a single that is released with a subsequent pressing of the original single. It may or may not have the same stock number (and label); although for this page, only those with new stock numbers or labels are considered because silent rereleases (repressed singles that have no easily discerned different features) are very difficult to identify. Variations are noted where known. Reissues, on the other hand, are singles issued not to promote a new single, but rather to sell an older hit in the "oldies" market. Reissues are addressed in a special section below.

Examples of rereleased singles include:

Charts: Details on these singles' Billboard chart performances are noted below.

Miscellaneous: A US single by The Move on the Warner Brothers label of When Alice Comes Back To The Farm with What? on the B-side was scheduled for release on October 1970, but it was cancelled before it was ever pressed and no copies exist. It's unknown why it was cancelled, but it is very likely that it was a result of the myriad of labels that the band had signed to in the US due to manager Don Arden trying to work a deal. The songs were eventually released in the US on the Looking On album on the Capitol label.

Releases

Issue Date
Singles
Comments
Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree by Idle Race
1967 September
Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree My Father's Son
7" single -- Liberty 55997 (stock issue)
7" single -- Liberty 55997 (promo issue)
Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree
(Roy Wood)

Running Time: 2:44

This song is an original recording for the single.


My Father's Son
(Dave Pritchard)

Running Time: 2:15

This song is an original recording for the single.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • vocals (A-side)
  • guitar (All sides)

This is Jeff's first professional release ever. The single was issued in the US only. There were original plans to release it in the UK, but before it was pressed there, the song Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree was released as the B-side of The Move's Flowers In The Rain single. As The Move were a popular and established band at the time, Liberty Records cancelled the Idle Race release in the UK, choosing to release it in the US only.

Note how the promo record is listed as an "audition record", a term not commonly in use today. Because of this, many fans and dealers do not realize that this is a promo record and assume it is a stock record.

The songs on this single are mono only.

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Brontosaurus by The Move
1970 June
Brontosaurus Lightning Never Strikes Twice
7" single -- A&M 1197 (stock issue)
Brontosaurus Brontosaurus (Mono Version)
7" single -- A&M 1197 (promo issue)
Brontosaurus Brontosaurus (Edited Mono Version)
7" single -- A&M 1197-S (promo issue)
Brontosaurus
(Roy Wood)

Running Time: 4:26

This song is an original recording for the single.


Lightning Never Strikes Twice
(Rick Price)

Running Time: 2:58

This song is an original recording for the single. It has no Jeff Lynne involvement as it was recorded before Jeff joined the band.


Brontosaurus (Edited Mono Version)
(Roy Wood)

Running Time: 3:16

The difference between this version and the original single version is that it simply fades shortly following the final chorus. This version is known only on the mono side of the USA pressed A&M promotional single with stock number 1197. It has never been released anywhere else.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (A-side)
  • co-production (A-side)

The song Brontosaurus is Jeff's first recording ever with The Move, recorded just shortly after joining the band. The B-side, Lightning Never Strikes Twice, was recorded before Jeff joined.

There were two promo singles produced. One with the catalog number 1197 on both sides and containing a stereo and mono mixe on each side of the full 4:26 version of the song. The other single has catalog 1197-S on the stereo side and 1197 on the mono side. The 1197-S promo single contains a misprint. Both sides claim it is an edited version of the song, running 3:10, with one side stereo and the other mono. In reality, the stereo side is the full 4:26 version of the song, not the edited version. The edited version only exists in mono.

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Tonight by The Move
1971 July 5
Tonight Don't Mess Me Up
7" single -- Capitol 3126 (stock issue)
7" single -- Capitol 3126 (promo issue)
Tonight
(Roy Wood)

Running Time: 3:19

This song is an original recording for the single.


Don't Mess Me Up
(Bev Bevan)

Running Time: 3:11

This song the same as the Message From The Country album.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (all sides)
  • backing vocals (B-side)
  • co-production (all sides)

The B-side, Don't Mess Me Up, is credited to Bev Bevan as songwriter. In reality, this may actually be a Roy Wood composition, written for Bev. In some of the early days, Roy would generously give the B-side songwriter credit to his bandmates so that they got some of the songwriter royalties for the sales of the single.
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Chinatown by The Move
1971 November 12
MGM single

1971 December 8
United Artists single
Chinatown Down On The Bay
7" single -- MGM K-14332 (stock issue)
7" single -- MGM K14332 (promo issue)
Chinatown (USA Edit) Down On The Bay
7" single -- United Artists 50876 (stock issue)
7" single -- United Artists 50876 (promo issue)
Chinatown
(Roy Wood)

Running Time: 3:08

This song is an original recording for the single.


Chinatown (USA Edit)
(Roy Wood)

Running Time: 2:40

This song is an edit of the previous single releases, cutting the gong at the beginning and the middle instrumental bridge.


Down On The Bay
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 4:16

This song is an original recording for the single.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (all sides)
  • co-lead vocals (all sides)
  • backing vocals (all sides)
  • co-production (all sides)
  • songwriting (B-side)

This single for Chinatown was originally to be released by the MGM label. Before release, its distribution was changed to United Artists. The MGM single was originally thought to only ever be produced as a promo single, but some very rare stock copies were produced.
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California Man by The Move
1972 June 23
California Man Do Ya
7" single -- United Artists 50928 (stock issue)
7" single -- United Artists 50928 (white label promo issue)
California Man California Man (Mono)
7" single -- United Artists 50928 (beige label promo issue)
Do Ya Do Ya
7" single -- United Artists 50928 (promo issue)
California Man
(Roy Wood)

Running Time: 3:37

This song is an original recording for the single.


Do Ya
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 4:04

This song is an original recording for the single.


California Man (Mono)
(Roy Wood)

Running Time: 3:37

This song is the same as the stereo version, but it is mixed to mono.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (all sides)
  • co-lead vocals (all sides)
  • co-production (all sides)
  • songwriting (B-side)

The B-side, Do Ya, became the hit (although only a minor one) when American DJs flipped the single and began playing it instead of California Man. As a result, an additional promo single was released of Do Ya, with stereo versions of the song on both side and no California Man at all.

Do Ya would be re-recorded by Electric Light Orchestra in 1976 and it became a hit again for Jeff under that band.

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Tonight by The Move
1973 February 14
Tonight My Marge
7" single -- United Artists UA-XW202-W (stock issue)
Tonight Tonight (Mono)
7" single -- United Artists UA-XW202-W (promo issue #1)
7" single -- United Artists UA-XW202-W (promo issue #2)
Tonight
(Roy Wood)

Running Time: 3:19

This song is an original recording for the single.


My Marge
(Jeff Lynne & Roy Wood)

Running Time: 2:01

This is the same as the Message From The Country album.


Tonight (Mono)
(Roy Wood)

Running Time: 3:19

This song is the same as the stereo version, but it is mixed to mono.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (all sides)
  • backing vocals (B-side)
  • co-production (all sides)
  • co-songwriting (B-side)

Tonight was rereleased by United Artists nearly a year and a half after the original release in 1971 on Capitol. It's not entirely clear why this was done, but it was likely done to follow-up on the success of The Move's Do Ya just three month's prior.

The promo single had two different versions: a white label promo and a yellow label promo. There is no difference between the singles other than the color of the label.

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Cry Baby Cry by Del Shannon
1975
Cry Baby Cry In My Arms Again
7" single -- Island IS 038 (stock issue)
Cry Baby Cry Cry Baby Cry (Mono)
7" single -- Island IS 038 (promo issue)
Cry Baby Cry
(Del Shannon & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 2:30

This song is an original recording for the single. Jeff co-wrote the song and provided some backing vocals.


In My Arms Again
(Del Shannon)

Running Time: 2:36

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.


Cry Baby Cry (Mono Version)
(Del Shannon & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 2:30

This song is the same as the stereo version, but it is mixed to mono.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • backing vocals (A-side)
  • guitar (A-side)
  • co-songwriting (A-side)

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Doin' That Crazy Thing by Jeff Lynne
1977 July
Doin' That Crazy Thing Goin' Down To Rio
7" single -- Jet JT-XW 1072 (stock issue)
12" single -- Jet JT-DW 1072 (stock issue)
Doin' That Crazy Thing Doin' That Crazy Thing (Mono)
7" single -- Jet JT-XW 1072 (promo issue #1)
7" single -- Jet JT-XW 1072 (promo issue #2)
Doin' That Crazy Thing
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:25

This song is an original recording for the single.


Goin' Down To Rio
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:45

This song is an original recording for the single.


Doin' That Crazy Thing (Mono)
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:25

This song is an original recording for the single. It's the same as the stereo version except it's mixed to mono.

Jeff's Role(s): Everything

One lucky fan has a test pressing of this single. It uses the generic Allied Record Company label with no markings to indicate what it was.
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Slipping Away by Dave Edmunds
1983 April
Slipping Away Don't Call Me Tonight
7" single -- Columbia 38-03877 (stock issue)
Slipping Away Slipping Away
7" single -- Columbia 38-03877 (promo issue)
12" single -- Columbia AS 1660 (promo issue)
Slipping Away
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 4:21

This is the same as the Information album.


Don't Call Me Tonight
(Dave Edmunds)

Running Time: 2:57

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass (A-side)
  • synthesizer (A-side)
  • songwriting (A-side)
  • production (A-side)

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Information by Dave Edmunds
1983 July
Information What Have I Got To Do To Win?
7" single -- Columbia 38-04080 (stock issue)
Information Information
7" single -- Columbia 38-04080 (promo issue)
12" picture disc single -- Columbia AS99 1725 (promo issue)
Information
(Dave Edmunds & M. Radice)

Running Time: 3:52

This is the same as the Information album.


What Have I Got To Do To Win?
(Dave Edmunds & J. David)

Running Time: 3:14

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass (A-side)
  • synthesizer (A-side)
  • production (A-side)

The 12" picture disc was a promo item only. It plays Information on both sides.
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Video! by Jeff Lynne
1984 August
Video! Sooner Or Later
7" single -- Epic 34-04570 (stock issue)
Video! Video!
7" single -- Epic 34-04570 (promo issue)
Video! Sooner Or Later
12" single -- Epic AS 1905 (promo issue)
Video!
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:26

This is the same as the Electric Dreams soundtrack album.


Sooner Or Later
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:54

This song is an original recording for the single.

Jeff's Role(s): Everything

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Something About You by Dave Edmunds
1984 September
Something About You Can't Get Enough
7" single -- Columbia 38-04585 (stock issue)
Something About You Something About You
7" single -- Columbia 38-04585 (promo issue)
12" single -- Columbia AS 1911 (promo issue)
Something About You
(Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland)

Running Time: 3:04

This is the same as the Riff Raff album.


Can't Get Enough
(Dave Edmunds)

Running Time: 3:01

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • synthesizer (A-side)
  • production (A-side)

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Breaking Out by Dave Edmunds
1984 November
Breaking Out Breaking Out
12" single -- Columbia AS 1982 (promo issue)
Breaking Out
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:26

This is the same as the Riff Raff album.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboard
  • songwriting
  • production

This song was issued only as a promo 12" single.
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The Story Of Me by The Everly Brothers
1984 November
The Story Of Me The First In Line
7" single -- Mercury 880 423-7 (stock issue)
The Story Of Me The Story Of Me
7" single -- Mercury 880 423-7 (promo issue)
The Story Of Me
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 4:11

This song is the same as the Everly Brothers album version.


The First In Line
(Paul Kennerley)

Running Time: 2:59

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass (A-side)
  • songwriting (A-side)
  • arrangement (A-side)

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Spies by Duane Eddy
1987 May
Spies Rockabilly Holiday
7" single -- Capitol B-44018 (stock issue)
Spies (Espionoise Mix) Spies
Rockabilly Holiday
12" single -- Capitol V-15307 (standard issue)
Spies
(Anne Dudley & J. J. Jeczalik)

Running Time: 3:13

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.


Spies (Espionoise Mix)
(Anne Dudley & J. J. Jeczalik)

Running Time: 3:13

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.


Rockabilly Holiday
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:49

This song is the same as the Duane Eddy album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • rhythm guitar (B-side)
  • drums (B-side)
  • bass (B-side)
  • synthesizer (B-side)
  • songwriting (B-side)
  • production (B-side)

There was a promo 7" single with a stereo version of Spies on one side and a mono version of Spies on the other; this promo single features no Jeff Lynne involvement at all.
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Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison
1987 October 3
Got My Mind Set On You Lay His Head
7" single -- Dark Horse Records 7-28178 (stock issue)
Got My Mind Set On You Got My Mind Set On You
7" single -- Dark Horse Records 7-28178 (promo issue)
12" single -- Dark Horse Records PRO-A-2845 (promo issue)
Got My Mind Set On You Lay His Head
Cassette single -- Dark Horse Records 4-28178
Got My Mind Set On You
CD single -- Dark Horse Records PRO-CD-2846 (promo issue)
Got My Mind Set On You
(Rudy Clark)

Running Time: 3:50

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.


Lay His Head
(George Harrison)

Running Time: 3:51

This song is produced by George Harrison and Ray Cooper; it has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (A-side)
  • bass (A-side)
  • keyboards (A-side)
  • co-production (A-side)

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Devil's Radio by George Harrison
1987 November
Devil's Radio Devil's Radio
12" single -- Dark Horse Records PRO-A-2889 (promo issue)
Devil's Radio
(George Harrison)

Running Time: 3:53

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboard
  • co-production

There was no stock issue of this song released. It was a 12" single promo only.

The 12" promo single lists the title as Devil's Radio [Gossip], possibly to help radio DJ's who confused the song's title due to the prominent use of the "gossip" lyric through the song.

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When We Was Fab by George Harrison
1988 January 25
When We Was Fab Zig Zag
7" single -- Dark Horse Records 7-28131 (stock issue)
When We Was Fab When We Was Fab
7" single -- Dark Horse Records 7-28131 (promo issue)
12" single -- Dark Horse PRO-A-2885 (promo issue)
When We Was Fab Zig Zag
Cassette single -- Dark Horse Records 4-28131
When We Was Fab
(George Harrison & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:57

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.


Zig Zag
(George Harrison & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 2:46

This song is an original recording for the single.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • bass (both sides)
  • keyboard (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (both sides)
  • co-production (both sides)

Zig Zag originally appeared in the summer of 1986 in a nightclub scene of the film Shanghai Surprise. It's rather difficult to hear in the film as it's mostly used just background music and is incomplete, however what is heard in the film appears to be the same version found on the When We Was Fab single.
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Cloud 9 by George Harrison
1988 February
Cloud 9
CD single -- Dark Horse Records PRO-CD-2924 (promo issue)
Cloud 9
(George Harrison)

Running Time: 3:15

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboard
  • co-production

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This Is Love by George Harrison
1988 May 12
This Is Love Breath Away From Heaven
7" single -- Dark Horse Records 7-27913 (stock issue)
This Is Love This Is Love
7" single -- Dark Horse Records 7-27913 (promo issue)
This Is Love Breath Away From Heaven
Cassette single -- Dark Horse Records 4-27913
This Is Love
5" CD single -- Dark Horse Records PRO-CD-3068 (promo issue)
3" CD single -- Dark Horse Records PRO-CDS-3068 (promo issue)
This Is Love
(Jeff Lynne & George Harrison)

Running Time: 3:49

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.


Breath Away From Heaven
(George Harrison)

Running Time: 3:35

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • bass
  • keyboard (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (A-side)
  • co-production (both sides)

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Falling In Love by Randy Newman
1988 September
Falling In Love Bad News From Home
7" single -- Reprise Records 7-27586 (stock issue)
Falling In Love Falling In Love
7" single -- Reprise Records 7-27586 (promo issue)
Falling In Love
CD single -- Reprise Records PRO-CD-3397 (promo issue)
Falling In Love
(Randy Newman)

Running Time: 3:01

This song is the same as the Land Of Dreams album version. In a minor role, Jeff Lynne produced and provided backing vocals.


Bad News From Home
(Randy Newman)

Running Time: 3:29

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (A-side)
  • bass (A-side)
  • keyboard (A-side)
  • backing vocals (A-side)
  • arrangement (A-side)
  • production (A-side)

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Handle With Care by Traveling Wilburys
1988 October 17
Handle With Care Margarita
7" single -- Wilbury Records 7-27732 (stock issue)
Handle With Care Handle With Care
7" single -- Wilbury Records 7-27732 (promo issue)
Cassette single -- Wilbury Records 4-27732
Handle With Care
Margarita
3" CD single -- Wilbury Records 9-27732 (stock issue)
Handle With Care
5" CD single -- Wilbury Records PRO-CD-3258 (promo issue)
Handle With Care
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:19

This song is the same as the Volume One album version.


Margarita
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:16

This song is the same as the Volume One album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • co-lead vocals (B-side)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • bass (both sides)
  • drums (A-side)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (both sides)
  • co-production (both sides)

The packaging for the stock 3" CD single was a test in 3" CD single packaging. It was designed to stand 7" tall, so it could sit in the 7" vinyl single bins in the shops. When the shrinkwrap was removed, the packaging could be unfolded to reveal a perforated section such that the top part could be discarded and the bottom part was a small sleeve to store the 3" CD only.
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Last Night by Traveling Wilburys
1988 November
Last Night
5" CD single -- Wilbury Records PRO-CD-3337 (promo issue)
Last Night
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:51

This song is the same as the Volume One album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • backing vocals
  • co-songwriting
  • co-production

Only a promo CD single of this song was made available as a single.
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It's Money That Matters by Randy Newman
1988 November
It's Money That Matters Roll With The Punches
7" single -- Reprise Records 7-27709 (stock issue)
It's Money That Matters It's Money That Matters
7" single -- Reprise Records 7-27709 (promo issue)
It's Money That Matters
CD single -- Reprise Records PRO-CD-3272 (promo issue)
It's Money That Matters
(Randy Newman)

Running Time: 4:07

This song is the same as the Land Of Dreams album version. In a minor role, Jeff Lynne provides backing vocals only.


Roll With The Punches
(Randy Newman)

Running Time: 3:29

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • backing vocals (A-side)

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End Of The Line by Traveling Wilburys
1989 January 23
End Of The Line Congratulations
7" single -- Wilbury Records 7-27637 (stock issue)
End Of The Line End Of The Line
7" single -- Wilbury Records 7-27637 (promo issue)
End Of The Line Congratulations
Cassette single -- Wilbury Records 4-27637
End Of The Line
Congratulations
3" CD single -- Wilbury Records 9-27637 (stock issue)
End Of The Line
5" CD single -- Wilbury Records PRO-CD-3364 (promo issue)
End Of The Line
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:26

This song is the same as the Volume One album version.


Congratulations
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:29

This song is the same as the Volume One album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • bass (both sides)
  • co-lead vocals (A-side)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (both sides)
  • co-production (both sides)

The packaging for the stock 3" CD single was another test in 3" CD single packaging. It was designed to stand 12" tall, so it could sit in the 12" vinyl single and/or vinyl LP bins in the shops. When the shrinkwrap was removed, the packaging could be unfolded to reveal a perforated section such that the top part could be discarded and the bottom part was a small sleeve to store the 3" CD only.
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You Got It by Roy Orbison
1989 January
You Got It The Only One
7" single -- Virgin Records America 7-99245 (first stock issue)
You Got It Crying
7" single -- Virgin Records America 7-99245 (second stock issue)
You Got It You Got It
7" single -- Virgin Records America 7-99245 (promo issue)
12" single -- Virgin Records America PR 2593 (promo issue)
You Got It The Only One
Cassette single -- Virgin Records America 4-99245
You Got It
CD single -- Virgin Records America PRCD2593 (promo issue)
You Got It
(Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison & Tom Petty)

Running Time: 3:31

This song is the same as the Mystery Girl album version.


The Only One
(Wesley Orbison, Craig Wiseman)

Running Time: 3:57

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.


Crying
(Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)

Running Time: 3:57

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement. This is the version of the song with k.d. lang on guest vocals.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (A-side)
  • piano (A-side)
  • bass (A-side)
  • backing vocals (A-side)
  • co-songwriting (A-side)
  • production (A-side)

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I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
1989 May
I Won't Back Down The Apartment Song
7" single -- MCA MCA-53369 (stock issue)
I Won't Back Down I Won't Back Down
7" single -- MCA MCA-53369 (promo issue)
I Won't Back Down The Apartment Song
Cassette single -- MCA MCAC-53369
I Won't Back Down
CD single -- MCA CD45-17822 (promo issue)
I Won't Back Down
(Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 2:58

This song is the same as the Full Moon Fever album version.


The Apartment Song
(Tom Petty)

Running Time: 2:32

This song is the same as the Full Moon Fever album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass (both sides)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • keyboards (both sides)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (A-side)
  • co-production (both sides)
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Runnin' Down A Dream by Tom Petty
1989 July 18
Runnin' Down A Dream Alright For Now
7" single -- MCA MCA-53682 (stock issue)
Runnin' Down A Dream (With Fade) Runnin' Down A Dream
7" single -- MCA MCA-53682 (promo issue)
Runnin' Down A Dream Alright For Now
Cassette single -- MCA MCAC-53682
Runnin' Down A Dream (With Fade)
Runnin' Down A Dream
CD single -- MCA CD-45-17938 (promo issue)
Runnin' Down A Dream
(Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne & Mike Campbell)

Running Time: 4:25

This song is the same as the Full Moon Fever album version.


Alright For Now
(Tom Petty)

Running Time: 2:00

This song is the same as the Full Moon Fever album version.


Runnin' Down A Dream (With Fade)
(Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne & Mike Campbell)

Running Time: 4:12

This song fades 10 seconds earlier than the Full Moon Fever album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass (A-side)
  • guitar (A-side)
  • keyboards (A-side)
  • backing vocals (A-side)
  • co-songwriting (A-side)
  • co-production (A-side)
  • mixing (both sides)

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Cheer Down by George Harrison
1989 August 24
Cheer Down That's What It Takes
7" single -- Warner Brothers 7-22807 (stock issue)
Cheer Down Cheer Down
7" single -- Warner Brothers 7-22807 (promo issue)
Cheer Down That's What It Takes
Cassette single -- Warner Brothers 4-22807
Cheer Down
CD single -- Warner Brothers PRO-CD-3647 (promo issue)
Cheer Down
(George Harrison (music); George Harrison & Tom Petty (lyrics))

Running Time: 4:06

This song is the same as the Lethal Weapon 2 soundtrack album version.


That's What It Takes
(George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, and Gary Wright)

Running Time: 4:01

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (B-side)
  • bass (B-side)
  • keyboards (B-side)
  • background vocals (A-side)
  • co-writing (B-side)
  • co-production (both sides)

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California Blue by Roy Orbison
1989 September
California Blue In Dreams
7" single -- Virgin Records America 7-99202 (stock issue)
California Blue California Blue
7" single -- Virgin Records America 7-99202 (promo issue)
California Blue
CD single -- Virgin Records America PRCD2756 (promo issue)
California Blue
(Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, & Tom Petty)

Running Time: 3:57

This song is the same as the Mystery Girl album version.


In Dreams
(Roy Orbison)

Running Time: 2:51

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (A-side)
  • keyboards (A-side)
  • bass (A-side)
  • background vocals (A-side)
  • co-written (A-side)
  • production (A-side)

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Free Fallin' by Tom Petty
1989 December
Free Fallin' Down The Line
7" single -- MCA MCA-53748 (stock issue)
Free Fallin' Free Fallin'
7" single -- MCA MCA-53748 (promo issue)
Free Fallin' Down The Line
Cassette single -- MCA MCAC-53748
Free Fallin'
CD single -- MCA CD45-18056 (promo issue)
Free Fallin'
(Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 4:16

This song is the same as the Full Moon Fever album version.


Down The Line
(Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne & Mike Campbell)

Running Time: 2:49

This song is an original recording for the single.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass (both sides)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • keyboards (both sides)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (both sides)
  • co-production (both sides)

There was an additional promo CD single (MCA CD45-18073) issued in 1989 that featured a live version of Free Fallin' only. Why this live version was issued as a promo is unknown.
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A Face In The Crowd by Tom Petty
1990 February
A Face In The Crowd A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own
7" single -- MCA MCA-53781 (stock issue)
A Face In The Crowd A Face In The Crowd
7" single -- MCA MCA-53781 (promo issue)
A Face In The Crowd A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own
Cassette single -- MCA MCAC-53781
A Face In The Crowd
CD single -- MCA CD-45-18113 (promo issue)
A Face In The Crowd
(Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:59

This song is the same as the Full Moon Fever album version.


A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own
(Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:31

This song is the same as the Full Moon Fever album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass (both sides)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • keyboards (both sides)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (both sides)
  • co-production (both sides)

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Yer So Bad by Tom Petty
1990 April
Yer So Bad Love Is A Long Road
7" single -- MCA MCA-79030 (stock issue)
Yer So Bad Yer So Bad
7" single -- MCA MCA-79030 (promo issue)
Yer So Bad Love Is A Long Road
Cassette single -- MCA MCAC-53833
Yer So Bad
CD single -- MCA CD45-18335 (promo issue)
Yer So Bad
(Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:05

This song is the same as the Full Moon Fever album version.


Love Is A Long Road
(Tom Petty & Mike Campbell)

Running Time: 4:07

This song is the same as the Full Moon Fever album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass (both sides)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • keyboards (both sides)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (A-side)
  • co-production (both sides)

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Every Little Thing by Jeff Lynne
1990 June
Every Little Thing I'm Gone
7" single -- Reprise Records 5439-19799-7
Cassette single -- Reprise Records 19799-4
Every Little Thing
CD single -- Reprise Records PRO-CD-4088 (promo issue)
Every Little Thing
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:44

This song is the same as the Armchair Theatre album version.


I'm Gone
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 2:50

This song is an original recording for the single.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • lead vocals (both sides)
  • guitars (both sides)
  • piano (both sides)
  • keyboards (both sides)
  • bass (both sides)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • songwriting (both sides)
  • production (both sides)

The USA released 7" single was actually a German produced and imported single, sold domestically in the US. Considering the waning popularity of the 7" single as a format, this was a simple cost-cutting measure for Reprise Records. Because of this, there has been a great deal of confusion about this as a USA single.
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What Would It Take by Jeff Lynne
1990 June
What Would It Take
CD single -- Reprise Records PRO-CD-4386 (promo issue)
What Would It Take
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 2:40

This song is the same as the Armchair Theatre album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • lead vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboards
  • piano
  • backing vocals
  • songwriting
  • production

No commercial single was released, only a promo CD single.
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Jeff Healey Band
1990 August
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
CD single -- Arista ARCD-2065 (promo issue)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Edit)
(George Harrison)

Running Time: 3:58

This song is adapted from the Hell To Pay album version album version, fading early and cutting much of the extended guitar at the end.


While My Guitar Gently Weeps
(George Harrison)

Running Time: 5:16

This song is the same as the Hell To Pay album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • backing vocals

No commercial single was released, only a promo CD single.
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Lift Me Up by Jeff Lynne
1990 September
Lift Me Up
CD single -- Reprise Records PRO-CD-4091 (promo issue)
Lift Me Up
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:38

This song is the same as the Armchair Theatre album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • lead vocal
  • guitar
  • piano
  • bass
  • chair
  • backing vocals
  • songwriting
  • production

No commercial single was released, only a promo CD single.
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She's My Baby by Traveling Wilburys
1990 October
She's My Baby
CD single -- Wilbury Records PRO-CD-4518 (promo issue)
She's My Baby
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:14

This song is the same as the Vol. 3 album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboard
  • backing vocals
  • co-songwriting
  • co-production

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Inside Out by Traveling Wilburys
1990 December
Inside Out
CD single -- Wilbury Records PRO-CD-4652 (promo issue)
Inside Out
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:35

This song is the same as the Vol. 3 album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboard
  • backing vocals
  • co-songwriting
  • co-production

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Wilbury Twist by Traveling Wilburys
1991 February
Wilbury Twist New Blue Moon (Instrumental)
Cassette single -- Wilbury Records 4-19443
Wilbury Twist
CD single -- Wilbury Records PRO-CD-4642 (promo issue)
Wilbury Twist
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 2:56

This song is the same as the Vol. 3 album version.


New Blue Moon (Instrumental)
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:18

This song is an original recording for the single.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • co-lead vocals (A-side)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • bass (both sides)
  • keyboard (both sides)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (both sides)
  • co-production (both sides)

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Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard
1991 March
Good Golly Miss Molly
by Little Richard
Good Golly Miss Molly
by John Goodman
Cassette single -- Polygram Records 879 678-8
Good Golly Miss Molly
by Little Richard

Good Golly Miss Molly
by John Goodman
CD single -- Polygram Records CDP 399 (promo issue)
Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard
(Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco)

Running Time: 2:13

This song is an original recording for the single.


Good Golly Miss Molly by John Goodman
(Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco)

Running Time: 2:28

This song is performed by John Goodman and has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (A-side)
  • bass (A-side)
  • production (A-side)

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Learning To Fly by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
1991 June
Learning To Fly Too Good To Be True
7" single -- MCA MCA 7-54124
Learning To Fly Too Good To Be True
Cassette single -- MCA MCACS-54124
Learning To Fly
CD single -- MCA CD45-1482 (promo issue)
Learning To Fly
(Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 4:02

This song is the same as the Into The Great Wide Open album version.


Too Good To Be True
(Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:46

This song is the same as the Into The Great Wide Open album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • bass (both sides)
  • keyboards (both sides)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (A-side)
  • production (both sides)

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Out In The Cold by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
1991 July
Out In The Cold
CD single -- MCA CD45-1627 (promo issue)
Out In The Cold
(Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:41

This song is the same as the Into The Great Wide Open album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboards
  • backing vocals
  • co-songwriting
  • production)

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Walk Away by Del Shannon
1991 Septembr
Walk Away
CD single -- MCA CD45-1453 (promo issue)
Walk Away
(Del Shannon, Tom Petty, & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:39

This song is the same as the Rock On! album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboards
  • backing vocals
  • thigh slapping
  • co-songwriting
  • production)

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Into The Great Wide Open by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
1991 September
Into The Great Wide Open Makin' Some Noise
7" single -- MCA MCAS7-54131
Into The Great Wide Open Makin' Some Noise
Cassette single -- MCA MCACS-54131
Into The Great Wide Open
CD single -- MCA CD45-1485 (promo issue)
Into The Great Wide Open
(Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:43

This song is the same as the Into The Great Wide Open album version.


Makin' Some Noise
(Tom Petty, Mike Campbell & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:27

This song is the same as the Into The Great Wide Open album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • bass (both sides)
  • keyboards (both sides)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (both sides)
  • production (both sides)

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King's Highway by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
1991 December
King's Highway
CD single -- MCA CD45-2067 (promo issue)
King's Highway
(Tom Petty)

Running Time: 3:08

This song is the same as the Into The Great Wide Open album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboards
  • backing vocals
  • production

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Weight Of The World by Ringo Starr
1992 April 28
Weight Of The World After All These Years
Cassette single -- Private Music 01005-81003-4
Weight Of The World
After All These Years
Don't Be Cruel
CD single -- Private Music 01005-81003-2 (stock issue)
Weight Of The World
(Brian O'Doherty & Fred Velez)

Running Time: 3:53

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.


After All These Years
(Richard Starkey & Johnny Warman)

Running Time: 2:10

This song is the same as the Time Takes Time album version.


Don't Be Cruel
(Elvis Presley & Otis Blackwell)

Running Time: 2:07

This song is an original recording for the single.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (extra tracks #1 & #2)
  • bass (extra tracks #1 & #2)
  • piano (extra track #1)
  • keyboards (extra tracks #1)
  • backing vocals (extra tracks #1 & #2)
  • production (extra tracks #1 & #2)

The shrinkwrapped CD single featured a sticker touting the Jeff Lynne produced exclusive Don't Be Cruel song.

There was also a promo CD single, however it only contains the non-Jeff Lynne track, Weight Of The World.

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I Drove All Night by Roy Orbison
1992 May
I Drove All Night
by Roy Orbison
Excerpt from Forever Friends
by Sheena Easton

Excerpt from Line Of Fire
by Trixter
Cassette single -- MCA MCACS-54287
I Drove All Night
by Roy Orbison
Line Of Fire
by Trixter
CD single -- MCA MCADS-54419 (stock issue)
I Drove All Night
by Roy Orbison
CD single -- MCA CD45-2025 (promo issue)
Interviews
by Barbara Orbison, Jason Preistley and Jennifer Connelly

I Drove All Night (Video)
by Roy Orbison
VHS videotape -- MCA MCAV-10639
I Drove All Night
(Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly)

Running Time: 3:46

This song is the same as the White Knuckle Scorin' and King Of Hearts album versions.


Forever Friends
(Oliver J Leiber, Jeffrey H Lorber)

Running Time: 4:26

This song is performed by Sheena Easton and has no Jeff Lynne involvement.


Line Of Fire
(Steve Brown, Dean Fasano & Bill Wray)

Running Time: 4:40

This song is performed by Trixter and has no Jeff Lynne involvement.


Interviews
(N/A)

Running Time: 3:30

This is an short documentary with archive audio from Roy Orbison and on-camera interviews with Barbara Orbison, Jason Preistley and Jennifer Connelly about Roy, the I Drove All Night song and the I Drove All Night music video. It has no Jeff Lynne involvement other than snippets of the song that are interspersed within the documentary.


I Drove All Night (Video)
(Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly)

Running Time: 3:48
This is the stock promo video, which features Jason Preistley and Jennifer Connelly, using the same audio as the single/album version of I Drove All Night.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (A-side)
  • bass (A-side)
  • drums (A-side)
  • keyboards (A-side)
  • production (A-side)
The VHS videotape release is basically an electronic press kit (EPK) that features several interviews about the song and the music video, followed by the music video itself. Curiously, there are known to be at least two different versions of this EPK, one with interviews of Jeff talking about working on the song and another that removes Jeff's parts and adds more interviews with Jason Preistly and Jennifer Connolly. The version on the officially released videotape is the version with Jeff's parts removed.
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Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go by Ringo Starr
1992 September
Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go
CD single -- Private Music PDJ 81007-2 (promo issue)
Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go
(Richard Starkey, Johnny Warman, & Gary Grainger)

Running Time: 3:21

This song is the same as the Time Takes Time album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • piano
  • keyboard
  • backing vocals
  • production

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Heartbreak Radio by Roy Orbison
1992 November
Heartbreak Radio
CD single -- Virgin DPRO-12731 (promo issue)
Heartbreak Radio
(Troy Seals & Frankie Miller)

Running Time: 2:58

This song is the same as the King Of Hearts album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • drums
  • keyboard
  • backing vocals
  • production (both sides)

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Laughing Wild by Julianna Raye
1992
Laughing Wild (Edit)
Laughing Wild
CD single -- Reprise Records PRO-CD-6380 (promo issue)
Laughing Wild (Edit)
(Julianna Raye)

Running Time: 3:56

This is the same as the Something Peculiar album version, except on the fade out. Just after the final chorus, it cuts the first guitar and vocal sequence from [3:21] to [3:34] (where Julianna sings the "I'm laughing wild-a-wild-a-wild-a-wild-a..." bit). Also, at the very end of the fade out, the "I'm laughing wild" vocal line is different.


Laughing Wild
(Julianna Raye)

Running Time: 3:38

This song is the same as the Something Peculiar album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • vibes
  • harmonium
  • piano
  • production

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Night Calls by Joe Cocker
1993 February 23
Night Calls Out Of The Rain
Cassette single -- Capitol 0 7777-44770-4
Night Calls
CD single -- Capitol DPRO-79584 (promo issue)
Night Calls
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:28

This song is the same as the Night Calls album version.


Out Of The Rain
(Tony Joe White)

Running Time: 4:39

This song is performed by Trixter and has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • songwriting
  • bass
  • keyboard
  • production

This song was released not only to promote Joe Cocker's 1992 Night Calls album, but also the new 1993 release of The Best Of Joe Cocker.
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I Drove All Night by Roy Orbison
1993 November
I Drove All Night
CD single -- Virgin DPRO-12744 (promo issue)
I Drove All Night
(Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly)

Running Time: 3:46

This song is the same as the White Knuckle Scorin' and King Of Hearts album versions.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • drums
  • keyboards
  • production

This song was rereleased as a promo single only when the King Of Hearts album was released. It's not clear why this was done when the first released in 1992 with heavy promotion failed to succeed. However, the song was having a resurgence of success in the European market, so it may be that Virgin was willing to put another slight push behind the song with hopes that it would have similar success in America.
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I'll Get You Back by Julianna Raye
1994 June
I'll Get You Back My Tribe
Cassette single -- Reprise Records 9-18578-4
I'll Get You Back
CD single -- Reprise Records PRO-CD-6041 (promo issue)
I'll Get You Back
(Julianna Raye)

Running Time: 3:42

This song is the same as the Something Peculiar album version.


My Tribe
(Julianna Raye)

Running Time: 4:04

This song is the same as the Something Peculiar album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • bass (both sides)
  • vibes (both sides)
  • harmonium (both sides)
  • piano (both sides)
  • production (both sides)

Actual release date of this single is unclear, but it is known to be 1994 for certain and possibly May or June of 1994. This actually puts the single's release date a full year after the Something Peculiar album's release.
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Free As A Bird by The Beatles
1995 December 12
Free As A Bird Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
7" single -- Apple/Capitol NR 7243 8 58497 7 0
Cassette single -- Apple/Capitol 4KM 7243 8 58497 4 9
Free As A Bird
I Saw Her Standing There
This Boy
Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
CD single -- Apple/Capitol C2 7243 8 58497 2 5 (stock issue)
Free As A Bird
CD single -- Apple/Capitol DPRO-11153 (promo issue)
Free As A Bird
(John Lennon (original) & John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr (Beatles version))

Running Time: 4:26

This song is the same as the Anthology 1 album version.


Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
(John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr)

Running Time: 3:03

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.


I Saw Her Standing There
(John Lennon & Paul McCartney)

Running Time: 2:52

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.


This Boy
(John Lennon & Paul McCartney)

Running Time: 3:18

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • co-production (A-side)

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Real Love by The Beatles
1996 March 4
Real Love Baby's In Black
7" single -- Apple/Capitol NR 7243 8 58544 7 7
Cassette single -- Apple/Capitol 4KM 7243 8 58544 4 6
Real Love
Baby's In Black
Yellow Submarine
Here, There And Everywhere
CD single -- Apple/Capitol C2 7243 8 58544 2 2 (stock issue)
Real Love
CD single -- Apple/Capitol DPRO-11187 (promo issue)
Real Love
(John Lennon)

Running Time: 3:55

This song is the same as the Anthology 2 album version.


Baby's In Black
(John Lennon & Paul McCartney)

Running Time: 3:04

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.


Yellow Submarine
(John Lennon & Paul McCartney)

Running Time: 2:48

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.


Here, There And Everywhere
(John Lennon & Paul McCartney)

Running Time: 2:24

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • co-production (A-side)

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The World Tonight by Paul McCartney
1997 May 6
The World Tonight Looking For You
Cassette single -- Apple/Capitol 4KM 7243 8 58650 4 6
The World Tonight
Looking For You
Oobu joobu - Part 1
CD single -- Capitol CD 7243 8 58650 2 2 (stock issue)
The World Tonight
CD single -- DPRO 7087 6 12034 2 4 (promo issue)
The World Tonight
(Paul McCartney)

Running Time: 4:05

This song is the same as the Flaming Pie album version.


Looking For You
(Paul McCartney)

Running Time: 4:41

This song is an original recording for the single.


Oobu joobu - Part 1
(Paul McCartney)

Running Time: 9:55

This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • backing/harmony vocals (main track & extra track #1)
  • guitar (main track & extra track #1)
  • keyboard (main track)
  • co-production (main track & extra track #1)

The shrinkwrapped cassette and CD singles featured a sticker touting the song being featured in the Father's Day soundtrack and the Flaming Pie album.
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Stuck Inside A Cloud by George Harrison
2003 February
Stuck Inside A Cloud
CD single -- Dark Horse/Capitol DPRO-17572 (promo issue)
Stuck Inside A Cloud
(George Harrison)

Running Time: 4:04

This song is the same as the Brainwashed album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass
  • guitar
  • piano
  • co-production

This single was only available as a promo CD. There may have been a digital single, but that remains unclear at this time.
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Saving Grace by Tom Petty
2006 July 4
Saving Grace
CD single -- American Recordings ? (promo issue)
CD single -- American Recordings STCD-101847 (second promo issue)
CD single -- American Recordings STCD-101852 (third promo issue)
DVD single -- Warner Bros. Records ? (promo issue)
Saving Grace
Big Weekend
iTunes digital single -- American Recordings ISRC USWB10603019
Saving Grace
(Tom Petty)

Running Time: 3:47

This song is the same as the Highway Companion album version.


Big Weekend
(Tom Petty)

Running Time: 3:15

This song is the same as the Highway Companion album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass (all tracks)
  • guitar (all tracks)
  • keyboards (all tracks)
  • backing vocals (all tracks)
  • co-production (all tracks)

The exclusive Borders promo CD single included a small coupon for the Highway Companion CD if bought at Borders stores.

The promo DVD contains the standard promo video, which matches the version found on the single and the album.

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Flirting With Time by Tom Petty
2006 December 4
Flirting With Time
CD single -- American Recordings PRO-CD-101888 (promo issue)
iTunes digital single -- American Recordings ISRC USWB10603021
Flirting With Time
(Tom Petty)

Running Time: 3:15

This song is the same as the Highway Companion album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • backing vocals
  • co-production

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Laughing With by Regina Spektor
2009 May 19
Laughing With
Blue Lips
digital single -- Sire ISRC USWB10901741
Laughing With
(Regina Spektor)

Running Time: 3:18

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.


Blue Lips
(Regina Spektor)

Running Time: 3:34

This song is the same as the Far album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass
  • guitar
  • production

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Analog Man by Joe Walsh
2012 April 24
Analog Man
CD single -- Fantasy PRO-FR-0503 (promo issue)
iTunes digital single -- Fantasy ISRC USC4R1200757
Analog Man
(Joe Walsh, Drew Hester & Gannin Arnold)

Running Time: 4:02

This song is the same as the Analog Man album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass
  • drums
  • keyboard
  • guitar
  • production

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One Day At A Time by Joe Walsh
2012 September
One Day At A Time
CD single -- Fantasy PRO-FR-0531 (promo issue) [ISRC USC4R1200763]
digital single -- Fantasy ISRC USC4R1200763
One Day At A Time
(Joe Walsh)

Running Time: 3:18

This song is the same as the Analog Man album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass
  • drums
  • backing vocals
  • guitar
  • production

The digital single was offered free on Joe Walsh's website.
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Mercy, Mercy by Jeff Lynne
2012 October
Mercy, Mercy
digital single -- Frontiers Records ISRC USMB51200025
Mercy, Mercy
(Don Covay & Ronald Dean Miller)

Running Time: 4:02

This song is the same as the Long Wave album version.

Jeff's Role(s): Everything

This is a single in name only as no physical media or special artwork was ever available. A promo video was created and it was promoted as the single from the Long Wave album, however no other distinction as a single exists.
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You Belong To Me by Bryan Adams
2015 August 10
You Belong To Me
digital single -- Universal Music Enterprises ISRC GBUM71504371
You Belong To Me
(Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance)

Running Time: 2:20

This song is the same as the Get Up album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass
  • drums
  • backing vocals
  • electric guitar
  • acoustic guitar
  • guitar solo
  • bass
  • production

This is a single in name only as no physical media or special artwork was ever available. A promo video was created and it was promoted as the single from the Get Up album, however no other distinction as a single exists.
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Brand New Day by Bryan Adams
2015 September 11
Brand New Day
digital single -- Universal Music Enterprises ISRC GBUM71504379
Brand New Day
(Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance)

Running Time: 3:33

This song is the same as the Get Up album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass
  • drums
  • backing vocals
  • electric guitar
  • acoustic guitar
  • guitar solo
  • bass
  • production

This is a single in name only as no physical media or special artwork was ever available. A promo video was created and it was promoted as the single from the Get Up album, however no other distinction as a single exists.
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Don't Even Try by Bryan Adams
2015 October 5
Don't Even Try
digital single -- Universal Music Enterprises ISRC GBUM71504375
Don't Even Try
(Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance)

Running Time: 2:25

This song is the same as the Get Up album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass
  • drums
  • backing vocals
  • electric guitar
  • acoustic guitar
  • guitar solo
  • bass
  • production

This is a single in name only as no physical media or special artwork was ever available. A promo video was created and it was promoted as the single from the Get Up album, however no other distinction as a single exists.
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Now And Then by The Beatles
2023 November 3
Now And Then Love Me Do
7" single -- Apple Records 0602448145864 (black vinyl issue)
7" single -- Apple Records 0602448631022 (marble vinyl issue)
7" single -- Apple Records 0602448631077 (clear vinyl issue)
7" single -- Apple Records 0602448631084 (blue vinyl issue)
10" single -- Apple Records 0602455434869
12" single -- Apple Records 0602458129526 (black vinyl edition)
12" single -- Apple Records 0602458129526 (red vinyl edition)
cassette single -- Apple Records 0602458451795
CD single -- Apple Records 0602455919939
digital single -- Apple Records ???
Now And Then
(John Lennon (original) & John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr (Beatles version))

Running Time: 4:08

This song is an original single.!@#add dimmed out b-side

Jeff's Role(s)
  • production
All vinyl singles included a paper insert (sized appropriately for each format) that provided song information and limited credits.

The 10" version was touted as "Exclusive Spotify Fans-First 10-inch Edition" at the time and was for sale through Spotify, but it was also available on thebeatles.com at or near the same time.

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Although not singles, there were two EPs (extended plays) that were issued that involved Jeff Lynne songs. Both were by Regina Spektor and issued in 2009 and 2011 respectively.

Issue Date
Singles
Comments
Laughing With by Regina Spektor
2009 June 9
Laughing With
Folding Chair
The Call
The Noise (Live From Bull Moose)
CD EP -- Sire 520291-4 (standard issue)
Laughing With
(Regina Spektor)

Running Time: 3:18

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.


Folding Chair
(Regina Spektor)

Running Time: 3:35

This song is the same as the Far album version.


The Call
(Regina Spektor)

Running Time: 3:09

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.


The Noise (Live from Bull Moose)
(Regina Spektor)

Running Time: 3:21

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass
  • guitar
  • production

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Four From Far by Regina Spektor
2011 April 16
Riot Gear
The Sword & The Pen
Time Is All Around
Eet (Live In London)
7" EP -- Sire 527427-4 (standard issue)
Riot Gear
(Regina Spektor)

Running Time: 2:06

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.


The Sword & The Pen
(Regina Spektor)

Running Time: 3:48

This song is the same as the Far album bonus track version.


Time Is All Around
(Regina Spektor)

Running Time: 3:04

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.


Eet (Live In London)
(Regina Spektor)

Running Time: 4:01

Jeff Lynne has no involvement in this song.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • bass
  • guitar
  • production

This EP is a Record Store Day release, issued on light blue vinyl. It includes the three songs on the bonus track version of the 2009 Far album as well as a live track, thus the name of Four From Far.
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Reissues

A Box Of Their BestReissues are all-new singles of older hit songs, designed for the "oldies" (hits from a previous time) market. There are actually relatively few reissues of the non-ELO Jeff Lynne related songs. This is in part because by the time these songs qualified for the oldies market and existing original-issue stock singles had sold out, the market for single sales was fading. With the advent of the digital download era, the need for reissue singles no longer existed.

Some of Jeff's biggest hits got the reissue treatment, including the George Harrison #1 song Got My Mind Set On You and the popular Traveling Wilburys songs Handle With Care and When We Was Fab. These reissues came out on 7" single, but also the experimental cassette single.

George Harrison - The Vinyl CollectionThe Singles CollectionPaul McCartney CollectionThe Jeff Lynne song Doin' That Crazy Thing is a special case for a reissue single. It might be better described as a premium single as it was only available as a one-sided bonus single in the 1980 A Box Of Their Best box set (which included four Electric Light Orchestra albums). This was done as a way to help sell the box set to fans who already owned the albums in the set as well as entice fans with a new item. It could be considered "new" here because the original 1977 single issue was not a hit and faded quickly from the market.

With the 2007 remaster of the Traveling Wilburys' albums, a special download single of Handle With Care, a bundle of the original single/album version and the never-released-in-the-US extended version was issued to help promote the album sales.

In February 2017, a special collection of George Harrison's remastered solo albums was released called simply The Vinyl Collection. With the set was a special box set (a box within a box) featuring recreations of the UK only picture discs for Got My Mind Set On You and When We Was Fab.

In November 2019, a Beatles 7" singles box set was released worldwide. This including all the various Beatles singles from the 1960s, with picture sleeves from around the world. Of interest to Jeff Lynne fans, also included is a double A-side 7" single featuring the 1995/1996 songs Free As A Bird and Real Love. The picture sleeve features the original picture sleeve images. The versions of the songs on this single are the original single versions, not recently revised versions.

For December 2022, a Paul McCartney 7" singles box set was released worldwide. This set was a 80 disc collection of all of Paul McCartney's post-Beatles worldwide singles in 7" format, including picture sleeves and several releases which were never singles in the first place. For the Jeff Lynne releases, three singles were included as taken from the 1997 Flaming Pie album. The singles were all adapted from the UK picture discs; none of the singles were originally released in the USA except for The World Tonight, which itself was originally only released as a cassette and CD single.

Issue Date
Singles
Comments
Doin' That Crazy Thing by Jeff Lynne
1980 August 7
Doin' That Crazy Thing silence/no music
7" single -- Jet AE7 1220 (first promo/premium issue)
Doin' That Crazy Thing no groove
7" single -- Jet AE7 1220 (second promo/premium issue)
Doin' That Crazy Thing Doin' That Crazy Thing
7" single -- Jet AE7 1220 (white label promo issue)
Doin' That Crazy Thing
(Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:25

This song is an original recording for the single.

Jeff's Role(s): Everything

A Box Of Their Best back showing Doin' That Crazy Thing inclusionA Box Of Their Best back hiding Doin' That Crazy Thing inclusionThis single was only for sale as a premium in some issues of the A Box Of Their Best box set. There were two different versions of the box set released, one with markings on the back of the box that indicated that the single was included and others were this portion was blacked out and the single was not included. Regardless of the markings on the back of the boxes about the single's inclusion, not all box sets actually included the single. For those that did include it, the single was often simply shrinkwrapped inside the box set's shrinkwrapping. The single is marked as a promo item only, which is curious because it was for sale as a premium with the set. It is probably the case that this was done so that retailers could not separate the single from the set and sell it alone, separate from the box set. Despite this, it is likely that the bonus single was removed anyway by unscrupulous retailers or buyers (who returned the box without the single). This may explain why many of these sets did not include the single, regardless of the box markings. It may be the case that the version of the box set where the information on the single is blocked out is because of the problems with the single missing from the box (although it should be noted that there are additional subtle difference between the two versions of the box sets).

In addition to the white label promo single (given out like a regular promo item), there were actually two different non-white label promos (sold as premiums in the box set). One has a single groove on the B-side playing about two minutes of silence only; the other has a completely smooth B-side, having no groove and playing nothing. It's unclear which single, if not both, were actually distributed with the box set.

The A-side plays at an album's 33 1/3 RPM speed, not the typical 45 RPMs of a single.

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Got My Mind Set On You / When We Was Fab by George Harrison
1989 July 1
Got My Mind Set On You When We Was Fab
7" single -- Back To Back Hits - Warner Brothers 7-21891
Cassette single -- Back To Back Hits - Warner Brothers 9 21891-4
Got My Mind Set On You
(Rudy Clark)

Running Time: 3:50

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.


When We Was Fab
(George Harrison & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:57

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • bass (both sides)
  • keyboard (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (B-side)
  • co-production (both sides)

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Handle With Care / End Of The Line by Traveling Wilburys
1989 November
Handle With Care End Of The Line
7" single -- Back To Back Hits - Wilbury/Warner Brothers 7-21867
Cassette single -- Backtrax - Wilbury/Warner Brothers 9 21867-4
Handle With Care
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:19

This song is the same as the Volume One album version.


End Of The Line
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:26

This song is the same as the Volume One album version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • co-lead vocals (A-side)
  • guitar (both sides)
  • bass (both sides)
  • backing vocals (both sides)
  • co-songwriting (both sides)
  • co-production (both sides)

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Handle With Care by Traveling Wilburys
2007 May 22
Handle With Care
Handle With Care (Extended Version)
digital single -- Rhino ISRC GBLVT0700001/?
Handle With Care
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 3:19

This song is the same as the Volume One album version.


Handle With Care (Extended Version)
(Traveling Wilburys)

Running Time: 5:17

This song is the same as the original UK 12" single version.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar
  • bass
  • drums
  • backing vocals
  • co-songwriting
  • co-production
This single was reissued to help promote the Rhino reissue of the Traveling Wilburys albums.
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Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison
2017 February 24
Got My Mind Set On You (Extended Version) Got My Mind Set On You
Lay His Head
12" single picture disc -- Universal Music ???
Got My Mind Set On You (Extended Version)
(Rudy Clark)

Running Time: 5:11

This song is the same as the original UK Got My Mind Set On You 12" singles


Got My Mind Set On You
(Rudy Clark)

Running Time: 3:50

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.


Lay His Head
(George Harrison)

Running Time: 3:51

This song is produced by George Harrison and Ray Cooper; it has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (Got My Mind Set On You)
  • bass (Got My Mind Set On You)
  • keyboards (Got My Mind Set On You)
  • co-production (Got My Mind Set On You)

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When We Was Fab by George Harrison
2017 February 24
When We Was Fab (Unextended Version)
Zig Zag
That's The Way It Goes (Remix)
When We Was Fab (Reverse End)
12" single picture disc -- Universal Music ???
When We Was Fab (Unextended Version)
(George Harrison & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 3:57

This song is the same as the Cloud Nine album version.


Zig Zag
(George Harrison & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 2:46

This song is the same as the original When We Was Fab B-side.


That's The Way It Goes (Remix)
(George Harrison)

Running Time: 3:31

This song is remixed by Jeff Lynne from George's 1982 Gone Troppo album, altering the drums and George's vocal in the mix.


When We Was Fab (Reverse End)
(George Harrison & Jeff Lynne)

Running Time: 5:17

This song is same as the Cloud Nine album version except instead of the normal fade out, the song begins playing the chorus backwards and ends with some odd sounding keyboards.

Jeff's Role(s)
  • guitar (When We Was Fab)
  • bass (When We Was Fab)
  • keyboard (When We Was Fab)
  • co-songwriting (When We Was Fab)
  • co-production (When We Was Fab)
  • mixing (all songs)

The first version of When We Was Fab is credited as the "Unextended Version", but it is simply the standard album/single version.
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This version of When We Was Fab (Reverse End)
  • Released On:
    • When We Was Fab 12" single (1988 January 25 — UK — Dark Horse W 8131 T)
    • When We Was Fab 12" picture disc single (1988 February 1 — UK — Dark Horse W 8131 TP)
    • When We Was Fab 3" CD single (1988 February 8 — UK — Dark Horse W 8131 CD)
    • George Harrison !@# The Vinyl Collection LP box set (2017 February 24 — Worldwide — Capitol 602557090277) [When We Was Fab 12" picture disc single]

  • Free As A Bird / Real Love by The Beatles
    2019 November 22
    Free As A Bird Real Love
    7" single -- Universal Music 0602547261700
    Free As A Bird
    (John Lennon (original) & John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr (Beatles version))

    Running Time: 4:26

    This song is the same as the Anthology 1 album version.


    Real Love
    (John Lennon)

    Running Time: 3:55

    This song is the same as the Anthology 2 album version.

    Jeff's Role(s)
    • co-production

    This single was released in the The Singles Collection box set, a collection of Beatles 7" vinyl singles. There were 23 different singles in the set, all with foreign or newly created picture sleeves. This Free As A Bird/Real Love single actually combined the two 1994/1995 singles and combined them into one single only. This is the only single in the set with any Jeff Lynne connection.
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    Young Boy by Paul McCartney
    2022 December 2
    Young Boy Looking For You
    7" single -- Capitol Records ???
    Young Boy
    (Paul McCartney and Steve Miller)

    Running Time: 3:54

    This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.


    Looking For You
    (Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne and Ringo Starr)

    Running Time: 4:41

    This song is the same as the Flaming Pie album version.

    Jeff's Role(s)
    • backing/harmony vocals
    • guitar
    • co-production

    This single was released in the The 7" Singles Box box set, a collection of Paul McCartney 7" vinyl singles. There were 80 different singles in the set, with this single being a reformatted version of the European picture disc single. This is one of three singles in the set with any Jeff Lynne connection.
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    The World Tonight by Paul McCartney
    2022 December 2
    The World Tonight Used To Be Bad
    7" single -- Capitol Records ???
    The World Tonight
    (Paul McCartney)

    Running Time: 4:05

    This song is the same as the Flaming Pie album version.


    Used To Be Bad
    (Paul McCartney and Steve Miller)

    Running Time: 4:14

    This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

    Jeff's Role(s)
    • backing/harmony vocals
    • guitar
    • keyboard
    • co-production

    This single was released in the The 7" Singles Box box set, a collection of Paul McCartney 7" vinyl singles. There were 80 different singles in the set, with this single being a reformatted version of the European picture disc single. This is one of three singles in the set with any Jeff Lynne connection.
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    Beautiful Night by Paul McCartney
    2022 December 2
    Beautiful Night Love Come Tumbling Down
    7" single -- Capitol Records ???
    Beautiful Night
    (Paul McCartney and George Martin)

    Running Time: 5:08

    This song is the same as the Flaming Pie album version.


    Love Come Tumbling Down
    (Paul McCartney)

    Running Time: 4:24

    This song has no Jeff Lynne involvement.

    Jeff's Role(s)
    • backing/harmony vocals
    • guitar
    • co-production

    This single was released in the The 7" Singles Box box set, a collection of Paul McCartney 7" vinyl singles. There were 80 different singles in the set, with this single being a reformatted version of the European picture disc single. This is one of three singles in the set with any Jeff Lynne connection.
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    Sales Figures

    No sales information is available at this time.

    Music Charts

    The primary measure of the success of a single is by the music chart rating. In turn, these ratings are based upon a combination of sales and radio airplay. The exact formula used to calculate these ratings (using sales and airplay) will vary from year to year and from chart company to chart company, so true success can be considered somewhat subjective at times.

    In the US, the music industry trade magazine Billboard has dominated with the most popular and widely used chart statistics. In fact, by the time of Jeff Lynne's chart presence outside of Electric Light Orchestra, the Record World trade magazine had ceased publication, while Cash Box had declined in popularity and would cease publication in 2006.

    The primary chart from Billboard is the Hot 100, which measures the overall popularity of singles, regardless of genre.

    As stated, Billboard is a trade magazine, meaning it is targeted to the music industry, not the general populace. Because of this, the various fractured tracks are aimed toward retailers (sales charts), broadcasters (airplay and statistical impressions), and record companies. Also, it can be a bit confusing with some of the nomenclature that Billboard uses to differentiate their charts. In Billboard nomenclature, a "song" is a single (all versions of a song by an artist being promoted) and a "track" is a specific track, beit a version of a single or a non-single taken from an album. Also, "statistical impressions" refers to not only airplay (radio and other media), but also plays from on-demand sources such as YouTube and Spotify.

    Billboard Hot 100
    Week
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
    Idle Race
    Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    The Move
    Brontosaurus
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    The Move
    Tonight
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    The Move
    Chinatown
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    The Move
    California Man
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    The Move
    Do Ya
    Chart Entry Date: October 28, 1972
    98
    97
    96
    94
    93
    (November 25, 1972)
    Del Shannon
    Cry Baby Cry
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Jeff Lynne
    Doin' That Crazy Thing
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Dave Edmunds
    Slipping Away
    Chart Entry Date: May 14, 1983
    93
    79
    70
    65
    56
    53
    50
    48
    46
    44
    41
    39
    (July 30, 1983)
    61
    71
    96
    Dave Edmunds
    Information
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Jeff Lynne
    Video!
    Chart Entry Date: August 18, 1984
    87
    85
    (August 25, 1984)
    91
    Dave Edmunds
    Breaking Out
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    The Everly Brothers
    The Story Of Me
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Dave Edmunds
    Something About You
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    George Harrison
    Got My Mind Set On You
    Chart Entry Date: October 24, 1987
    66
    54
    44
    38
    26
    19
    11
    10
    5
    4
    4
    2
    1
    (January 16, 1988)
    4
    7
    18
    25
    36
    51
    65
    93
    99
    George Harrison
    Devil's Radio
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    George Harrison
    When We Was Fab
    Chart Entry Date: February 6, 1988
    63
    58
    44
    34
    31
    25
    24
    23
    (March 26, 1988)
    33
    59
    100
    George Harrison
    Cloud 9
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    George Harrison
    This Is Love
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Randy Newman
    Falling In Love
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Traveling Wilburys
    Handle With Care
    Chart Entry Date: October 29, 1988
    83
    66
    62
    56
    48
    47
    45
    (December 10, 1988)
    46
    59
    59
    63
    72
    83
    100
    Traveling Wilburys
    Last Night
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Randy Newman
    It's Money That Matters
    Chart Entry Date: November 5, 1988
    85
    78
    70
    66
    60
    (December 3, 1988)
    60
    (December 10, 1988)
    67
    74
    74
    77
    83
    100
    Traveling Wilburys
    End Of The Line
    Chart Entry Date: February 11, 1989
    83
    69
    63
    (February 25, 1989)
    63
    (March 4, 1989)
    66
    79
    78
    90
    95
    Roy Orbison
    You Got It
    Chart Entry Date: January 21, 1989
    85
    68
    50
    44
    40
    33
    29
    25
    20
    16
    12
    12
    9
    (April 15, 1989)
    19
    32
    47
    58
    96
    Tom Petty
    I Won't Back Down
    Chart Entry Date: April 29, 1989
    75
    63
    52
    41
    32
    22
    21
    18
    14
    12
    (July 1, 1989)
    13
    17
    37
    56
    91
    Tom Petty
    Runnin' Down A Dream
    Chart Entry Date: July 29, 1989
    93
    73
    62
    50
    39
    34
    30
    25
    23
    (September 23, 1989)
    25
    26
    57
    69
    97
    George Harrison
    Cheer Down
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Roy Orbison
    California Blue
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Tom Petty
    Free Fallin'
    Chart Entry Date: November 4, 1989
    72
    64
    53
    43
    31
    28
    23
    17
    Chart not published
    14
    13
    8
    7
    (January 27, 1990)
    7
    (February 3, 1990)
    15
    32
    47
    55
    72
    93
    98
    Tom Petty
    A Face In The Crowd
    Chart Entry Date: March 3, 1990
    73
    66
    54
    46
    (March 24, 1990)
    51
    69
    81
    93
    Tom Petty
    Yer So Bad
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Jeff Lynne
    Every Little Thing
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Jeff Lynne
    What Would It Take
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Jeff Lynne
    Lift Me Up
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Traveling Wilburys
    Inside Out
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Traveling Wilburys
    Wilbury Twist
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Little Richard
    Good Golly Miss Molly
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Learning To Fly
    Chart Entry Date: June 29, 1991
    87
    77
    67
    60
    51
    40
    37
    33
    28
    (August 24, 1991)
    30
    47
    68
    89
    99
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Out In The Cold
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Del Shannon
    Walk Away
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Into The Great Wide Open
    Chart Entry Date: November 16, 1991
    99
    92
    (November 23, 1991)
    95
    95
    98
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    King's Highway
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Roy Orbison
    I Drove All Night
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Julianna Raye
    Laughing Wild
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Julianna Raye
    I'll Get You Back
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Roy Orbison
    Heartbreak Radio
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    The Beatles
    Free As A Bird
    Chart Entry Date: December 23, 1995
    10
    6
    (January 6, 1996)
    15
    32
    57
    63
    77
    91
    98
    93
    99
    The Beatles
    Real Love
    Chart Entry Date: March 23, 1996
    11
    (March 23, 1996)
    26
    21
    54
    60
    70
    88
    Paul McCartney
    The World Tonight
    Chart Entry Date: May 24, 1997
    64
    (May 24, 1997)
    64
    (May 31, 1997)
    68
    73
    74
    74
    76
    77
    92
    93
    George Harrison
    Stuck Inside A Cloud
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Tom Petty
    Saving Grace
    Chart Entry Date: July 22, 2006
    100
    (July 22, 2006)
    Tom Petty
    Flirting With Time
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Joe Walsh
    Analog Man
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart
    Jeff Lynne
    Mercy, Mercy
    Chart Entry Date: Did not chart

    Below is a chart that shows the Billboard Hot 100 chart position of each song versus its week on the chart. It's obvious from the chart that George Harrison's Got My Mind Set On You was Jeff Lynne's fastest growing and highest charting non-ELO song. This is the only song to hit the #1 spot and it also was on the charts the most amount of time making it the clear leader. Other popular hits, in order of most popular, are Tom Petty's Free Fallin', Roy Orbison's You Got It and Tom Petty's I Won't Back Down.

    It's perhaps surprising that as big of a hit as Got My Mind Set On You was, it's no longer a part of the American consciousness, while both Free Fallin' and I Won't Back Down remain so. This may be, in part, because Tom Petty has continued to promote the songs through live performances, most notably the 2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes telethon concert and the 2008 Super Bowl halftime show. In addition, Free Fallin' was a massive hit on album rock radio, while Got My Mind Set On You did not do nearly as well. Even the Roy Orbison You Got It hit has more long term resonance than Got My Mind Set On You.

    The Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts started in 1981 to measure radio airplay on Album Oriented Rock (AOR) radio. These stations did not necessarily play typical Top 40 songs as the name suggests, they would also play choice deep cuts from albums. As such, sometimes songs would chart that were not necessarily singles. In an interesting give-and-take, sometimes record companies would produce promo singles for the AOR stations to help push a song that wasn't a single (e.g. George Harrison's Devil's Radio) or a song that had unexpectedly become popular on AOR stations was then the next single (e.g. Tom Petty's Free Fallin'). The chart is based on radio airplay only.

    Several songs that has no single in any form (promo or otherwise) charted on the Hot Album Rock Tracks chart. These include several songs from Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever album (which already had five singles pulled from it); Heading For The Light from the Traveling Wilburys which was a European single but had no single presence in the US; Tom Petty's Feel A Whole Lot Better; and several others. As a result, some unexpected songs often charted.

    The chart actually changed names over time. It started out as the "Top Tracks" chart and was always paired with the "Rock Albums" chart, with the obvious implication that it was the top rock tracks. In 1984, it was changed to "Top Rock Tracks" and was no longer paired with the album chart. In 1986, it was again changed to the "Album Rock Tracks" (dropping the "hot" part). Finally, in 1996, it was again changed to the "Mainstream Rock Tracks" chart.

    A note about the chart runs shown below. These are lifted from the current Billboard website which currently only lists the Top 30 songs. The actual chart was larger, being the Top 50. For each entry on the Billboard website, they give the total weeks on the chart and the previous week. As such, sometimes the position of a song prior to entering the Top 30 is given. With the total weeks on the chart available, it is assumed (probably often incorrectly) that the first known actual position is the full chart entry date, so any unknown positions are attached to the end of the run to fill out the total weeks on the chart. Any assistance in filling in the gaps is appreciated. Google features many of the Billboard magazines online; unfortunately they are missing most of the issues between 1986 and 1992, when Jeff's non-ELO career was most prolific.

    Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (Top 50)
    Week
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
    Dave Edmunds
    Something About You
    Chart Entry Date: September 15, 1984
    ?
    30
    25
    19
    16
    (October 13, 1984)
    34
    49
    George Harrison
    Got My Mind Set On You
    Chart Entry Date: October 24, 1987
    17
    8
    6
    4
    (November 14, 1987)
    4
    (November 21, 1987)
    6
    4
    (December 5, 1987)
    20
    33
    46
    ?
    George Harrison
    Devil's Radio
    Chart Entry Date: November 14, 1987
    ?
    40
    25
    12
    5
    5
    4
    (December 26, 1987)
    4
    (January 2, 1988)
    4
    (January 9, 1988)
    10
    19
    29
    38
    George Harrison
    When We Was Fab
    Chart Entry Date: November 14, 1987
    46
    37
    36
    35
    30
    22
    13
    13
    11
    4
    4
    3
    2
    (February 6, 1988)
    7
    12
    22
    36
    ?
    George Harrison
    Cloud 9
    Chart Entry Date: February 20, 1988
    32
    23
    14
    11
    9
    (March 12, 1988)
    11
    14
    27
    ?
    ?
    George Harrison
    This Is Love
    Chart Entry Date: April 16, 1988
    36
    25
    24
    17
    (May 7, 1988)
    17
    (May 14, 1988)
    19
    32
    Randy Newman
    It's Money That Matters
    Chart Entry Date: October 1, 1988
    39
    21
    11
    3
    3
    4
    1
    (November 12, 1988)
    1
    (November 19, 1988)
    3
    7
    19
    35
    Traveling Wilburys
    Handle With Care
    Chart Entry Date: October 22, 1988
    15
    7
    5
    5
    2
    (November 19, 1988)
    2
    (November 26, 1988)
    3
    8
    29
    39
    39
    38
    Traveling Wilburys
    Last Night
    Chart Entry Date: November 19, 1988
    40
    38
    29
    24
    19
    11
    11
    13
    5
    (January 14, 1989)
    5
    (January 21, 1989)
    5
    (January 28, 1989)
    12
    30
    35
    ?
    Roy Orbison
    You Got It
    Chart Entry Date: January 21, 1989
    29
    9
    4
    3
    2
    (February 18, 1989)
    2
    (February 25, 1989)
    5
    6
    14
    22
    31
    ?
    ?
    Traveling Wilburys
    End Of The Line
    Chart Entry Date: February 4, 1989
    19
    9
    6
    3
    2
    (March 4, 1989)
    2
    (March 11, 1989)
    2
    (March 11=8, 1989)
    3
    11
    23
    34
    ?
    Traveling Wilburys
    Heading For The Light
    Chart Entry Date: April 8, 1989
    44
    24
    14
    7
    (April 29, 1989)
    7
    (May 6, 1989)
    7
    (May 13, 1989)
    14
    26
    Tom Petty
    I Won't Back Down
    Chart Entry Date: April 15, 1989
    5
    1
    (April 22, 1989)
    1
    (April 29, 1989)
    1
    (May 6, 1989)
    1
    (May 13, 1989)
    1
    (May 20, 1989)
    4
    7
    14
    18
    25
    27
    ?
    ?
    Tom Petty
    Feel A Whole Lot Better
    Chart Entry Date: May 6, 1989
    34
    24
    18
    (May 20, 1989)
    23
    34
    34
    ?
    Tom Petty
    Runnin' Down A Dream
    Chart Entry Date: May 6, 1989
    26
    15
    11
    8
    6
    4
    3
    1
    (June 24, 1989)
    2
    3
    5
    9
    14
    19
    25
    29
    32
    38
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    Tom Petty
    Free Fallin'
    Chart Entry Date: May 6, 1989
    36
    39
    ?
    ?
    46
    41
    32
    25
    13
    6
    4
    4
    3
    1
    (August 5, 1989)
    2
    4
    6
    11
    18
    24
    28
    39
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    -
    41
    32
    37
    37
    35
    ?
    ?
    George Harrison
    Cheer Down
    Chart Entry Date: August 5, 1989
    27
    17
    9
    7
    (August 26, 1989)
    7
    (September 2, 1989)
    9
    17
    ?
    Tom Petty
    Love Is A Long Road
    Chart Entry Date: September 23, 1989
    43
    28
    17
    14
    8
    7
    (October 28, 1989)
    7
    (November 4, 1989)
    9
    9
    13
    15
    19
    24
    27
    31
    31
    35
    ?
    ?
    ?
    Tom Petty
    A Face In The Crowd
    Chart Entry Date: January 27, 1990
    43
    25
    13
    10
    43
    8
    6
    5
    (March 10, 1990)
    5
    (March 17, 1990)
    6
    10
    17
    22
    31
    ?
    ?
    Tom Petty
    Yer So Bad
    Chart Entry Date: April 21, 1990
    49
    23
    16
    9
    7
    5
    (May 26, 1990)
    6
    5
    (June 9, 1990)
    11
    20
    24
    37
    ?
    Jeff Lynne
    Every Little Thing
    Chart Entry Date: June 2, 1990
    30
    23
    16
    13
    9
    (June 30, 1990)
    9
    (July 7, 1990)
    9
    (July 14, 1990)
    14
    24
    ?
    The Jeff Healey Band
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps
    Chart Entry Date: August 11, 1990
    41
    32
    18
    16
    15
    11
    9
    7
    (September 29, 1990)
    11
    18
    21
    23
    33
    37
    ?
    ?
    ?
    Traveling Wilburys
    She's My Baby
    Chart Entry Date: October 27, 1990
    6
    2
    (November 3, 1990)
    2
    (November 10, 1990)
    2
    (November 17, 1990)
    3
    3
    4
    12
    20
    20
    28
    27
    ?
    Traveling Wilburys
    Inside Out
    Chart Entry Date: December 22, 1990
    40
    40
    26
    26
    19
    16
    (January 26, 1991)
    16
    (February 2, 1991)
    16
    (February 9, 1991)
    17
    34
    ?
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Learning To Fly
    Chart Entry Date: June 22, 1991
    3
    1
    (June 29, 1991)
    1
    (July 6, 1991)
    1
    (July 13, 1991)
    1
    (July 20, 1991)
    1
    (July 27, 1991)
    1
    (August 3, 1991)
    3
    7
    7
    19
    35
    38
    37
    ?
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Out In The Cold
    Chart Entry Date: July 13, 1991
    44
    31
    20
    10
    7
    4
    3
    3
    1
    (September 7, 1991)
    1
    (September 14, 1991)
    2
    3
    8
    11
    17
    21
    30
    40
    47
    15 (?)
    16 (?)
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Into The Great Wide Open
    Chart Entry Date: September 14, 1991
    48
    29
    25
    14
    9
    6
    4
    (October 26, 1991)
    4
    (November 2, 1991)
    4
    (November 9, 1991)
    6
    7
    8
    8
    12
    12
    18
    18
    20
    25
    32
    39
    ?
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    King's Highway
    Chart Entry Date: December 21, 1991
    25
    13
    9
    8
    4
    (January 25, 1992)
    4
    (February 1, 1992)
    4
    (February 8, 1992)
    5
    5
    11
    13
    18
    29
    40
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Makin' Some Noise
    Chart Entry Date: March 21, 1992
    42
    45
    36
    40
    36
    30
    (April 25, 1992)
    ?
    The Beatles
    Free As A Bird
    Chart Entry Date: December 9, 1995
    30
    (December 9, 1995)
    20
    24
    30
    36
    36
    Paul McCartney
    The World Tonight
    Chart Entry Date: May 24, 1997
    34
    37
    36
    33
    30
    24
    25
    23
    (July 12, 1997)
    25
    30
    35
    40
    Tom Petty
    Saving Grace
    Chart Entry Date: July 8, 2006
    35
    34
    35
    31
    30
    26
    (August 12, 2006)
    32
    29
    31
    30
    30
    30
    34
    34
    34
    34
    37
    38
    38
    39

    By the 1980s, Billboard was publishing a wide variety of charts for many different genres and industries in the music business. As stated, most prominent was their Hot 100 chart, which reflected the overall popularity for all current music regardless of genre. In addition, several sub-category charts were published, usually for a specialty marketplace. These other charts include:

    • Hot Album/Mainstream Rock - Primarily rock tracks for AOR stations; compiled based on airplay only.
    • Adult Contemporary - Light ballad-oriented pop music; compiled based on airplay only.
    • Hot Country Songs - Country & Western music.
    • Hot Modern Rock Tracks - Modern/Alternative rock tracks; compiled based on airplay only.
    • Hot 100 Airplay - Top radio airplay songs based upon a national sample of select radio stations.
    • Hot 100 Singles Sales - Top selling singles based upon a national sample of select retail stores.
    • Hot Adult Top 40 - Non-adolescent oriented pop music; mainly rock and not to be confused with adult contemporary; compiled based on statistical impressions only.
    • Hot Mainstream Top 40 - Top pop songs based upon statistical impressions.
    • Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales - Top selling singles for the dance music market.
    • Hot Single Recurrents - Older pop singles that are popular again.
    • Hot Digital Singles - Top selling digital download singles.
    • Hot Digital Tracks - Top selling digital download songs.
    • Hot Digital Songs - Popular music digital downloads; compiled based on sales only.
    • Rock Digital Song Sales - TBD

    When examining these specialized charts, several Jeff-related singles have hit #1. These include:

    • It's Money That Matters by Randy Newman on the Hot Album/Mainstream Rock chart
    • I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty on the Hot Album/Mainstream Rock chart
    • Runnin' Down A Dream by Tom Petty on the Hot Album/Mainstream Rock chart
    • Free Fallin' by Tom Petty on the Hot Album/Mainstream Rock and Hot Singles Recurrents charts
    • Learning To Fly by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on the Hot Album/Mainstream Rock chart
    • Out In The Cold by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on the Hot Album/Mainstream Rock chart
    • Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart
    • You Got It by Roy Orbison on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart

    Below is a listing of each chart time and the known runs for all songs on each chart. All these charts only show songs that charted.

    * * * * *
    The Hot Adult Contemporary chart was the Top 50 singles for most of its existence, but some time in the early 1990s, it dropped to the Top 40 singles.
    Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary (Top 50/40)
    Week
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
    George Harrison
    Got My Mind Set On You
    Chart Entry Date: October 31, 1987
    38
    28
    16
    12
    9
    4
    3
    1
    (December 19, 1987)
    1
    (December 26, 1987)
    1
    (January 2, 1988)
    1
    (January 9, 1988)
    3
    8
    9
    11
    14
    16
    28
    ?
    ?
    George Harrison
    When We Was Fab
    Chart Entry Date: February 13, 1988
    41
    31
    21
    20
    18
    14
    10
    (March 26, 1988)
    11
    19
    27
    ?
    ?
    ?
    George Harrison
    This Is Love
    Chart Entry Date: May 7, 1988
    42
    29
    28
    25
    20
    (June 4, 1988)
    22
    ?
    ?
    Traveling Wilburys
    Handle With Care
    Chart Entry Date: November 11, 1988
    36
    34
    30
    (November 26, 1988)
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    Roy Orbison
    You Got It
    Chart Entry Date: January 28, 1989
    30
    22
    19
    12
    6
    3
    2
    2
    1
    (March 25, 1989)
    1
    (April 1, 1989)
    3
    7
    8
    9
    10
    16
    19
    29
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    Traveling Wilburys
    End Of The Line
    Chart Entry Date: March 18, 1989
    33
    31
    28
    (April 1, 1989)
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    Roy Orbison
    California Blue
    Chart Entry Date: [UNCERTAIN], 1989
    44
    ([UNCERTAIN], 1989)
    Tom Petty
    Free Fallin'
    Chart Entry Date: December 16, 1989
    36
    32
    28
    28
    25
    21
    20
    17
    (February 3, 1990)
    24
    26
    ?
    ?
    ?
    ?
    The Beatles
    Free As A Bird
    Chart Entry Date: December 9, 1995
    17
    (December 9, 1995)
    24
    22
    23
    26
    27
    29
    36
    George Harrison
    Stuck Inside A Cloud
    Chart Entry Date: February 15, 2003
    29
    28
    27
    (March 1, 2003)
    29
    * * * * *
    The two Jeff produced Roy Orbison singles from the Mystery Girl album are the only forays for Jeff Lynne into the Billboard country music charts. Although these songs are clearly not country songs, this does make some sense as many of the early rock 'n' rollers such as Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins has been making appearances in the country charts from time to time. With Roy's passing, he was getting a lot of attention and radio airplay from country fans who enjoyed these early rock stars.
    Billboard Hot Country Songs (Top 75)
    Week
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
    Roy Orbison
    You Got It
    Chart Entry Date: February 4, 1989
    72
    55
    42
    39
    34
    27
    21
    18
    16
    10
    7
    (April 15, 1989)
    7
    (April 22, 1989)
    15
    29
    41
    52
    64
    ?
    ?
    ?
    Roy Orbison
    California Blue
    Chart Entry Date: June 24, 1989
    92
    82
    72
    68
    56
    52
    51
    (August 5, 1989)
    62
    74
    ?
    ?
    ?
    * * * * *
    The Modern Rock Tracks chart is a sister chart to the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. While the former focused purely on rock 'n' roll music, the Modern Rock Tracks chart was geared more toward alternative rock music (such as electronic, punk, indie, emo, etc.). It started in 1988, and in 2009 changed to the "Alternative Songs" chart.

    As seen below, Jeff only had a brief showing in these charts with I Won't Back Down. It's perhaps understandable that this could happen as I Won't Back Down has a thumping bass and slow burn feel that can easily fit into the so-called modern rock genre.

    Billboard Modern Rock Tracks (Top 30)
    Week
    1 2
    Tom Petty
    I Won't Back Down
    Chart Entry Date: May 13, 1989
    29
    (May 13, 1989)
    30
    * * * * *
    The Hot 100 Airplay chart incorporates only songs that are based upon radio airplay only. It's perhaps surprising that Jeff's music hasn't has as big of a showing in this chart. This discrepancy is likely a result of incomplete information obtained from the Billboard website as their database was incomplete when last reviewed. Until more issues of Billboard become available, this remains uncertain. At the time the songs shown charted, the scale was only the top 75 songs. The chart was eventually changed to the Top 100. It has now been discontinued, instead by replaced by the Mainstream Top 40 Tracks chart.
    Billboard Hot 100 Airplay (Top 75)
    Week
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Learning To Fly
    Chart Entry Date: August 17, 1991
    70
    69
    63
    (August 31, 1991)
    64
    71
    The Beatles
    Free As A Bird
    Chart Entry Date: December 9, 1995
    22
    (December 9, 1995)
    24
    25
    24
    40
    36
    40
    39
    * * * * *
    The Hot 100 Singles Sales chart incorporates only sales of singles, as sampled from select retailers. It's perhaps surprising that Jeff's music hasn't has as big of a showing in this chart. This discrepancy is likely a result of incomplete information obtained from the Billboard website as their database was incomplete when last reviewed. Until more issues of Billboard become available, this remains uncertain. At the time the songs shown charted, the scale was only the top 75 songs. The chart has since changed to the Top 100.
    Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales (Top 75)
    Week
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
    Roy Orbison
    I Drove All Night
    Chart Entry Date: June 20, 1992
    74
    (June 20, 1992)
    The Beatles
    Free As A Bird
    Chart Entry Date: December 30, 1995
    5
    (December 30, 1995)
    5
    (January 6, 1996)
    7
    9
    29
    35
    42
    53
    72
    62
    65
    74
    56
    The Beatles
    Real Love
    Chart Entry Date: June 20, 1996
    5
    (June 20, 1996)
    9
    13
    25
    34
    47
    56
    Paul McCartney
    The World Tonight
    Chart Entry Date: May 24, 1997
    52
    (May 24, 1997)
    63
    62
    74
    * * * * *
    The Adult Top 40 chart is geared toward the desireable 25 to 34 year old demographic, which some radio stations play to. The music is general pop music, but avoids adolescent pop, hard rock and adult contemporary. The chart started in 1995, which is why Jeff has had little showing in the chart. The positions are calculated based upon statistical impressions, which is a measure of sales, airplay, streaming, etc.
    Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks
    Week
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    The Beatles
    Free As A Bird
    Chart Entry Date: December 9, 1995
    22
    (December 9, 1995)
    24
    25
    24
    40
    36
    40
    39
    * * * * *
    The Mainstream Top 40 chart is similar to the Adult Top 40, but instead uses airplay only and features general pop music. The chart started in the early 1990s, which is why Jeff has had little showing in the chart.
    Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Tracks
    Week
    1 2 3 4 5
    The Beatles
    Free As A Bird
    Chart Entry Date: December 23, 1995
    40
    36
    (December 30, 1995)
    38
    37
    40
    * * * * *
    This is a curious entry for Jeff Lynne related music as he is usually not associated with dance music. However, an understanding of the chart makes its entry clear. Billboard featured a "Hot Dance Music" section in their publication which grouped several related topics, including club play and the sales of maxi-singles. Maxi-singles were typically used for dance clubs, notably where 12" singles were played. However, by the 1990s vinyl as a format was fading and compact discs were taking over so most clubs played CDs instead. The two CD singles by The Beatles featured four tracks instead of the usual two only as found in a 7" vinyl single. By the definition of the day, a CD single containing more than two tracks was a maxi-single. Thus, the sales of these singles counted toward the maxi-singles sales chart (as well as the Hot 100 and other charts that used sales as a metric). It's not likely that these CD singles were getting much play in dance clubs, but they sold enough to make the Maxi-Singles Sales chart.
    Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Top 50)
    Week
    1 2 3
    The Beatles
    Free As A Bird
    Chart Entry Date: December 30, 1995
    2
    (December 30, 1995)
    3
    21
    The Beatles
    Real Love
    Chart Entry Date: March 23, 1996
    4
    (March 23, 1996)
    23
    22
    * * * * *
    By the mid-2000s, Billboard created the recurrents chart to measure older, non-rereleased singles that have a surge in popularity. Singles of this type used to be part of the Hot 100, but the publication changed their policy to keep the Hot 100 current. Thus,

    The charted songs include the Traveling Wilburys songs, Handle With Care and End Of The Line due to the promotion from the Rhino Records rereleases of the albums. And the Tom Petty songs, Free Fallin' and I Won't Back Down, charted because they were played by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers during the Super Bowl XLII halftime show. Note: At the Super Bowl that year, the band also performed Runnin' Down A Dream, but the song did not have the same resurgent success as the others.

    The actual scale of this chart at the time the songs charted is uncertain.

    Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents (Top ?)
    Week
    1 2
    Traveling Wilburys
    Handle With Care
    Chart Entry Date: June 30, 2007
    21
    (June 30, 2007)
    Traveling Wilburys
    End Of The Line
    Chart Entry Date: June 30, 2007
    19
    (June 30, 2007)
    Tom Petty
    I Won't Back Down
    Chart Entry Date: February 23, 2008
    24
    (February 23, 2008)
    Tom Petty
    Free Fallin'
    Chart Entry Date: February 23, 2008
    1
    (February 23, 2008)
    23
    * * * * *
    Started in the mid-2000s, the Hot Digital Singles chart simply measures the sales of digital singles. Recall that a "single" by this definition is a specific single that has been issued, so this implies that End Of The Line was issued as a digital single. Its status as a reissue single remains unclear.
    Billboard Hot Digital Singles (Top 75)
    Week
    1
    Traveling Wilburys
    Handle With Care
    Chart Entry Date: June 30, 2007
    71
    (June 30, 2007)
    Traveling Wilburys
    End Of The Line
    Chart Entry Date: June 30, 2007
    67
    (June 30, 2007)
    * * * * *
    Started in the mid-2000s, the Hot Digital Tracks chart simply measures the sales of digital tracks, which may be a single or a selection taken from an album. These songs had a resurgence in 2008 thanks to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers playing them during the Super Bowl XLII halftime show.
    Billboard Hot Digital Tracks (Top 75)
    Week
    1 2
    Tom Petty
    I Won't Back Down
    Chart Entry Date: February 23, 2008
    34
    (February 23, 2008)
    Tom Petty
    Free Fallin'
    Chart Entry Date: February 23, 2008
    9
    (February 23, 2008)
    37
    * * * * *
    Started in the mid-2000s, the Hot Digital Songs chart simply measures the sales of digital songs, and recall that a song is a specific song (not a track) and all its variations (radio edits, dance mixes, alternate versions, etc). Again, these songs had a resurgence in 2008 thanks to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers playing them during the Super Bowl XLII halftime show.
    Billboard Hot Digital Songs (Top 75)
    Week
    1 2
    Traveling Wilburys
    Handle With Care
    Chart Entry Date: June 30, 2007
    71
    (June 30, 2007)
    Traveling Wilburys
    End Of The Line
    Chart Entry Date: June 30, 2007
    67
    (June 30, 2007)
    Tom Petty
    I Won't Back Down
    Chart Entry Date: February 23, 2008
    39
    (February 23, 2008)
    Tom Petty
    Free Fallin'
    Chart Entry Date: February 23, 2008
    10
    (February 23, 2008)
    43
    * * * * *
    Started in the 2010's, this chart measure the weekly sales of digital songs of a rock nature. The listing here only shows the Top 25 as that is all that is currently available on the Billboard site.
    Billboard Rock Digital Song Sales (Top 50)
    Week
    1 2 3 4 5
    Tom Petty
    Free Fallin'
    Chart Entry Date: October 21, 2017
    3
    (October 21, 2017)
    5
    11
    19
    ?
    Tom Petty
    I Won't Back Down
    Chart Entry Date: October 21, 2017
    5
    4
    (October 28, 2017)
    6
    12
    Tom Petty
    Learning To Fly
    Chart Entry Date: October 21, 2017
    7
    6
    (October 28, 2017)
    23
    Tom Petty
    Runnin' Down A Dream
    Chart Entry Date: October 21, 2017
    10
    (October 21, 2017)
    14
    Tom Petty
    Into The Great Wide Open
    Chart Entry Date: October 21, 2017
    23
    (October 21, 2017)
    Traveling Wilburys
    End Of The Line
    Chart Entry Date: October 21, 2017
    20
    (October 21, 2017)

    Another music industry magazine is the Cash Box magazine. The publication originally was oriented toward jukebox vendors (thus the name), but over time they did change their chart statistics to incorporate other criteria such as airplay and sales. The magazine was on par with Billboard as far as popularity into the 1970s, but by the 1980s, Billboard soon became the leader. The magazine struggled for a while and finally ceased publication in 1996.

    Cash Box published their Cash Box Top 100 chart (starting in 1958), similar to the Billboard Hot 100. It is interesting that most songs charted quite similarly compared between the two charts. Got My Mind Set On You is the only #1 song on this chart and Free Fallin' did about the same (#6 for Cash Box and #7 for Billboard). Differently You Got It did not chart as well (#16 for Cash Box and #9 for Billboard).

    There is some strangeness around the chart information for A Face In The Crowd. It appears the Cash Box may have made an error in their chart. They show the first song entering the chart on February 24, 1990 at #76, the following week (March 3) at the same position, then they mysteriously show it the following week (March 10) as first entering the chart at #76 again. The remaining weeks it charts normally but the "number of weeks on the chart" ignore those first two weeks. The reason for this is unknown.

    Cash Box Top 100
    Week
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
    The Move
    Do Ya
    Chart Entry Date: November 4, 1972
    97
    (November 4, 1972)
    Dave Edmunds
    Slipping Away
    Chart Entry Date: May 21, 1983
    89
    81
    71
    65
    58
    52
    46
    42
    38
    35
    32
    (July 30, 1983)
    47
    55
    62
    93
    George Harrison
    Got My Mind Set On You
    Chart Entry Date: October 24, 1987
    73
    62
    46
    34
    27
    22
    16
    11
    8
    3
    Chart not published
    Chart not published
    1
    (January 16, 1988)
    4
    5
    9
    17
    28
    32
    44
    50
    67
    87
    97
    George Harrison
    When We Was Fab
    Chart Entry Date: February 6, 1988
    82
    69
    59
    52
    43
    39
    36
    (March 19, 1988)
    36
    (March 26, 1988)
    52
    57
    90
    97
    Traveling Wilburys
    Handle With Care
    Chart Entry Date: October 22, 1988
    80
    70
    55
    51
    48
    45
    42
    39
    (December 10, 1988)
    40
    42
    55
    Chart not published
    Chart not published
    66
    91
    Randy Newman
    It's Money That Matters
    Chart Entry Date: November 5, 1988
    81
    69
    63
    58
    55
    52
    (December 10, 1988)
    56
    68
    86
    Chart not published
    Chart not published
    Traveling Wilburys
    End Of The Line
    Chart Entry Date: February 4, 1989
    78
    71
    62
    56
    53
    (March 4, 1989)
    81
    88
    97
    Roy Orbison
    You Got It
    Chart Entry Date: January 21, 1989
    87
    81
    59
    47
    41
    36
    29
    27
    24
    20
    18
    16
    (April 8, 1989)
    16
    (April 15, 1989)
    23
    36
    56
    61
    77
    89
    95
    100
    Tom Petty
    I Won't Back Down
    Chart Entry Date: April 29, 1989
    75
    60
    54
    48
    43
    37
    29
    25
    16
    14
    11
    (July 8, 1989)
    11
    (July 15, 1989)
    24
    34
    41
    56
    73
    86
    98
    Tom Petty
    Runnin' Down A Dream
    Chart Entry Date: August 12, 1989
    85
    67
    48
    39
    34
    30
    24
    22
    (September 30, 1989)
    22
    (October 7, 1989)
    36
    43
    55
    69
    80
    79
    90
    97
    Tom Petty
    Free Fallin'
    Chart Entry Date: November 4, 1989
    79
    58
    53
    44
    40
    35
    30
    23
    19
    Chart not published
    Chart not published
    15
    8
    7
    6
    (February 10, 1990)
    17
    25
    38
    46
    52
    86
    94
    Tom Petty
    A Face In The Crowd
    Chart Entry Date: February 24, 1990
    76
    76
    76
    69
    54
    42
    (March 31, 1990)
    42
    (April 7, 1990)
    73
    86
    94
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Learning To Fly
    Chart Entry Date: June 22, 1991
    90
    74
    67
    59
    53
    48
    43
    40
    39
    37
    35
    36
    (September 7, 1991)
    42
    52
    62
    75
    94
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Into The Great Wide Open
    Chart Entry Date: November 16, 1991
    88
    81
    75
    69
    68
    (December 14, 1991)
    70
    84
    Chart not published
    Chart not published
    92
    96
    The Beatles
    Free As A Bird
    Chart Entry Date: December 23, 1995
    39
    38
    Chart not published
    Chart not published
    38
    37
    (January 27, 1996)
    45
    64
    77
    90
    100
    100
    100
    The Beatles
    Real Love
    Chart Entry Date: March 30, 1996
    10
    (March 30, 1996)
    23
    21
    21
    58
    67
    77


    This page is intended to be a complete record of Jeff Lynne's non-Electric Light Orchestra's USA single releases. If you notice any errors or omissions, please contact me at jefflynnesongs@gmail.com and let me know. I strive for accuracy.

    Robert Porter
    September 2024