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.
Variable 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.
Many 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:
- Chinatown by The Move - The song was originally to be issued by MGM, however, it was quickly cancelled and issued by United Artists instead. A somewhat common promo issue MGM single exists, but the stock copy is extremely rare.
- Tonight by The Move - First issued by Capitol in 1971, it was not a hit. Probably due to the unexpected success of Do Ya in 1972, United Artists attempted to make it a hit by rereleasing it in early 1973.
- I Drove All Night by Roy Orbison - The song was released and heavily promoted in 1992 by MCA as a song off of the White Knuckle Scorin' various artists album. Despite the fact that the song was strong with music critics, it failed to be a hit. When it was used in late 1993 on the King Of Hearts album, the song was rereleased on a promo only to hopefully cash in on all the prior promotion and sell the album.
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
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 Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree by Idle Race 1967 September Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree
Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree My Father's Son 7" single -- Liberty 55997 (stock issue) 7" single -- Liberty 55997 (promo issue)
(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.
* Show/Hide release information for Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree and My Father's Son... Brontosaurus by The Move 1970 June
(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.
* Show/Hide release information for Brontosaurus... Tonight by The Move 1971 July 5 Tonight
Tonight Don't Mess Me Up 7" single -- Capitol 3126 (stock issue) 7" single -- Capitol 3126 (promo issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Tonight and Don't Mess Me Up... Chinatown by The Move 1971 November 12
MGM single
1971 December 8
United Artists single
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Chinatown and Down On The Bay... California Man by The Move 1972 June 23
(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.
* Show/Hide release information for California Man and Do Ya... Tonight by The Move 1973 February 14
(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.
* Show/Hide release information for Tonight and My Marge... Cry Baby Cry by Del Shannon 1975 Cry Baby Cry
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)
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Cry Baby Cry... Doin' That Crazy Thing by Jeff Lynne 1977 July
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Doin' That Crazy Thing and Goin' Down To Rio... Slipping Away by Dave Edmunds 1983 April Slipping Away
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)
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Slipping Away... Information by Dave Edmunds 1983 July
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Information... Video! by Jeff Lynne 1984 August Video!
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)
(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 * Show/Hide release information for Video!... Something About You by Dave Edmunds 1984 September
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Something About You... Breaking Out by Dave Edmunds 1984 November Breaking Out
Breaking Out Breaking Out 12" single -- Columbia AS 1982 (promo issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Breaking Out... The Story Of Me by The Everly Brothers 1984 November The Story Of Me
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)
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for The Story Of Me... Spies by Duane Eddy 1987 May Spies
Spies Rockabilly Holiday 7" single -- Capitol B-44018 (stock issue) Spies (Espionoise Mix) Spies
Rockabilly Holiday12" single -- Capitol V-15307 (standard issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Rockabilly Holiday... Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison 1987 October 3
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Got My Mind Set On You... Devil's Radio by George Harrison 1987 November Devil's Radio
Devil's Radio Devil's Radio 12" single -- Dark Horse Records PRO-A-2889 (promo issue)
(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.
* Show/Hide release information for Devil's Radio... When We Was Fab by George Harrison 1988 January 25
(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.* Show/Hide release information for When We Was Fab and Zig Zag... Cloud 9 by George Harrison 1988 February Cloud 9
Cloud 9 CD single -- Dark Horse Records PRO-CD-2924 (promo issue)
(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
* Show/Hide release information for Cloud 9... This Is Love by George Harrison 1988 May 12
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for This Is Love... Falling In Love by Randy Newman 1988 September
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Falling In Love... Handle With Care by Traveling Wilburys 1988 October 17
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Handle With Care and Margarita... Last Night by Traveling Wilburys 1988 November Last Night
Last Night 5" CD single -- Wilbury Records PRO-CD-3337 (promo issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Last Night... It's Money That Matters by Randy Newman 1988 November
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for It's Money That Matters... End Of The Line by Traveling Wilburys 1989 January 23
(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.* Show/Hide release information for End Of The Line and Congratulations... You Got It by Roy Orbison 1989 January
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for You Got It... I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty 1989 May
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for I Won't Back Down and The Apartment Song... Runnin' Down A Dream by Tom Petty 1989 July 18
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Runnin' Down A Dream and Alright For Now... Cheer Down by George Harrison 1989 August 24
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Cheer Down and That's What It Takes... California Blue by Roy Orbison 1989 September
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for California Blue... Free Fallin' by Tom Petty 1989 December
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Free Fallin'... A Face In The Crowd by Tom Petty 1990 February
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for A Face In The Crowd and A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own... Yer So Bad by Tom Petty 1990 April
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Yer So Bad and Love Is A Long Road... Every Little Thing by Jeff Lynne 1990 June Every Little Thing
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)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Every Little Thing and I'm Gone... What Would It Take by Jeff Lynne 1990 June What Would It Take
What Would It Take CD single -- Reprise Records PRO-CD-4386 (promo issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for What Would It Take... While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Jeff Healey Band 1990 August While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Edit)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps CD single -- Arista ARCD-2065 (promo issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for While My Guitar Gently Weeps... Lift Me Up by Jeff Lynne 1990 September Lift Me Up
Lift Me Up CD single -- Reprise Records PRO-CD-4091 (promo issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Lift Me Up... She's My Baby by Traveling Wilburys 1990 October She's My Baby
She's My Baby CD single -- Wilbury Records PRO-CD-4518 (promo issue)
(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
* Show/Hide release information for She's My Baby... Inside Out by Traveling Wilburys 1990 December Inside Out
Inside Out CD single -- Wilbury Records PRO-CD-4652 (promo issue)
(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
* Show/Hide release information for Inside Out... Wilbury Twist by Traveling Wilburys 1991 February Wilbury Twist
Wilbury Twist New Blue Moon (Instrumental) Cassette single -- Wilbury Records 4-19443 Wilbury Twist CD single -- Wilbury Records PRO-CD-4642 (promo issue)
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Wilbury Twist and New Blue Moon (Instrumental)... Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard 1991 March 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)
* Show/Hide release information for Good Golly Miss Molly... Learning To Fly by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 1991 June Learning To Fly
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)
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Learning To Fly and Too Good To Be True... Out In The Cold by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 1991 July Out In The Cold
Out In The Cold CD single -- MCA CD45-1627 (promo issue)
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Out In The Cold... Walk Away by Del Shannon 1991 Septembr Walk Away
Walk Away CD single -- MCA CD45-1453 (promo issue)
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Walk Away... Into The Great Wide Open by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 1991 September
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Into The Great Wide Open and Makin' Some Noise... King's Highway by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 1991 December King's Highway
King's Highway CD single -- MCA CD45-2067 (promo issue)
(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
* Show/Hide release information for King's Highway... Weight Of The World by Ringo Starr 1992 April 28
(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.
* Show/Hide release information for After All These Years and Don't Be Cruel... I Drove All Night by Roy Orbison 1992 May
(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.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.
Jeff's Role(s)
- guitar (A-side)
- bass (A-side)
- drums (A-side)
- keyboards (A-side)
- production (A-side)
* Show/Hide release information for I Drove All Night... Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go by Ringo Starr 1992 September Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go
Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go CD single -- Private Music PDJ 81007-2 (promo issue)
(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
* Show/Hide release information for Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go... Heartbreak Radio by Roy Orbison 1992 November Heartbreak Radio
Heartbreak Radio CD single -- Virgin DPRO-12731 (promo issue)
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Heartbreak Radio... Laughing Wild by Julianna Raye 1992 Laughing Wild (Edit)
Laughing Wild (Edit)
Laughing WildCD single -- Reprise Records PRO-CD-6380 (promo issue)
(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
* Show/Hide release information for Laughing Wild... Night Calls by Joe Cocker 1993 February 23 Night Calls
Night Calls Out Of The Rain Cassette single -- Capitol 0 7777-44770-4 Night Calls CD single -- Capitol DPRO-79584 (promo issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Night Calls... I Drove All Night by Roy Orbison 1993 November I Drove All Night
I Drove All Night
CD single -- Virgin DPRO-12744 (promo issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for I Drove All Night... I'll Get You Back by Julianna Raye 1994 June I'll Get You Back
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)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for I'll Get You Back and My Tribe... Free As A Bird by The Beatles 1995 December 12
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Free As A Bird... Real Love by The Beatles 1996 March 4
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Real Love... The World Tonight by Paul McCartney 1997 May 6
(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.* Show/Hide release information for The World Tonight and Looking For You... Stuck Inside A Cloud by George Harrison 2003 February Stuck Inside A Cloud
Stuck Inside A Cloud CD single -- Dark Horse/Capitol DPRO-17572 (promo issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Stuck Inside A Cloud... Saving Grace by Tom Petty 2006 July 4
(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.
* Show/Hide release information for Saving Grace and Big Weekend... Flirting With Time by Tom Petty 2006 December 4 Flirting With Time
Flirting With Time CD single -- American Recordings PRO-CD-101888 (promo issue) iTunes digital single -- American Recordings ISRC USWB10603021
(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
* Show/Hide release information for Flirting With Time... Laughing With by Regina Spektor 2009 May 19 Laughing With
Laughing With
Blue Lipsdigital single -- Sire ISRC USWB10901741
(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
* Show/Hide release information for Blue Lips... Analog Man by Joe Walsh 2012 April 24 Analog Man
Analog Man CD single -- Fantasy PRO-FR-0503 (promo issue) iTunes digital single -- Fantasy ISRC USC4R1200757
(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
* Show/Hide release information for Analog Man... One Day At A Time by Joe Walsh 2012 September One Day At A Time
One Day At A Time CD single -- Fantasy PRO-FR-0531 (promo issue) [ISRC USC4R1200763] digital single -- Fantasy ISRC USC4R1200763
(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.* Show/Hide release information for One Day At A Time... Mercy, Mercy by Jeff Lynne 2012 October Mercy, Mercy
Mercy, Mercy digital single -- Frontiers Records ISRC USMB51200025
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Mercy, Mercy... You Belong To Me by Bryan Adams 2015 August 10 You Belong To Me
You Belong To Me digital single -- Universal Music Enterprises ISRC GBUM71504371
(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.* Show/Hide release information for You Belong To Me... Brand New Day by Bryan Adams 2015 September 11 Brand New Day
Brand New Day digital single -- Universal Music Enterprises ISRC GBUM71504379
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Brand New Day... Don't Even Try by Bryan Adams 2015 October 5 Don't Even Try
Don't Even Try digital single -- Universal Music Enterprises ISRC GBUM71504375
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Don't Even Try... Now And Then by The Beatles 2023 November 3
(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.
* Show/Hide release information for Now And Then...
Issue Date Singles Comments Laughing With by Regina Spektor 2009 June 9 Laughing With
Laughing With
Folding Chair
The Call
The Noise (Live From Bull Moose)CD EP -- Sire 520291-4 (standard issue)
(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
* Show/Hide release information for Folding Chair... Four From Far by Regina Spektor 2011 April 16 Riot Gear
Riot Gear
The Sword & The PenTime Is All Around
Eet (Live In London)7" EP -- Sire 527427-4 (standard issue)
(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.* Show/Hide release information for The Sword & The Pen... Reissues
Reissues 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.
The 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
(Jeff Lynne)Running Time: 3:25
This song is an original recording for the single.
Jeff's Role(s): Everything
This 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.
* Show/Hide release information for Doin' That Crazy Thing... Got My Mind Set On You / When We Was Fab by George Harrison 1989 July 1 Got My Mind Set On You
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
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Got My Mind Set On You and When We Was Fab... Handle With Care / End Of The Line by Traveling Wilburys 1989 November Handle With Care
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
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Handle With Care and End Of The Line... Handle With Care by Traveling Wilburys 2007 May 22 Handle With Care
Handle With Care
Handle With Care (Extended Version)digital single -- Rhino ISRC GBLVT0700001/?
(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.
This single was reissued to help promote the Rhino reissue of the Traveling Wilburys albums.
Jeff's Role(s)
- guitar
- bass
- drums
- backing vocals
- co-songwriting
- co-production
* Show/Hide release information for Handle With Care and Handle With Care (Extended Version)... 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 (Extended Version) Got My Mind Set On You
Lay His Head12" single picture disc -- Universal Music ???
(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)
* Show/Hide release information for Got My Mind Set On You (Extended Version) and Got My Mind Set On You... When We Was Fab by George Harrison 2017 February 24 When We Was Fab (Unextended Version)
When We Was Fab (Unextended Version)
Zig ZagThat's The Way It Goes (Remix)
When We Was Fab (Reverse End)12" single picture disc -- Universal Music ???
(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.* Show/Hide release information for When We Was Fab, That's The Way It Goes and When We Was Fab (Reverse End)...
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
Free As A Bird Real Love 7" single -- Universal Music 0602547261700
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Free As A Bird and Real Love... Young Boy by Paul McCartney 2022 December 2 Young Boy
Young Boy Looking For You 7" single -- Capitol Records ???
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Looking For You... The World Tonight by Paul McCartney 2022 December 2 The World Tonight
The World Tonight Used To Be Bad 7" single -- Capitol Records ???
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Looking For You... Beautiful Night by Paul McCartney 2022 December 2 Beautiful Night
Beautiful Night Love Come Tumbling Down 7" single -- Capitol Records ???
(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.* Show/Hide release information for Beautiful Night... 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 chartThe Move
Brontosaurus
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartThe Move
Tonight
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartThe Move
Chinatown
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartThe Move
California Man
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartThe Move
Do Ya
Chart Entry Date: October 28, 197298 97 96 94 93
(November 25, 1972)Del Shannon
Cry Baby Cry
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartJeff Lynne
Doin' That Crazy Thing
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartDave Edmunds
Slipping Away
Chart Entry Date: May 14, 198393 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 chartJeff Lynne
Video!
Chart Entry Date: August 18, 198487 85
(August 25, 1984)91 Dave Edmunds
Breaking Out
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartThe Everly Brothers
The Story Of Me
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartDave Edmunds
Something About You
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartGeorge Harrison
Got My Mind Set On You
Chart Entry Date: October 24, 198766 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 chartGeorge Harrison
When We Was Fab
Chart Entry Date: February 6, 198863 58 44 34 31 25 24 23
(March 26, 1988)33 59 100 George Harrison
Cloud 9
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartGeorge Harrison
This Is Love
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartRandy Newman
Falling In Love
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartTraveling Wilburys
Handle With Care
Chart Entry Date: October 29, 198883 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 chartRandy Newman
It's Money That Matters
Chart Entry Date: November 5, 198885 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, 198983 69 63
(February 25, 1989)63
(March 4, 1989)66 79 78 90 95 Roy Orbison
You Got It
Chart Entry Date: January 21, 198985 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, 198975 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, 198993 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 chartRoy Orbison
California Blue
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartTom Petty
Free Fallin'
Chart Entry Date: November 4, 198972 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, 199073 66 54 46
(March 24, 1990)51 69 81 93 Tom Petty
Yer So Bad
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartJeff Lynne
Every Little Thing
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartJeff Lynne
What Would It Take
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartJeff Lynne
Lift Me Up
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartTraveling Wilburys
Inside Out
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartTraveling Wilburys
Wilbury Twist
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartLittle Richard
Good Golly Miss Molly
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartTom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Learning To Fly
Chart Entry Date: June 29, 199187 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 chartDel Shannon
Walk Away
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartTom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Into The Great Wide Open
Chart Entry Date: November 16, 199199 92
(November 23, 1991)95 95 98 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
King's Highway
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartRoy Orbison
I Drove All Night
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartJulianna Raye
Laughing Wild
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartJulianna Raye
I'll Get You Back
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartRoy Orbison
Heartbreak Radio
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartThe Beatles
Free As A Bird
Chart Entry Date: December 23, 199510 6
(January 6, 1996)15 32 57 63 77 91 98 93 99 The Beatles
Real Love
Chart Entry Date: March 23, 199611
(March 23, 1996)26 21 54 60 70 88 Paul McCartney
The World Tonight
Chart Entry Date: May 24, 199764
(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 chartTom Petty
Saving Grace
Chart Entry Date: July 22, 2006100
(July 22, 2006)Tom Petty
Flirting With Time
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartJoe Walsh
Analog Man
Chart Entry Date: Did not chartJeff 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, 198717 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, 198746 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, 198832 23 14 11 9
(March 12, 1988)11 14 27 ? ? George Harrison
This Is Love
Chart Entry Date: April 16, 198836 25 24 17
(May 7, 1988)17
(May 14, 1988)19 32 Randy Newman
It's Money That Matters
Chart Entry Date: October 1, 198839 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, 198815 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, 198840 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, 198929 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, 198919 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, 198944 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, 19895 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, 198934 24 18
(May 20, 1989)23 34 34 ? Tom Petty
Runnin' Down A Dream
Chart Entry Date: May 6, 198926 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, 198936 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, 198927 17 9 7
(August 26, 1989)7
(September 2, 1989)9 17 ? Tom Petty
Love Is A Long Road
Chart Entry Date: September 23, 198943 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, 199043 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, 199049 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, 199030 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, 199041 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, 19906 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, 199040 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, 19913 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, 199144 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, 199148 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, 199125 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, 199242 45 36 40 36 30
(April 25, 1992)? The Beatles
Free As A Bird
Chart Entry Date: December 9, 199530
(December 9, 1995)20 24 30 36 36 Paul McCartney
The World Tonight
Chart Entry Date: May 24, 199734 37 36 33 30 24 25 23
(July 12, 1997)25 30 35 40 Tom Petty
Saving Grace
Chart Entry Date: July 8, 200635 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, 198738 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, 198841 31 21 20 18 14 10
(March 26, 1988)11 19 27 ? ? ? George Harrison
This Is Love
Chart Entry Date: May 7, 198842 29 28 25 20
(June 4, 1988)22 ? ? Traveling Wilburys
Handle With Care
Chart Entry Date: November 11, 198836 34 30
(November 26, 1988)? ? ? ? ? ? ? Roy Orbison
You Got It
Chart Entry Date: January 28, 198930 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, 198933 31 28
(April 1, 1989)? ? ? ? ? ? ? Roy Orbison
California Blue
Chart Entry Date: [UNCERTAIN], 198944
([UNCERTAIN], 1989)Tom Petty
Free Fallin'
Chart Entry Date: December 16, 198936 32 28 28 25 21 20 17
(February 3, 1990)24 26 ? ? ? ? The Beatles
Free As A Bird
Chart Entry Date: December 9, 199517
(December 9, 1995)24 22 23 26 27 29 36 George Harrison
Stuck Inside A Cloud
Chart Entry Date: February 15, 200329 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, 198972 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, 198992 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, 198929
(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, 199170 69 63
(August 31, 1991)64 71 The Beatles
Free As A Bird
Chart Entry Date: December 9, 199522
(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, 199274
(June 20, 1992)The Beatles
Free As A Bird
Chart Entry Date: December 30, 19955
(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, 19965
(June 20, 1996)9 13 25 34 47 56 Paul McCartney
The World Tonight
Chart Entry Date: May 24, 199752
(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, 199522
(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, 199540 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, 19952
(December 30, 1995)3 21 The Beatles
Real Love
Chart Entry Date: March 23, 19964
(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, 200721
(June 30, 2007)Traveling Wilburys
End Of The Line
Chart Entry Date: June 30, 200719
(June 30, 2007)Tom Petty
I Won't Back Down
Chart Entry Date: February 23, 200824
(February 23, 2008)Tom Petty
Free Fallin'
Chart Entry Date: February 23, 20081
(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, 200771
(June 30, 2007)Traveling Wilburys
End Of The Line
Chart Entry Date: June 30, 200767
(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, 200834
(February 23, 2008)Tom Petty
Free Fallin'
Chart Entry Date: February 23, 20089
(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, 200771
(June 30, 2007)Traveling Wilburys
End Of The Line
Chart Entry Date: June 30, 200767
(June 30, 2007)Tom Petty
I Won't Back Down
Chart Entry Date: February 23, 200839
(February 23, 2008)Tom Petty
Free Fallin'
Chart Entry Date: February 23, 200810
(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, 20173
(October 21, 2017)5 11 19 ? Tom Petty
I Won't Back Down
Chart Entry Date: October 21, 20175 4
(October 28, 2017)6 12 Tom Petty
Learning To Fly
Chart Entry Date: October 21, 20177 6
(October 28, 2017)23 Tom Petty
Runnin' Down A Dream
Chart Entry Date: October 21, 201710
(October 21, 2017)14 Tom Petty
Into The Great Wide Open
Chart Entry Date: October 21, 201723
(October 21, 2017)Traveling Wilburys
End Of The Line
Chart Entry Date: October 21, 201720
(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, 197297
(November 4, 1972)Dave Edmunds
Slipping Away
Chart Entry Date: May 21, 198389 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, 198773 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, 198882 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, 198880 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, 198881 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, 198978 71 62 56 53
(March 4, 1989)81 88 97 Roy Orbison
You Got It
Chart Entry Date: January 21, 198987 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, 198975 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, 198985 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, 198979 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, 199076 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, 199190 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, 199188 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, 199539 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, 199610
(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