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Tightrope (Electric Light Orchestra song)
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Tightrope
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| artist = Electric Light Orchestra
| album = A New World Record
| released = 1976
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| recorded = 1976
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| genre = Art rock
| length = 5:03
| label = Jet Records, United Artists
| writer = Jeff Lynne
| producer = Jeff Lynne
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"'Tightrope'" is the opening track to 'A New World Record' by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).
Recorded in 1976 at Musicland, Munich, West Germany, the song features a dramatic orchestral opening before transforming into an upbeat rock song. Although never released as a single, the song was a fan favorite and was performed live at every ELO concert including the Zoom tour in 2001. It had been remastered in 2000 and included on the box set 'Flashback' It is the opening number of set four on the 2016 Alone in the Universe tour. When inducting ELO into the Rock and Hall of Fame, Dhani Harrison made several references to the song, saying "Someone had actually thrown me down a line, and my life was changed."
Sampled
Samples from "Tightrope" have been featured in various forms in many rap songs, by artists including Army of the Pharaohs, The Game, Chief Kamachi, I-20, and various European rappers like French Rap Group Fonky Family (the track 'Dans la legende' from the Art de Rue album), Sinik ('Rglement extrieur'), Dutch group Lost Rebels ('Revolutie' from the album 'Revolutie'), Croatian rapgroup Tram 11 ( 'Jedno' from the album 'Vruina gradskog asfalta'), Italian and Dutch synth group Koto ('Mind Machine' from the album 'From the Dawn of Time'), the German rapper Sido ('Goldjunge' from the album 'Ich'), as well as the Albanian rapper Noizy ('Ak' from the album 'Most Wanted').
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Category:1976 songs
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Category:Song recordings produced by Jeff Lynne
Category:Songs written by Jeff Lynne
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