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Confusion (Electric Light Orchestra song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Confusion
| cover = Last train to london.jpg
| alt =
| caption = UK single
| type = single
| artist = Electric Light Orchestra
| album = Discovery
| A-side = "Last Train to London" (UK)
| B-side = "Poker" (US)
| released = 8 October 1979 (US)
| recorded = 1979, Musicland Studios, Munich
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 3:42
| label = Jet
| writer = Jeff Lynne
| producer = Jeff Lynne
| prev_title = Don't Bring Me Down
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = I'm Alive
| next_year = 1980
| misc =
}}
"'Confusion'" is the second song from the 1979 Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) album 'Discovery'. It features 12-string acoustic guitar and vocoder.
It was released in the UK as a double A-side single with "Last Train to London". It peaked at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart making it the fourth consecutive top 10 single to be taken from the Discovery album. In the United States the song was released as a single with "Poker" on the B-side becoming a more modest hit, reaching number 37 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100.
'Billboard Magazine' rated "Confusion" as "a superbly crafted single," describing it as "a mid-tempo rock track that mixes a Beatlesque sound with a hint of disco." 'Cash Box' called it a "bubbly Lynne concoction, mixing glossy pop melody with alternately grandiose and circus-like keyboard fills" and praised the song's hook and craftsmanship."
Personnel
*Jeff Lynne lead vocals and backing vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar, vocoder
*Bev Bevan drums, rototoms, timpani, bell tree, backing vocals
*Richard Tandy piano, synthesizer
*Kelly Groucutt bass, backing vocals
'Additional personnel'
*Louis Clark orchestra arranger and conductor
Charts
References
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