Album:
Discovery entered the Kent Music Report album chart on 25 June 1979. It reached #1 on 23 July 1979 and remained there for a total of 6 weeks.
Songwriter:
Jeff Lynne
Producer:
Jeff Lynne
Record label of Australian release:
Jet
Wikipedia:
During an Australian tour in early 1978, Electric Light Orchestra was presented with 9 platinum awards for the albums Out of the Blue and New World Record.
In 1979, the multi-platinum album Discovery was released, reaching #1 the UK and Australian albums charts. Although the biggest hit on the album (and ELO’s biggest hit overall) was the rock song Don’t Bring Me Down, the album was noted for its heavy disco influence.
By the end of 1979, ELO had reached the peak of their stardom, selling millions of albums and singles.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra
Lyrics:
It was nine twenty-nine
Nine twenty-nine, back street, big city
The sun was going down
There was music all around, it felt so right
It was one of those nights
One of those nights when you feel the world stop turning
You were standing there
There was music in the air
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