Single:
Turn to Stone entered the Australian singles chart* on 14 November 1977 and peaked at #17. The song was #91 on the Top 100 of 1977.
Album:
The song is on Out of the Blue which entered the Australian albums chart* on 7 November 1977 and peaked at #3.
Songwriter:
Jeff Lynne
Producer:
Jeff Lynne
Record label of Australian release:
United Artists
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Sensational live version at Wembley Stadium:
Songfacts:
Turn To Stone is the first track on ELO’s landmark Out of the Blue album. ELO front-man Jeff Lynne wrote it during his marathon two-week song-crafting retreat in Switzerland. He can also be heard playing the moog baseline here.
This song has so much complex layering that ELO had to rely on tapes to reproduce the same sound in concert.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/electric-light-orchestra/turn-to-stone
Lyrics:
The city streets are empty now
(The lights don’t shine no more)
And so the songs are way down low
A sound that flows into my mind
(The echoes of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
(In my blue world)
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