Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
The eighth track and first single from Electric Light Orchestra’s 1986 album Balance of Power. The song reached #18 in the US charts (the final Electric Light Orchestra single to chart in the United States) and #28 in the United Kingdom.
[Intro]
(Somebody)
[Verse 1]
Told her that there was a place like Heaven
'Cross the water on a 747
Yeah, we're living in, in a modern world
(Dum-dee-doo-doo-doo-dum)
And pretty soon, she'd really got the notion
Of flying out across the big, blue ocean
Yeah, we're living in, in a modern world
(Ooh, in a modern world)
[Pre-Chorus]
Talk is cheap on satellite
But all I get is
Information, I'm still here
Redial on automatic
[Chorus]
(Calling America)
Can't get a message through
(Calling America)
That's what she said to do
(Calling America)
That's where she has to be
(Calling America)
She left a number for me
(Calling America)
[Verse 2]
But I'm just talking to a satellite
20,000 miles up in the sky each night
Yeah we're living in, in a modern world
(Dum-dee-doo-doo-doo-dum)
All I had to do was pick up the phone
I'm out in space trying to talk to someone
Yeah, we're living in, in a modern world
(Ooh, in a modern world)
[Pre-Chorus]
She left a number I could call
But no one's there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on
[Chorus]
(Calling America)
Can't get a message through
(Calling America)
That's what she said to do
(Calling America)
That's where she has to be
(Calling America)
She left a number for me
(Calling America)
[Bridge]
(Dum-dee-doo-doo-doo-dum)
Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while
Guess she's missing me across the miles
Yeah, we're living in, in a modern world
[Chorus]
(Calling America)
Can't get a message through
(Calling America)
That's what she said to do
(Calling America)
That's where she has to be
(Calling America)
She left a number for me
[Outro]
(Calling America)
(Calling America)
(Calling America)
(Calling America)
(Calling America)
(Calling America)...
Calling America was written by Jeff Lynne.
Calling America was produced by Jeff Lynne.
Electric Light Orchestra released Calling America on Fri Jan 24 1986.