Twilight (Electric Light Orchestra song)

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"Twilight"
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Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Time
B-side "Julie Don't Live Here"
Released 10 October 1981 (UK)
November 1981 (US)
Format 7" single
Recorded 1981 Musicland Studios, Munich
Genre New wave, synthrock
Length 3:37
Label Jet
Writer(s) Jeff Lynne
Producer(s) Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Hold On Tight"
(1981)		 "Twilight"
(1981)		 "Ticket to the Moon" /
"Here Is the News"
(1982)
Time track listing

"Twilight" is a song by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), originally released on their 1981 album Time. It was the second single released from the album.

The song was used (without authorisation[1]) as the theme music for the opening animation to the 1983 Daicon IV science fiction convention in Osaka.[2] In 2005, as an homage to the Daicon IV animation, the song was used as the opening theme of the television series Densha Otoko, which features an otaku as the main character.[2] As a similar homage, it has served as the opening song for Otakon's AMV contest since 2008.[3] It also appeared, with authorisation and credit, in a 1982 advertisement for the Toyota Celica XX.

It was used as the finale song in the 2009-2010 Burton Snowboards film The B Movie, featuring most of the Burton team snowboarding on a "B" built out of snow.[citation needed]

Indian actor and producer Shahrukh Khan covered this song for ending in British and American version of the television series Galaxy World of Alisa.

Chart positions

Chart (1981) Peak
Position
Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart[4] 93
Austrian Ö3 Austria Top 40[5] 15
Dutch GfK chart[6] 18
French SNEP Singles Chart 10
German Media Control Singles Chart[7] 17
Irish Singles Chart[8] 18
UK Singles Chart[9] 30
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 38
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles 38
US Record World Singles[11] 39
US Radio & Records (R&R)[12][13] 25

References

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