Do Ya (The Move song)

"Do Ya"
Single by The Move
A-side	"California Man"
Released	June 1972
Format	7"
Recorded	December 19, 1971 Philips Studios
Genre	Rock
Length	4:06 (LP/USA single length) 3.16 (UK single edit)
Label	United Artists USA Harvest Records UK
Writer(s)	Jeff Lynne
The Move singles chronology
"California Man" (1972) "Do Ya" (1972)

"Do Ya" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and recorded by The Move, that became a hit for the Electric Light Orchestra (led by Jeff Lynne, ELO originally being a side project of The Move) in 1976.

Original version by The Move

Written by Jeff Lynne in 1971, it was one of two songs featured on the B-side of the UK hit "California Man" credited to The Move (the other was Roy Wood's "Ella James"). In the US the B-side proved to be more popular than the A and so the song became The Move's only hit in the U.S. albeit a minor one (#93 on the Hot 100 chart). The song was originally titled "Look Out Baby, There's a Plane A-Comin'" (which is sung by Roy Wood at the end of the song). The song was later included on the 2005 remastered version of the Message from the Country album, in both the original single version and an alternate take.

The song was recorded on the same multireel tapes alongside the ELO tracks "From The Sun To The World" and "In Old England Town", the two songs that Roy Wood appeared on from the ELO 2 album.

The song inspired Tom Petty to write the US hit single "Change of Heart" in 1982.

Covers

• 1975 - Todd Rundgren's Utopia - on the Another Live album
• 1989 - Ace Frehley- on his third solo album Trouble Walkin'
• 1997 - Matthew Sweet - on the various artist compilation Live From 6A: Late Night With Conan O'Brien
• 2001 - Moods for Moderns - on the Slacker Ways E.P.
• 2001 - Jason Falkner - on the Jeff Lynne tribute album Lynne Me Your Ears
• 2005 - Parthenon Huxley - on his album Homemade Spaceship: The Music of ELO
• 2008 - Neil Nathan - featured on his The Distance Calls Album and the Californication Season 2 Soundtrack

ELO version

"Do Ya"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album A New World Record
B-side	"Nightrider"
Released	February 1977 (US)
Format	7"
Recorded	1976 Musicland Studios, Munich
Genre	Hard rock, symphonic rock
Length	3:47 4:09 (un-edited Flashback version)
Label	Jet Records
Writer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer	Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Rockaria!" (1977) "Do Ya" (1977) "Telephone Line" (1977)

ELO began to perform "Do Ya" live with Lynne on lead vocals during 1973-75, and they recorded it in the studio for inclusion on their 1976 album A New World Record. In 2000, Lynne found an unedited alternative mix for the song, also recorded in 1976, that he decided he preferred over the album cut. A digital remaster of the track is included on the compilation box set Flashback.

In 2002, Tallboy Records released a tribute disc to "Do Ya" in the form of a 7" extended-play single, featuring renditions of the song by Kenny Howes and the Yeah!, Parallax Project, Einstein's Sister, and Linus of Hollywood.

Chart positions

Chart (1977)	Peak Position
German Media Control Singles Chart	42
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	20
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles	16
U.S. Record World Singles	25

In other media

The ELO version has been used in commercials for Monster.com and in trailers for the movies The 40-Year-Old Virgin and I Love You, Man.

External links

• In-depth Song Analysis at the Jeff Lynne Song Database (jefflynnesongs.com)

References