"Twilight" | ||||
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Single by Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
from the album Time | ||||
B-side | "Julie Don't Live Here" | |||
Released | 16 October 1981 (UK) November 1981 (US) | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Studio | Musicland Studios, Munich | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:37 | |||
Label | Jet | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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Time track listing | ||||
13 tracks
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Music video | ||||
"Twilight" on YouTube |
"Twilight" is a song written by Jeff Lynne for English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), originally released on their 1981 album Time. The lyrics tell of a man who falls asleep while in a twilight state, where he imagines everything in his life that is going to happen to him. They contribute to the album's overarching theme of time travel.[1]
It was the second single released from the album, peaking at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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Australia Kent Music Report[2] | 93 |
Austrian Ö3 Austria Top 40[3] | 15 |
Dutch GfK chart[4] | 18 |
French SNEP Singles Chart | 10 |
German Media Control Singles Chart[5] | 17 |
Irish Singles Chart[6] | 18 |
UK Singles Chart[7] | 30 |
US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 38 |
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles | 38 |
US Record World Singles[9] | 39 |
US Radio & Records (R&R)[10][11] | 25 |
It appeared, with authorisation and credit, in a 1982 Japanese advertisement for the Toyota Celica XX.[12] It was also 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]
See also: Daicon III and IV Opening Animations |
The song was used (without authorisation)[13] as the theme music for the opening animation to the 1983 Daicon IV science fiction convention in Osaka.[14] 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.[14] As a similar homage, it has served as the opening song for the anime convention Otakon's AMV contest since 2008, with the exception of 2017.[15]