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I wrote this in a matter of minutes. The rest of the album was done. I listened to it and thought, 'There’s not a good single.' So I sent the band out to a game of football and made up 'Evil Woman' on the spot. The first three chords came right to me. It was the quickest thing I’d ever done. We kept
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2176:Fire On High
2172:Livin' Thing
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2069:Mr. Blue Sky
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1698:Colin Walker
1678:Mike Edwards
1653:
1587:12 September
1585:. Retrieved
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1001:"The ELO EP"
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401:"Evil Woman"
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312:Fire On High
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24:"Evil Woman"
18:
2565:ELO Part II
2540:Discography
2504:Dave Morgan
2499:Louis Clark
2409:Videography
2006:Light Years
1896:Soundtracks
1836:Live albums
1713:Melvyn Gale
1206:Kent, David
1092:11 December
981:. Stereogum
579:Australia (
478:The Beatles
394:Music video
317:"Waterfall"
229:Producer(s)
159:single edit
2633:1975 songs
2627:Categories
2524:Rosie Vela
2392:So Serious
2158:Nightrider
2144:Evil Woman
1655:Jeff Lynne
1581:ABC Online
1409:1 December
1190:25 January
957:25 January
930:25 January
875:References
847:Jeff Lynne
826:1,000,000
654:UK Singles
470:The ELO EP
439:Background
427:Jeff Lynne
419:Evil Woman
329:Nightrider
322:Evil Woman
262:Evil Woman
234:Jeff Lynne
221:Jeff Lynne
2581:Earthrise
2575:Violinski
2550:Song list
2519:Marc Mann
2286:I'm Alive
2272:Confusion
2244:It's Over
2183:Rockaria!
2094:Mr. Radio
2027:Flashback
1978:Afterglow
1784:Discovery
1734:No Answer
1663:Bev Bevan
1467:0006-2510
1458:Billboard
1453:"Singles"
1186:. Far Out
1056:Billboard
953:. Far Out
926:. Far Out
823:Platinum
744:Billboard
671:Billboard
605:Ireland (
574:position
542:Stereogum
494:Billboard
488:Reception
107:Musicland
2612:Category
2555:The Move
2378:Stranger
2325:Twilight
2295:" (with
2137:Eldorado
2133:Boy Blue
2108:Showdown
1922:Showdown
1756:Eldorado
1668:Roy Wood
1486:Cash Box
1375:Cash Box
1349:AllMusic
1208:(1993).
1167:30 April
1086:Cash Box
869:Triple J
865:Oh Mercy
811:200,000
758:Cash Box
685:Cash Box
504:Cash Box
480:' song "
336:Side two
305:Side one
300:8 tracks
253:Boy Blue
93:Recorded
78:Released
2560:Wizzard
2545:Members
2079:Singles
1929:Olé ELO
1354:5 March
1121:9 March
1063:16 July
808:Silver
796:/sales
787:Region
746:Hot 100
673:Hot 100
406:YouTube
343:"Poker"
275:(1976)
266:(1975)
257:(1975)
2587:L.E.O.
2468:(2017)
2460:(2015)
2452:(2010)
2444:(2006)
2436:(2001)
2428:(1990)
2420:(1980)
2293:Xanadu
1904:Xanadu
1539:28 May
1514:28 May
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1144:4 June
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135:Length
102:Studio
64:B-side
42:Single
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115:Genre
1812:Zoom
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1589:2015
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1516:2021
1463:ISSN
1439:2016
1411:2016
1356:2013
1218:ISBN
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1169:2023
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1028:ISBN
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987:2023
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932:2024
818:RIAA
607:IRMA
572:Peak
499:hook
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157:(UK
122:Rock
96:1975
1430:RPM
1243:RPM
1240:."
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