Mr. Blue Sky

" Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by English  rock group  Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), featured on the band's seventh studio album  Out of the Blue (1977). Written and produced by frontman  Jeff Lynne, the song forms the fourth and final track of the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite, on side three of the original double LP. "Mr. Blue Sky" was the second single to be taken from  Out of the Blue, peaking at number 6 in the  UK Singles Chart and number 35 in the United States.  The song was played as a wake-up call to astronaut  Christopher Ferguson on Day 3 of  STS-135, the final mission of  Space Shuttle Atlantis.

==Inspiration [edit] == In a BBC Radio interview, Lynne talked about writing "Mr. Blue Sky" after locking himself away in a Swiss chalet and attempting to write ELO's follow-up to A New World Record: The song's arrangement has been called "Beatlesque", bearing similarities to Beatles songs "Martha My Dear" and "A Day in the Life". ==Vocoded sections [edit] == <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"> The song features a heavily vocoded voice singing the phrase "Mr. Blue Sky". A second vocoded segment at the end of the song was often interpreted as "Mister Blue Sky-yi", it is actually "Please turn me over" as it is the end of side three, and the listener is being instructed to flip the LP over. This was confirmed by original keyboardist Richard Tandy, who did confirm the actual lyric to members of the Showdown ELO fan list, it has also been confirmed by Jeff Lynne on 3 October 2012 on the 'One Show'. ==Music Video <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">A music video has been released in late 2012 via the official ELO website and YouTube, a colorful animation directed by Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger with animation sequences designed and animated by University of Southern California students.