Calling America
Electric Light Orchestra
1986
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1986
Release: 1986Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original studio single was issued in 1986 and is associated with the same-year album. Licensed single metadata and original album chronology agree on the year; the album day is not used as the single day.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1986.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Balance of Power - licensed original studio album program
The public licensed program identifies the original 1986 studio recordings, full artist credit and original track sequence. Only year precision is adopted, cross-checked with the official artist chronology. Later bonus recordings, remixes and anthology dates are not used as first release.
ELO - licensed single and anthology edition review
Licensed anthology metadata explicitly identifies the 7-inch edit of Can't Get It Out of My Head and supplies a 1973 original Showdown single year. Selected album recordings keep their earlier album years instead of later single metadata. Evil Woman and Shine a Little Love have shorter anthology presentations than the original albums; the selected full album presentations retain real annual candidates provisionally.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
This song reflects on long-distance communication and relationships.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1986.html, song-list position 123
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1986.html
Original list position 123; annual selection retained from supplied material, not independently corroborated.
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