The basic track of Electric Light Orchestra's Do Ya was recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany and the orchestra and choir were recorded later at De Lane Lea Studios in Wembley, England. He must have believed in the song, because it was less than five years later that he rerecorded the song as an Electric Light Orchestra song. In some countries, at least in Brazil, on initial release, The Move's Do Ya was the A-side, with California Man as the B-side.Īlthough this was the last song by The Move, Jeff Lynne kept the song alive by placing it into the live set of Electric Light Orchestra on several of the following tours, sometimes pairing it with the 10538 Overture performances. The song entered the Cash Box chart for one short week on Novemat #97. That statistic may seem insignificant, but it marks The Move's only entry into the USA Billboard charts and Jeff Lynne's first ever entry. In the USA, because the DJs were more interested in the single's B-side rather than the A-side, it entered the Billboard Hot 100 on Octoand spent a very modest five weeks on the chart reaching a high of only #93.
Its rerelease as an A-side in 1974 failed to chart. The Move's Do Ya had no chart placement in the UK because it was not the A-side upon first release and was not promoted on radio (although the A-side, California Man, reached #7). Because of its USA success and the release of the 1974 California Man LP on the Harvest label, Harvest re-released the song (in edited form) in England on September of 1974 as the A-side with stock number "HAR 5086" and The Move's No Time (taken from the Message From The Country album) on the B-side. Subsequently, United Artists released a promo single with Do Ya only to promote the flipped single. Although it was a B-side track that was not noticed by UK radio, it was flipped by USA radio, making Do Ya the A-side instead. In the USA, it was released on United Artists records as the B-side (and not paired with Ella James) to California Man on Jwith stock number "50928". Curiously, both Do Ya and Ella James from the Message From The Country album were both on the B-side, thus it is a three song single. The song was released as a single in England by Harvest records as the B-side of California Man on Apwith stock number "HAR 5050". As a result, California Man and Do Ya were the final release for The Move. Despite the band's intention to keep The Move going, soon after the release of the first ELO album and their brief tour, Roy Wood left the band and The Move no longer existed. It was recorded, along with California Man, in an effort to fulfill The Move's record contracts and partly to finance the Electric Light Orchestra project. The working title of Look Out Baby There's A Plane A Comin' was marked on the tape box, and is the line that Roy Wood shouts at the song's end. The Move's Do Ya was recorded at Philips Studios in London England on December 19, 1971. Initially Released On: Savages CD album (2012 July 3 - USA - Varese Sarabande 302 067 154 2)ĭo Ya is unique in that Jeff Lynne first recorded it as a member of The Move for the B-side of their California Man single, then a little less than five years later he recorded it again for the Electric Light Orchestra on their A New World Record album.
Initially Released On: A New World Record LP album (1976 October - UK - Jet UAG 30017) Performed By: Jeff Lynne (guitar, vocals), Bev Bevan (drums, percussion), Richard Tandy (piano, moog synthesizer, guitar, clavinet), Kelly Groucutt (bass, vocals), Mik Kaminski (violin), Hugh McDowell (cello), Melvyn Gale (cello), Louis Clark (orchestra conductor).Engineered By: Mack (Musicland) John Richards & Dick Plant (De Lane Lea).Record Location: Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany (all music except the orchestra and choir De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley, England).Initially Released On: California Man 7" single (1972 April 14 - UK - Harvest HAR 5050) Performed By: Roy Wood (vocals, guitar, bass), Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar), Bev Bevan (drums, percussion).
Record Location: Philips Studios, London.The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Jeff Lynne - Do YaĮlectric Light Orchestra (Original Version)
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