Do Ya (The Move song)


"Do Ya" is a song written by Jeff Lynne, that was originally recorded by The Move, which became a hit for the Electric Light Orchestra in 1976.

Release

Written by Jeff Lynne in 1971, it was one of two songs featured on the B-side of the UK hit "California Man" credited to The Move. In the US the B-side proved to be more popular than the A and so the song became The Move's only hit in the US albeit a minor one. The song was originally titled "Look Out Baby, There's a Plane A Comin'". The song was later included on the 2005 remastered version of the Message from the Country album, in both the original single version and an alternate take.
The song was recorded on the same multireel tapes alongside the Electric Light Orchestra tracks "From the Sun to the World" and "In Old England Town", the two songs that Wood appeared on from the ELO 2 album.

Chart position

Electric Light Orchestra version

Electric Light Orchestra began to perform "Do Ya" live with Lynne on lead vocals during 1973–75, and they recorded it in the studio for inclusion on their 1976 album A New World Record. In a 1978 interview for Australian radio stations 2SM and 3XY, Bev Bevan stated the reason for the re-recording was that after ELO had added the song to their live performances a music journalist asked the band their opinion of "the original version" by Todd Rundgren. Bevan said they decided to re-record it as ELO in order to "let everyone know that it's a Jeff Lynne song."
According to Billboard Magazine it has "an irresistibly catchy melody line and syncopated beat."
In 2000, Lynne found an unedited alternative mix for the song, also recorded in 1976, that he decided he preferred over the album cut. A digital remaster of the track is included on the compilation box set Flashback.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Jeff Lynne version

re-recorded the song in his own home studio. It was released in with other re-recorded ELO songs, under the ELO name.