A Brilliant Animated Video Celebrating 41 Years of the Iconic Electric Light Orchestra Song ‘Mr. Blue Sky’

Lori Dorn
January 30, 2019

On January 28, 1978, the Electric Light Orchestra released their iconic A-Side song “Mr. Blue Sky” from their seventh album Out of the Blue. 41 years later, band co-founder Jeff Lynne announced that in celebration of the anniversary, a brilliantly animated video had been created to illustrate the song.

Celebrating 41 years today since we first released 'Mr. Blue Sky' in the UK! Watch the full animated video here: https://t.co/KZEA2gqQ3k pic.twitter.com/QWfr3cIyMt

— Jeff Lynne's ELO (@JeffLynnesELO) January 28, 2019

Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.