Hey there Mr. Blue!

It's Spring! The sun's been blazing in a pale blue sky. They're voting in America! What else could one want but a bit of genuine seventies kitsch? When the kids were little and we used to head off on our Spring holidays, we'd crank this song up in the car's cassette player and belt it out, with air guitar solos, as we hooned along.

Jeff Lynne (E.L.O.) 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: "It was dark and misty for 2 weeks, and I didn't come up with a thing. Suddenly the sun shone and it was, 'Wow, look at those beautiful Alps.' I wrote Mr. Blue Sky and 13 other songs in the next two weeks."

So here it is, fresh from 1977, a kinder time when Jimmy Carter was president and everyone wore big flares, big hair, big beards and big pop-rock, Mr Blue Sky, the official psychedelic video!