“Sweet Talkin' Woman” by ELO

"Sweet Talkin' Woman" came off Out of the Blue, the Electric Light Orchestra's 1977 album, and went out as a single on Jet in 1978. Jeff Lynne wrote the words and produced it, and it began life under a gloomier name, "Dead End Street", until the title changed during recording; a scrap of the old lyric still survives at the start of the third verse.

It's pure Lynne confection, set squarely in C major, and it gave the album its third top-ten hit in the UK, where it peaked at 6. Early buyers of the 7-inch and 12-inch got it pressed on see-through purple vinyl, while America got a slightly faster mix that runs 10 seconds shorter and climbed to 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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