All Over the World (Electric Light Orchestra song)

"All Over the World"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Xanadu
B-side	"Drum Dreams" (US) "Midnight Blue" (UK)
Released	July 1980 (US) 2 August 1980 (UK)
Format	7" single
Recorded	1980 Musicland Studios Munich
Genre	Pop rock disco
Length	4:02
Label	Jet (UK) MCA (US)
Writer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Xanadu" (1980) "All Over the World" (1980) "Don't Walk Away" (1980)

"All Over the World" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It is featured in the 1980 feature film Xanadu in a sequence with the film's stars Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, and Michael Beck. The song also appears on the soundtrack album Xanadu, and was performed as well in the 2007 Broadway musical Xanadu.

Released after the single "Xanadu" (a collaboration with Olivia Newton-John), this was the third Top 20 ELO single released from the 1980 soundtrack, peaking at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100.^[1]

The sequence in the Xanadu movie was filmed on location at the Beverly Hills Fiorucci store.

One section of the lyrics lists a number of famous cities; London, Hamburg, Paris, Rome, Rio, Hong Kong, Tokyo, L.A., New York, Amsterdam, Monte Carlo and Shard End. The last place named in the list is Shard End, the suburb of Birmingham, England, where Jeff Lynne was born.

This song featured prominently in the trailer for the Simon Pegg science fiction comedy movie Paul and also played at the end of the film before the credits.^[2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1980) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 78 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 25 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[5] 15 Canada (CHUM)[6] 3 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] 16 Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 27 Ireland (IRMA)[9] 12 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 11 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 10 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12] 11 US Billboard Hot 100[1] 13 US Cash Box[13] 14 US Record World[14] 8 Year-end charts Chart (1980) Position US Cash Box[15] 100 References "Electric Light Orchestra – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 15 July 2014. Monger, James Christopher. "Original Soundtrack – Paul". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 20 July 2014. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. "Ultratop.be – Electric Light Orchestra – All Over The World" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 20 July 2014. "Radio2 top 30: 20 september 1980" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 20 July 2014. CHART NUMBER 1236 – Saturday, September 20, 1980 at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 July 2007). CHUM. Retrieved 20 July 2014. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0255a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 20 July 2014. "Officialcharts.de – Electric Light Orchestra – All Over The World". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 20 July 2014. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – All Over the World". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 July 2014. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 July 2014. "Dutchcharts.nl – Electric Light Orchestra – All Over The World" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 20 July 2014. "Archive Chart: 1980-08-23" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 July 2014. CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending OCTOBER 4, 1980 at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 September 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 20 July 2014. Artist-E at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 August 2009). Record World. Geocities.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014. The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980 at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 September 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 20 July 2014. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics