Here Is the News

"Here Is the News" is a 1981 song written and performed by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).

"Here Is the News"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Time
A-side"Ticket to the Moon"
Released11 December 1981
Recorded1981 at Musicland Studios, Munich
Genre
Length3:49
LabelJet
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Twilight"
(1981)		 "Here Is the News"
(1981)		 "Rain Is Falling"
(1982)
Time track listing
13 tracks
Side one
  1. "Prologue"
  2. "Twilight"
  3. "Yours Truly, 2095"
  4. "Ticket to the Moon"
  5. "The Way Life's Meant to Be"
  6. "Another Heart Breaks"
Side two
  1. "Rain Is Falling"
  2. "From the End of the World"
  3. "The Lights Go Down"
  4. "Here Is the News"
  5. "21st Century Man"
  6. "Hold on Tight"
  7. "Epilogue"

It is track ten on the album Time (1981) and was released as a double A-side along with "Ticket to the Moon" in January 1982, reaching number 24 in the UK charts.[1] The song makes heavy use of synthesizers but also includes guitar, bass guitar, piano, and a drum kit. The song is in Strophic form, lasts 3 minutes 43 seconds and ends with a fade out. The song is about the news programmes of 2095 and voices from news reports can be heard in the background during the song.

The intro of 'Here is the News' is also used in the idents and channel branding of the VPRO, a Dutch broadcasting channel. The idents of the VPRO with 'Here is the News' have been used as leaders on television since 1981 (except 1985–1987)[2], and are used since 2010 at the end of a program. [3] The VPRO used to use the intro on the radio to inform listeners of Radio 3 (later NPO 3FM) that a program of the VPRO was about to start. The intro of the song was also used by Television Malta in the intro to their news program between 1988 and 1999.

Chart positions
Chart (1982) Peak
Position
French SNEP Singles Chart 4
German Media Control Singles Chart[4] 61
Irish Singles Chart[5] 17
UK Singles Chart[1] 24

References
  1. "Electric Light Orchestra". Offfical Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. "VPRO-televisievormgeving" (in Dutch). Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beeldengeluid.nl). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. "VPRO | Thonik".
  4. "charts.de – Electric Light Orchestra". charts.de. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  5. "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013. Enter Electric Light Orchestra in the Search by Artist field, then click Search.
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