"Mr.
Blue
Sky"
is
a
song
by
British
rock
group
Electric
Light
Orchestra
(ELO),
featured
on
the
band's
seventh
studio
album
Out
of
the
Blue
(1977).
Written
and
produced
by
frontman
Jeff
Lynne,
the
song
forms
the
fourth
and
final
track
of
the
"Concerto
for
a
Rainy
Day"
suite,
on
side
three
of
the
original
double
album.
"Mr.
Blue
Sky"
was
the
second
single
to
be
taken
from
Out
of
the
Blue,
peaking
at
number
6
in
the
UK
Singles
Chart[1]
and
number
35
in
the
US
Billboard
Charts.[2]
In
a
BBC
Radio
interview,
Lynne
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:
-from,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Blue_Sky