Rock 'n' Roll Is King

"Rock 'n' Roll Is King"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Secret Messages
B-side
  • "After All"
  • "Time After Time" (12" version)
ReleasedJune 1983
Recorded1983 Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, the Netherlands
Genre
Length
  • 3:49 (Album version)
  • 3:07 (Single version)
  • 3:10 (Double-album version)
  • 4:13 (Remix)
  • 4:58 (Extended Mix)
LabelJet
SongwriterJeff Lynne
ProducerJeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"The Way Life's Meant to Be"
(1982) 		"Rock 'n' Roll Is King"
(1983) 		"Secret Messages"
(1983)
Secret Messages track listing
10 tracks
Side one
  1. "Secret Messages"
  2. "Loser Gone Wild"
  3. "Bluebird"
  4. "Take Me On and On"
Side two
  2. "Four Little Diamonds"
  3. "Stranger"
  4. "Danger Ahead"
  5. "Letter from Spain"
  6. "Train of Gold"
  7. "Rock 'n' Roll Is King"
Music video
"Rock 'n' Roll Is King" on YouTube

"Rock 'n' Roll Is King" is a song written and performed by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) released as a single from the 1983 album Secret Messages. With this song the band returned to their rock roots. It features a violin solo by Mik Kaminski.

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