Movies and music go together like clockwork, with many songs adding to the power of a film. A song can serve as an iconic moment in its narrative, leading to some becoming timeless classics or even inspiring an entirely new genre all of their own.
A song is a piece of music that elicits specific feelings in its listeners, be they forceful or light, imaginative or resigned, beautiful or ugly. This article will examine the ways in which songs can affect their audiences through an examination of The Move’s Do Ya as an example.
Do Ya (Edited Alternate Version)
Do Ya is one of Jeff Lynne’s finest songs. He originally recorded it while with The Move for their California Man single, then later adapted it for Electric Light Orchestra’s A New World Record album.
This song is notable for its expansive production, including several prominent cello riffs that would later appear on ELO’s version. There was even a video made of it.
The song Do Ya was also featured on The Move’s Message from the Country LP, alongside No Time which was taken from the same recording sessions as Do Ya. As with that single, the Message from the Country reissue included an alternate Take that added an extra guitar riff and stylish fading end that the standard version didn’t feature. Most impressively though, this version was done entirely on multi reel tape instead of four track like most bands used back then.
Do Ya (Solo Version)
Do Ya is a song composed by Jeff Lynne and recorded by The Move. As the B-side to their California Man single, Do Ya made its debut on October 28th 1972 on Billboard Hot 100 in America where it spent five weeks at #93.
Harvest Records released The Move’s No Time as an A-side in 1974, featuring a remastered version of Do Ya on the B-side.
Unfortunately, the song didn’t chart in the UK but proved a huge hit in America. On February 5, 1977, it reached number twenty on Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for 12 weeks.
On several ELO tours, such as Face The Music and Out Of The Blue, the guitar riffs were played with harder rock guitar than on the album version and the third verse was cut. Later, it was re-recorded for Electric Light Orchestra’s A New World Record album.
Do Ya (Bootleg)
Bootlegs are illegal recordings of music that often feature new riffs, drum patterns or vocals added without permission from the original artist and may be subject to copyright strikes. They range from simple DJ remixes without vocal track to more complex VIP mixes – in which new riffs, drum patterns or vocals are added.
Do Ya was released in England as a single, paired with California Man. Unfortunately, radio there failed to promote it and the single never made the top 40.
Do Ya was Jeff Lynne’s first chart entry in the USA and reached #93 on Billboard Hot 100. Later, it was re-recorded as an Electric Light Orchestra song and performed it during several North American ELO tours.
Harvest Records released this edited version of Do Ya in the UK as a re-issue single (HAR 5086). It removes the bridge that can still be heard on their 3-track California Man single.
Do Ya (ELO Version)
Jeff Lynne originally composed and recorded this song for The Move’s California Man single, but ELO rerecorded and released it on A New World Record several years later. This version differs from the moveand version in that it includes an orchestra with prominent cello riffs as well as a slightly longer ending (omitting the “Look out baby there’s a plane comin'” line).
Jeff Lynne sings the vocal lines throughout this version of the moveand song, with lyrics that differ slightly from the original: instead of using “love,” they read “love, face, mind, love.”
This song was featured on several of ELO’s tours, such as the Eldorado tour and Face The Music tour where it was often paired with 10538 Overture. Additionally, this song can be heard on the bootleg Wholly Edison from a performance at Massey Hall in Toronto in 1973.
