Electric Blue (Icehouse song)

"Electric Blue" is a song by Australian rock band Icehouse. It was co-written by Iva Davies of Icehouse and John Oates of US band Hall & Oates. Oates became involved with Davies after contacting him to state he was a fan. The resulting collaboration produced this song and Oates has stated that if Davies had not released the song under the Icehouse name, then it would have been a Hall & Oates track.

"Electric Blue"
"Electric Blue" Australian release
Single by Icehouse
from the album Man of Colours
B-side"Over My Head"
Released31 August 1987 (1987-08-31)
StudioEMI 301 (Sydney)
GenreSynth-pop
Length4:23
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)David Lord
Icehouse singles chronology
"Crazy"
(1987)
"Electric Blue"
(1987)
"My Obsession"
(1987)
Music videos
"Electric Blue" on YouTube

"Electric Blue" was released in August 1987 as the second single from Icehouse's fifth studio album, Man of Colours (1987). It was issued through Regular Records in Australia and through Chrysalis Records in Europe and North America. In Australia, "Electric Blue" was available for a limited time on 7-inch blue vinyl. It is played regularly on Australian radio stations and remains one of their most popular songs according to listeners of Triple M in 2007.

"Electric Blue" reached number one on the Australian Music Report, number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 10 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart, and number four on New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart. In the United Kingdom, where the song was released in April 1988, it stalled at number 53 on the UK Singles Chart the following month.

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