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A cover of a song by The Move, 'Do Ya' is the most traditional rock number on A New World Record. Jeff Lynne strips back the orchestral apparatus that defines much of the album, letting the track breathe as a straightforward statement of desire. The song builds on a simple, insistent question: repeated across the chorus, the title phrase becomes both plea and provocation, Lynne's voice layered with urgency as he catalogs the wonders he has witnessed, only to find them all eclipsed by one person. The lyrical conceit is playful but pointed. Lynne moves through a series of surreal observations, lovers flying through air, babies dancing in the midnight sun, old men weeping at their graves, before arriving at the refrain: he has never seen anything like the object of his affection. It is a love song built on hyperbole and wonder, the kind of unguarded earnestness that Electric Light Orchestra made their own.
"Do Ya" is a track by Electric Light Orchestra, from the album A New World Record, released 18th September 1976. Full lyrics are available below.
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