Livin' Thing
Song by Electric Light Orchestra
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Search complete. 15 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Livin' Thing".
Oct 26, 2026
Danny BucklerGUEST
Which one is it?
Jon RichardsonHOST
It's Living Thing.
Jon RichardsonHOST
Oh, there you go.
Jon RichardsonHOST
I've kind of done it for you now, to be honest.
Danny BucklerGUEST
it's done, yes.
Danny BucklerGUEST
But yeah, choose life, Rob.
Danny BucklerGUEST
It's a living thing.
Jon RichardsonHOST
There we go, Living Thing by the Electric Light Orchestra.
Tim FriedmannHOST
They're so fine on there.
Tim FriedmannHOST
The singles were Rockaria, Telephone Line, and Do Ya, and Livin' Thing.
Tim FriedmannHOST
All those songs are great, plus Shangri-La and Love the Clouds.
Tim FriedmannHOST
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Jim BoageHOST
Earlier in the year, they had hits with Evil Woman, which was number 10 on Billboard Hot 100, and Strange Magic, number 14 on Billboard, both from the previous album, Face the Music.
Jim BoageHOST
With A New World Record, Livin' Thing was released in October '76 and made it to number 13 on the Hot 100 January 8th of 1977.
Jim BoageHOST
They had a couple of other hit singles in '77 with Do Ya and Telephone Line that we'll discuss in a future episode of Music In My Shoes.
Jim BoageHOST
I was, like, 9 or 10 when these ELO songs were out, and I still like 'em.
Electric Light OrchestraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And you and your sweet desire, you take me, whoa, higher and higher, baby.
Electric Light OrchestraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a living thing.
Electric Light OrchestraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a terrible thing to lose.
Electric Light OrchestraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a given thing.
Electric Light OrchestraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Don't you do it to me.
Electric Light OrchestraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh, higher and higher, baby.
Electric Light OrchestraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a living thing.
Electric Light OrchestraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a terrible thing to lose.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You took me, oh, higher and higher, baby.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a living thing.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a terrible thing to lose.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a giving thing.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Don't you do it, don't you do it.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You took me higher and higher, baby.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a living thing.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a terrible thing to lose.