The B-side, 'In Old England Town', is an edited instrumental version of 'In Old England Town (Boogie No. ( October 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this section by introducing more precise citations. This section includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Ĭash Box said the song 'can almost be termed 'classical blues' and sheds a new light on the group that most folks will immediately be attracted to.' Record World called it 'a Jeff Lynne original that's bound to click on AM and FM alike.' B-side

Instead, Jeff Lynne borrowed Bolan's Gibson Firebird guitar to play over the instrumental break. Rex was at the session where the song was recorded and played on several of the band's tracks at that time, but did not play on 'Showdown' itself. The record was a favourite of John Lennon's at the time, who dubbed the band 'Son of Beatles' in a US radio interview. The song showed a change of style for ELO, with a funkier backbeat beneath the band's trademark sweeping strings, and the inclusion of a clavinet. In 2006 the remastered issue of On the Third Day would feature the song on the album in both countries for the first time. In the US the song was included on the album On the Third Day (1973), while in the UK the song was omitted from that album but featured a year later on the band's first compilation album, also entitled Showdown. It was released as a single and reached No 12 in the UK Singles Chart, in the week beginning 28 October, and No 9 on the Norwegian chart VG-lista. It was the band's last contemporary recording to be released on the Harvest label. ' Showdown' is a 1973 song written by Jeff Lynne and recorded by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology

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