It's Over (Electric Light Orchestra song)

"It's Over"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Out of the Blue
B-side	"The Whale"
Released	4 October 1978 (US)
Format	7" single
Recorded	1977 Musicland Studios , Munich
Genre	Rock
Length	4:08 (album version) 3:55 (US single edit) 3:34 (US promo single edit)
Label	Jet
Writer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Sweet Talkin' Woman" (1978) "It's Over" (1978) The ELO EP (1978)

"It's Over" is a song recorded by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).

The song is the second track from the LP Out of the Blue. It was the last single to be lifted from the album and was released in the United States only, becoming a minor hit. The orchestral beginning was actually the end of "Mr. Blue Sky" reversed.

In 2007, hip hop artist and producer will.i.am sampled parts of the song, and it formed the backbone of his opening track "Over" from the album Songs About Girls.

Chart performance

Chart (1978)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	75

The Whale

"The Whale" is an instrumental by the Electric Light Orchestra.

The song is track 15 from their hugely successful 1977 double LP Out of the Blue. The song was the B-side of their United States single "It's Over" in 1978 and on a remastered version on their box set compilation Flashback.

The song features the keyboard talents of Richard Tandy prominently, as well as the usual orchestration conducted by Louis Clark. Composer Jeff Lynne was moved to write the instrumental piece after watching a documentary on the killing of whales, similar to Jon Anderson's penning of Don't Kill the Whale in 1977.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, a portion of the song was featured during the nightly sign-off on Toronto television station CFTO-TV.