1977Released
3:49

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Turn to Stone. By Songfacts®.

"Turn To Stone" is the first track on ELO's landmark Out of the Blue album. ELO front-man Jeff Lynne wrote it during his marathon two-week song-crafting retreat in Switzerland. He can also be heard playing the moog baseline here.

This song has so much complex layering that ELO had to rely on tapes to reproduce the same sound in concert.

This song garnered Jeff Lynne a BMI (Broadcast Music Inc) Million-Air certificate for having one million airplays.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Turn to Stone.
C♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
141BPM

Album

The album Turn to Stone is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Turn to Stone.
Epic/Legacy
(P) 1972, 1977, 1978 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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