Electric Light Orchestra’s classic 1977 hit Mr.

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<p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Electric Light Orchestra’s classic 1977 hit Mr Blue Sky proved to be a lockdown favourite as a study claims Spotify listeners opted for nostalgic anthems to escape reality.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Research from the University of Leuven, in Belgium, found the global pandemic and resulting lockdown has ‘significantly changed music consumption,’ across Europe.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Timothy Yu-Cheong Yeung analysed 17 trillion songs played on Spotify in the UK, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium and Sweden.</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”><div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> </noscript> </div><div class=”clear”></div><p class=”imageCaption”>Electric Light Orchestra’s summer anthem Mr Blue Sky made it into the UK’s 200 most streamed songs every single day in July</p></div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Karaoke favourite Africa, by Toto (pictured above in 2003), appeared on the UK’s daily top 200 28 times during May</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>He found more listeners were opting for songs that were at least three years old, with a peak for nostalgic anthems at around day 60 of lockdown.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>A study in The Observer found tracks from the late 1970s and 80s, including Mr Blue Sky and Toto’s Africa, snuck into the UK’s daily top 200 most streamed tracks on Spotify while people were forced to stay at home. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Mr Blue Sky made it into the top 200 just once in January – but every day in July.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>MailOnline found the ever-popular Mr Brightside, released by The Killers in 2004, made it into the top 100 in the first week of lockdown and nearly broke into the top 40 at the start of July.</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Mr Blue Sky has featured heavily in modern film soundtracks, most recently in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 </p></div><div><div data-track-module=”am-related_carousel^related_carousel” data-track-selector=”.rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])” data-dm-rotator-rotate=”false” data-track-pos=”static” data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=”” data-dm-rotator-auto-init=”” id=”p-24″ class=”related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half” data-dm-rotator-active-class=”active” data-dm-rotator-page-count=”1.0″ data-dm-social-article-auto-init=”” data-dm-rotator-page-size=”1″> <div class=”rotator bdrcc”> <div class=”rotator-title”> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class=”rotator-pages link-xocc”> <li class=”rotator-prev”>Previous

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