Illusions in G Major is a song recorded by the Electric Light Orchestra.
The song is track eight on the band's highly-acclaimed 1974 album Eldorado.
It was used as the B-side to the popular hit Can't Get It Out Of My Head, a 1975 hit in the USA . The song is the only true rocker on the Eldorado LP and clocking at only 2:37 one of the shortest songs too. The theme of the song is about a rock star talking to his psychiatrist about his mysterious vi...
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