If this was our local pub quiz some annoying saddo would say that they were known only as the Electric Light Orchestra at that time and deduct a point.
- The song is about a condemned prisoner but Jeff Lynne wanted to give the character in the song a number as opposed to a name when he chanced upon the number 1053 on the mixing desk. Roy Wood suggested adding number eight to fit the melody better -
(from wikipedia so possibly tosh, but a good bit of trivia if true)