Take the Long Way Home

E750490
single song

"Take the Long Way Home" is a popular 1979 rock song by the British band Supertramp, known for its reflective lyrics and prominent harmonica and piano melodies.

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Label Occurrences
Take the Long Way Home canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Breakfast in America NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist Supertramp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bside From Now On NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 3 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 42 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 10 ⓘ
composer Rick Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roger Hodgson NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre pop rock ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
hasNotableFeature piano-driven arrangement ⓘ
prominent harmonica intro ⓘ
includedIn Paris (live album) tracklist ⓘ
Supertramp greatest hits compilations ⓘ
The Very Best of Supertramp NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Roger Hodgson NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricist Roger Hodgson NERFINISHED ⓘ
nextSingle Dreamer (live) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Breakfast in America NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Supertramp NERFINISHED ⓘ
performerMember Bob Siebenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dougie Thomson NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Helliwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rick Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roger Hodgson NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousSingle Breakfast in America NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Peter Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Supertramp NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1978–1979 ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1979-10-08 ⓘ
releaseYear 1979 ⓘ
side Side B ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
midlife introspection ⓘ
self-reflection ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum 6 ⓘ
writer Rick Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roger Hodgson NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Supertramp → hitSingle → Take the Long Way Home ⓘ
Roger Hodgson → notableWork → Take the Long Way Home ⓘ