The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (song)

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  • The British heavy metal group Iron Maiden adapted the short story into the song of the same name on their Somewhere in Time album.
  • British Oi! and punk band The Angelic Upstarts included a song of the same name on their Reason Why? album.
  • Scottish rock group Belle and Sebastian, adapted the title for the song "Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner" on their 2001 EP, Jonathan David.
  • American band Ruxton Towers takes its name from the film, in which a reformatory school has the same name.
  • Washington D.C. punk band Fugazi have a song entitled "Long Distance Runner" on their fourth LP, Red Medicine.

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