Long Promised Road

"Long Promised Road"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Surf's Up
B-side Deirdre
'Til I Die
Released May 24, 1971
October 11, 1971
Format Vinyl
Recorded April 3, 1971
Genre Baroque Pop
Length 3:30
Label Brother/Reprise
Writer(s) Carl Wilson
Jack Rieley
Producer The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Wouldn't It Be Nice (live)"
(1971)
"Long Promised Road"/"Deirdre"
(1971)
"Long Promised Road"/"'Til I Die"
(1971)

"Long Promised Road"/"Deirdre"
(1971)

"Long Promised Road"/"'Til I Die"
(1971)

"Surf's Up"/"Don't Go Near the Water"
(1971)

"Long Promised Road" is a song written by Carl Wilson and Jack Rieley for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was first released as a single in May 1971, and did not chart. It was then released on their 1971 album Surf's Up, and was rereleased as a single, with a different b-side, 'Til I Die, in October of the same year. This time it made it to #89 on the Billboard Hot 100. Aside from a few guitar solos written in the early days of the band, the song is Carl Wilson's first composition, and he handles the lead vocal on the track.

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