| "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" | ||||
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| Single by The Guess Who | ||||
| from the album Live at the Paramount | ||||
| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | May 22, 1972 | |||
| Genre | Rock and Roll | |||
| Length | 6:24 | |||
| Writer(s) | Burton Cummings/Kurt Winter | |||
| The Guess Who singles chronology | ||||
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"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" is a popular rock and roll song written by Burton Cummings and Kurt Winter.[1]
The song was recorded by the Canadian rock group The Guess Who on May 22, 1972 for the album Live at the Paramount[2], and is also included on the 1974 album The Best of the Guess Who, Vol. 2) as well as several other compilation albums for the band.[3]
The single release spent three weeks on the Billboard charts peaking at #96 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of October 28, 1972.[4] The song peaked at #9 on the Canadian music charts.
Places mentioned in the song are Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Broadview, Saskatchewan; Moosomin, Saskatchewan; Red Deer, Alberta; Terrace, British Columbia; Medicine Hat, Alberta; Saskatoon and Hong Kong.
The song was covered by Pearl Jam at the Credit Union Center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on September 19th 2011 during their PJ20 Anniversary tour. Eddie Vedder admittedly messed up the lyrics to the song during the first run through of the song in the performance. In order to redeem the band and appeal to the Saskatoon crowd, the band played the song once more before the end of the concert. This time, they invited a fan from the crowd to sing the correct lyrics.
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