Long Promised Road
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"Long Promised Road" | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Rock | |||||||||||||||||
Length | 3:30 | |||||||||||||||||
Label | Brother/Reprise | |||||||||||||||||
Writer(s) |
Carl Wilson Jack Rieley | |||||||||||||||||
Producer(s) | The Beach Boys | |||||||||||||||||
The Beach Boys singles chronology | ||||||||||||||||||
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"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 parts written in the early days of the band, the song is Carl Wilson's first composition, he plays all of the instruments and handles the lead vocal on the track.
Personnel
- Carl Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; electric guitar; moog, harpischord, organ; percussion, drums
References
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