Living in the Past (song)

"Living in the Past" is a song by British progressive rock group Jethro Tull. It is one of its best-known songs, and it is notable for being written in the unusual 5/4 time signature. The 5/4 time signature is quickly noted from the beginning rhythmic bass pattern.

The single reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1]

Overview

The song was originally recorded before the sessions for the 1969 album Stand Up, released in the same year as a stand-alone single to UK audiences while Jethro Tull finished its US tour.^[2] However, it became more popular after its 1972 release on the album of the same name, a compilation of the band's hits from that era. After its release on the album, it became the band's first Top 20 hit in the US, peaking at #11. The song was restored as a "bonus track" for the 2001 CD reissue of Stand Up (1969).

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
UK^[3]	3
Ireland (IRMA)^[4]	5
New Zealand (Listener)^[5]	15

Chart (1972–73)	Peak position
Canada RPM ^[6]	16
US Billboard Hot 100	11
US Cash Box Top 100^[7]	15

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)	Position
Canada ^[8]	108
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[9]	102

Release history

Single: "Living in the Past" / "Driving Song" (Island WIP 6056, 25 April 1969)
Single: "Living in the Past" / "Christmas Song" (Australia) (Reprise R 3578 December 1972)
Single: "Living in the Past" / "Requiem" (Chrysalis CHS 2081, 16 January 1976)
Single: "Living in the Past" / "Hard Liner" (Chrysalis CHS 3970, 1993)
Single: "Living in the Past" / "Witch's Promise" / "Teacher" / "Life is a Long Song" (April 2013, limited edition vinyl)^[10]

Personnel

Jethro Tull

Additional musician

Lou Toby - arranged and conducted strings

Cover versions

The song was first covered as an instrumental by CCS in 1970. Other cover versions include:^[11]

Maynard Ferguson (1971)
Midge Ure (1985)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1993)
The Connells (1994)
Francis Dunnery (1994 - with entirely rewritten lyrics)
Keith Emerson (1996 - in the tribute album To Cry You A Song - A collection of Tull Tales)^[12]
Billie Davis (2002)

References

↑ Dom Lawson (2015-02-16). "Top Of The Progs: Jethro Tull's Living In The Past - Prog". Prog.teamrock.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
↑ "Top Of The Progs: Jethro Tull's Living In The Past - Prog". Prog.teamrock.com. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
↑ "living+in+the+past | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Living in the Past". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
↑ Flavour of New Zealand, 17 October 1969
↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
↑ Canada, Library and Archives (July 13, 2017). "Image : RPM Weekly".
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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↑ "Cover-Versionen- und Musikzitate-Datenbank". Coverinfo.de. 2006-06-19. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
↑ "Jethro Tull Tribute". Magnacarta.net. Retrieved 2015-05-06.

External links

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Studio albums	This Was Stand Up Benefit Aqualung Thick as a Brick A Passion Play War Child Minstrel in the Gallery Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! Songs from the Wood Heavy Horses Stormwatch A The Broadsword and the Beast Under Wraps Crest of a Knave Rock Island Catfish Rising Roots to Branches J-Tull Dot Com The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
Live albums	Bursting Out Live at Hammersmith '84 A Little Light Music Jethro Tull in Concert Living with the Past Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Aqualung Live Live at Montreux 2003 Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at Carnegie Hall 1970
Compilations	Living in the Past M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II Original Masters 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights Nightcap The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection Through the Years The Very Best of Jethro Tull The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull The Essential
Boxed sets	20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Box Set
Videos	Slipstream 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Video Living with the Past A New Day Yesterday Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Live at Montreux 2003 Jack in the Green Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at AVO Session Basel Around the World Live (Jethro Tull)
Singles / EPs	"Sunshine Day"/"Aeroplane" "A Song for Jeffrey"/"One for John Gee" "Love Story"/"Christmas Song" "Living in the Past"/"Driving Song" "Sweet Dream"/"Reasons for Waiting" "Bourée"/"Fat Man" "The Witch's Promise"/"Teacher" "Inside"/"Alive and Well and Living In" (UK)/"A Time for Everything" (US) "Hymn 43"/"Mother Goose" "Life Is a Long Song"/"Up the Pool"/"Doctor Bogenbroom"/"From Later"/"Nursie" "A Passion Play" (Edit #8)/"A Passion Play" (Edit #9) "A Passion Play" (Edit #6)/"A Passion Play" (Edit #10) "Bungle in the Jungle"/"Back-Door Angels" "Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day)/"Sealion" "Minstrel in the Gallery"/"Summerday Sands" "Living in the Past"/"Requiem" (UK)/"Christmas Song" (US) "Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die"/"Rainbow Blues" (UK)/"Bad-Eyed and Loveless" (US) "Locomotive Breath"/"Fat Man" "The Whistler"/"Strip Cartoon" "Moths"/"Life Is a Long Song" "A Stitch in Time"/"Sweet Dream" "North Sea Oil"/Elegy" "Home"/Warm Sporran" "Working John, Working Joe"/Fylingdale Flyer" "Beastie"/"Pussy Willow" "Fallen On Hard Times"/Broadsword" "Lap of Luxury"/Astronomy" "Living in the Past"/"Cross-Eyed Mary" "Coronach"/"Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow" "Farm on the Freeway"/"Said She Was a Dancer" "Steel Monkey"/"Down at the End of Your Road" "Said She Was a Dancer"/"Dogs in the Midwinter" "Part of the Machine" (Edit)/"Stormy Monday Blues"/"Lick Your Fingers Clean"/"Minstrel in the Gallery" "Kissing Willie"/"Heavy Water" "Another Christmas Song"/"Intro - A Christmas Song" "Rocks on the Road"/"Rocks on the Road" (Live)/"Bouree" (Live)/"Jack-A-Lynn"/"Night in the Wilderness"/"Jump Start" "Living in the (Slightly More Recent) Past" "Bends Like a Willow"/It All Trickles Down"
Tours	Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll Tour Heavy Horses Tour Stormwatch Tour
Related	Discography Gerald Bostock A Billion Hands Concert The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus A Classic Case Thick as a Brick 2 Jethro Tull - The String Quartets

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