Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

Responsive image


Long Distance Runaround

"Long Distance Runaround"
Song by Yes
from the album Fragile
A-side"Roundabout"
Released
  • 12 November 1971 (UK)
  • 4 January 1972 (US)
GenreProgressive rock
Length3:30
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Jon Anderson
Producer(s)

"Long Distance Runaround" is a song by the progressive rock group Yes first recorded for their 1971 album, Fragile. Written by lead singer Jon Anderson, the song was released as a B-side to "Roundabout", but became a surprise hit in its own right as a staple of album-oriented rock radio. On Fragile it segues into "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)".

Yes co-founder Jon Anderson wrote the lyrics to this song while allegedly remembering his encounters with religious hypocrisy and competition he experienced in attending church regularly as a youth in northern England. "Long time / waiting to feel the sound" was a sentiment toward wanting to see a real, compassionate, non-threatening example of godliness.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Long Distance Runaround - Yes". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ^ Steer, M. (1997). Music and Mysticism: Parts 3 and 4. Taylor & Francis. p. 23. ISBN 9780203401538. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

Previous Page Next Page






Long Distance Runaround Spanish Long Distance Runaround ID Long Distance Runaround Polish

Responsive image

Responsive image