Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)

"Take the Long Way Home"
"Take the Long Way Home"
	Cover of the 1980 United Kingdom live single
Single by Supertramp
from the album Breakfast in America
B-side	"From Now On"
Released	October 1979 (United States) 3 October 1980 (live version);
Recorded	1978
Studio	The Village Recorder/Studio B, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	5:08; 4:06 (DJ single version);
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Roger Hodgson
Producer(s)	Supertramp, Peter Henderson
Supertramp singles chronology
Official audio
	"Take the Long Way Home" on YouTube

"Take the Long Way Home" is the third US single and sixth track of English rock band Supertramp's 1979 album Breakfast in America. It was the last song written for the album, being penned during the nine-month recording cycle.^[3] In 1980, the live version from Paris became a minor hit in various European countries.

^ "Supertramp singles".
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Supertramp Breakfast in America Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ Buskin, Richard (July 2005). CLASSIC TRACKS: Supertramp's 'Logical Song', Sound on Sound.

[1] "Supertramp singles".

[2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Supertramp Breakfast in America Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[3] Buskin, Richard (July 2005). CLASSIC TRACKS: Supertramp's 'Logical Song', Sound on Sound.

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