Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

"Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)"
Single by Styx
from the album Pieces of Eight
B-side	"Superstars" / "Aku-Aku"
Released	September 1978 (US)[1]
Genre	Hard rock, arena rock
Length	4:05 (LP version) 3:37 (single version)
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Tommy Shaw
Styx singles chronology
"Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (1978) "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" (1978) "Sing for the Day" (1978)

"Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" is a song by American rock band Styx, released as the first single from their eighth studio album, Pieces of Eight (1978). Released in 1978, the single came in two 7" vinyl formats: one with the b-side "Superstars" (a track from The Grand Illusion) and a second single with the instrumental album track "Aku-Aku" as the b-side. Some printings of the single were also issued in a translucent blue vinyl, which are now highly sought after collectors items.