Carry On Wayward Son

"Carry On Wayward Son"
Single by Kansas
from the album Leftoverture
B-side"Questions of My Childhood"
ReleasedNovember 19, 1976[1]
StudioStudio in the Country
Genre
Length
  • 5:26 (album version)
  • 4:38 ("50 years" album version)
  • 3:26 (single edit)
LabelKirshner
Songwriter(s)Kerry Livgren
Producer(s)Jeff Glixman, Kansas
Kansas singles chronology
"It Takes a Woman's Love (To Make a Man)"
(1976) 		"Carry On Wayward Son"
(1976) 		"What's on My Mind"
(1976)
Music video
"Carry On Wayward Son" on YouTube

"Carry On Wayward Son" is a song by American rock band Kansas, released on their 1976 studio album, Leftoverture. Written by guitarist Kerry Livgren, the song became the band's first Top 40 hit, reaching No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977.[4]

The song has since remained a classic rock radio staple and a signature song for the band.[5]

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  2. ^ "Top Of The Progs: Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son". TeamRock.com. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  3. ^ Winistorfer, Andrew (January 5, 2009). "VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list only slightly less annoying than their hip-hop list". VH1. Prefix Magazine. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "Kansas – Chart history". Billboard Hot 100 for Kansas. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Top 10 Kansas Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved March 22, 2022.