| "Bright Side of the Road" | ||||
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| Single by Van Morrison | ||||
| from the album Into the Music | ||||
| A-side | "Bright Side of the Road" | |||
| B-side | "Rolling Hills" | |||
| Released | September 1979 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1979, Record Plant, Sausalito, California | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 3:47 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Van Morrison | |||
| Producer(s) | Van Morrison | |||
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"Bright Side of the Road" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1979 album Into the Music. It was also one of the outtakes that made up the 1998 compilation album, The Philosopher's Stone. As a single "Bright Side of the Road" was released in September 1979 and charted at No. 48 in the Netherlands, No. 63 in the UK and just outside the Billboard Hot 100 in the US at No. 110. In 2020, the song reached its highest radio airplay chart position in Ireland, peaking at #2.[1]