| "More Than a Feeling" | ||||
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| Single by Boston | ||||
| from the album Boston | ||||
| B-side | "Smokin'" | |||
| Released | September 1976 | |||
| Recorded | October 1975 – April 1976 | |||
| Studio | Foxglove (Watertown, Massachusetts) | |||
| Genre | Hard rock[1] · pop rock[2][3] | |||
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| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom Scholz | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "More Than a Feeling (Single edit)" on YouTube | ||||
"More Than a Feeling" is a song by the American rock band Boston, released as the lead single and the opening track from the band's 1976 debut album by Epic Records in September 1976, with "Smokin'" as the B-side. Tom Scholz wrote the entire song. The single entered the US Billboard Hot 100 on September 18 and peaked at number five.[4] The track is now a staple of classic rock radio, and in 2008, it was named the 39th-best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[1] It was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" and was ranked number 212 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2021, updated from its previous position of number 500 on the 2004 version.[5]
- ^ a b "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs". Music.spreadit.org. January 1, 2009. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (November 13, 1976). "A Hit Parade Beyond the Top 10". Los Angeles Times. p. 36. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (September 28, 1976). "Debuts: Discs with a Difference". Los Angeles Times. p. 52. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Boston chart history". Billboard.
- ^ "Boston, 'More Than a Feeling'". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.