Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton song)

"Show Me the Way"
Side A of 1976 UK live single
Single by Peter Frampton
from the album Frampton and Frampton Comes Alive!
B-side"The Crying Clown"
"Shine On" (live)
ReleasedJune 1975
February 1976 (live)
RecordedAugust 1975 (live)
VenueLong Island Arena, Commack, New York
GenreRock
Length
  • 4:02 (album version)
  • 3:25 (single edit)
  • 4:32 (1976 live version)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Peter Frampton
Producer(s)Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton singles chronology
"Baby (Somethin's Happening)"
(1974)
"Show Me the Way"
(1975)
"Baby, I Love Your Way"
(1975)

(I'll Give You) Money
(1975)


Baby, I Love Your Way
(1976)

"Show Me the Way" is a song by the English rock musician Peter Frampton. Originally released in June 1975 as the lead single from his fourth studio album Frampton, it gained popularity after being recorded live and released in February 1976 as the lead single from his live album Frampton Comes Alive! In the US, the song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his biggest US hit until "I'm in You" in 1977.

Cash Box said of the studio single that "Peter turns in a dynamic performance both instrumentally and vocally" and that "his highly emotive vocals are matched by some of his usually dexterous guitar playing".[1] Record World said that "Frampton's voice and guitar are crisp and the song is a scintillating treat for the ears."[2]

Like "Do You Feel Like We Do," another single from the Frampton Comes Alive! album, the song prominently features a talk box effects pedal.

  1. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews". Cash Box. May 24, 1975. p. 24.
  2. ^ "Hits of the Week". Record World. February 21, 1976. p. 1.