| "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" | ||||
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| Single by Jethro Tull | ||||
| from the album War Child | ||||
| B-side | "Sealion" | |||
| Released | 17 February 1975 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 10 September 1972 at the Château d'Hérouville, France | |||
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| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ian Anderson | |||
| Producer(s) | Ian Anderson | |||
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"Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" is a song by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull. It was released on their album War Child in 1974. Written as a comment on global cooling for the band's aborted "Chateau D'isaster" album, the song was reworked in 1974 for War Child.
The song was released as a single in 1975 and reached number 75 on the Cashbox charts in the US. Despite its limited chart success, the song has seen positive critical reception from music writers and has appeared on several compilation albums.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Jethro Tull - Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day)". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Ian Anderson Announces Career-Spanning Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary Albums". Classics Du Jour. April 4, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ David Luhrssen; Michael Larson (24 February 2017). Encyclopedia of Classic Rock. ABC-CLIO. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-4408-3514-8.