Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)

"Take the Long Way Home"
Cover of the 1980 United Kingdom live single
Single by Supertramp
from the album Breakfast in America
B-side"From Now On"
ReleasedOctober 1979 (US)
  • 26 September 1980 (live)[1]
Recorded1978
StudioThe Village Recorder/Studio B, Los Angeles, California
GenreProgressive rock[2]
Length
  • 5:08
  • 4:06 (DJ single version)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Roger Hodgson
Producer(s)Supertramp, Peter Henderson
Supertramp singles chronology
"Goodbye Stranger"
(1979)
"Take the Long Way Home"
(1979)
"Dreamer (live)"
(1980)
Official audio
"Take the Long Way Home" on YouTube

"Take the Long Way Home" is the third US single and sixth track of English rock band Supertramp's 1979 album Breakfast in America. It was the last song written for the album, being penned during the nine-month recording cycle.[3] In 1980, the live version from Paris became a minor hit in various European countries.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 28.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Supertramp Breakfast in America Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ Buskin, Richard (July 2005). CLASSIC TRACKS: Supertramp's 'Logical Song', Sound on Sound.