"Take the Long Way Home" | ||||
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Single by Supertramp | ||||
from the album Breakfast in America | ||||
B-side | "From Now On" | |||
Released | October 1979 (US)
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Recorded | 1978 | |||
Studio | The Village Recorder/Studio B, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Progressive rock[2] | |||
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Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) | Roger Hodgson | |||
Producer(s) | Supertramp, Peter Henderson | |||
Supertramp singles chronology | ||||
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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.