Tom Sawyer (song)

"Tom Sawyer"
"Tom Sawyer"
Single by Rush
from the album Moving Pictures
B-side	"Witch Hunt"
Released	May 1981
Recorded	October–November 1980
Studio	Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec
Genre	Progressive rock; hard rock; new wave;
Length	4:36
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Rush; Pye Dubois;
Producer(s)	Rush; Terry Brown;
Rush singles chronology
Audio sample
	"Tom Sawyer" from Moving Pictures. file; help;
Music video
	"Tom Sawyer" on YouTube

"Tom Sawyer" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, originally released on their 1981 album Moving Pictures as its opener. The band's lead singer, bassist, and keyboardist, Geddy Lee, has referred to the track as the band's "defining piece ... from the early '80s".^[5]

^ "RPM Canadian charts". Library and Archives Canada.
^ Popoff, Martin (January 5, 2024). "The Top 20 unlikely Progressive Rock hits, ranked". Goldmine. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
^ Cite error: The named reference VH1 2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Matos, Michaelangelo (December 8, 2020). "Sarm Studios, London: November 25, 1984". Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year. Hachette Books. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-306-90337-3.
^ Rush – Puerto Rico Press Conference. March 12, 2011. Event occurs at 7:51. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021.

[1] "RPM Canadian charts". Library and Archives Canada.

[Goldmine_2024-2] Popoff, Martin (January 5, 2024). "The Top 20 unlikely Progressive Rock hits, ranked". Goldmine. Retrieved January 7, 2024.

[VH1_2009-3] Cite error: The named reference VH1 2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Matos_2020-4] Matos, Michaelangelo (December 8, 2020). "Sarm Studios, London: November 25, 1984". Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year. Hachette Books. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-306-90337-3.

[Rush_PR_Press_Conference-5] Rush – Puerto Rico Press Conference. March 12, 2011. Event occurs at 7:51. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021.

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