Closer to the Heart
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| "Closer to the Heart" | ||
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| Single by Rush | ||
| from the album A Farewell to Kings | ||
| Released | January 1 1977 | |
| Recorded | June 1977 at Rockfield Studios in South Wales, UK | |
| Genre | Progressive Rock | |
| Length | 2:53 | |
| Label | Mercury Records | |
| Rush singles chronology | ||
| "Fly By Night" (Live) (1976) | "Closer to the Heart" (1977) | "Cinderella Man" (1977) |
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| "Tom Sawyer" (Live) (1981) | "Closer to the Heart" (Live) (1981) | "New World Man" (1982) |
Closer to The Heart is a single by Rush, released 1977. It was the first Rush song to have an external co-writer, namely Peter Talbot, a friend of Neil Peart. The B side is unusually larger than the A side; the B side consists of one track which is shorter than the others but two which exceed the length of Closer to the Heart by over a minute.
[edit] A Side
- Closer to The Heart - 2:53 (Lee/Lifeson/Peart/Talbot)
[edit] B side
- Bastille Day - 4:37 (Lee/Lifeson/Peart)
- Anthem - 4:10 (Lee/Lifeson/Peart)
- The Temples of Syrinx - 2:13 (Lee/Lifeson/Peart)
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