Foreplay/Long Time
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"Foreplay/Long Time" are two popular arena rock songs commonly grouped together from the classic rock band Boston, on the 1976 eponymous Boston album. This song combines two disparate songs, "Foreplay" and "Long Time" although they are generally played as one on radio, and are listed as "Foreplay/Long Time" on the album, as one track.
[edit] Foreplay
| "Foreplay" | ||
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| Song by Boston | ||
| from the album Boston | ||
| Released | 1976 | |
| Recorded | 1975 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:25/7:47 (with Long Time) | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Tom Scholz | |
| Producer(s) | John Boylan & Tom Scholz | |
| Boston track listing | ||
| Peace of Mind (2) |
"Foreplay" (3A) |
Long Time (3B) |
"Foreplay" is the progressive instrumental prelude to "Long Time", primarily consisting of rapid triplet arpeggios on Hammond B3 organ with a bass part doubled by a piano, and drums, with lead guitar joining at the end. According to Tom Scholz, leader and producer of Boston, the synthesizer-like swoops were not produced with synthesizers, but rather by scraping a pick along a string of a guitar. It was written in 1969. In February of 1977, the song hit #22 on the U.S. charts, and #11 on charts in the UK .[1]
[edit] Long Time
| "Long Time" | ||
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| Single by Boston | ||
| from the album Boston | ||
| Released | 1977 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 5:22 | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Producer(s) | John Boylan & Tom Scholz | |
| Chart positions | ||
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| Boston singles chronology | ||
| "More Than a Feeling" (1976) |
"Long Time" (1977) |
"Peace of Mind" (1977) |
| Boston track listing | ||
| "Foreplay" (3A) |
"Long Time" (3B) |
"Rock and Roll Band" (4) |
"Long Time" is the lyrical song preceded by "Foreplay". While it was released as a single, it is generally preceded by "Foreplay" on radio stations. It was one of the band's biggest hits, and remains popular to this day.
"Long Time" was used as the background music for a series of television commercials, titled "Timeless," for NASCAR in 2004, featuring a hypothetical race between drivers and cars of all eras of NASCAR competition. The commercials digitally combined archived footage of races at Daytona International Speedway to tell the story of the race, which ends with a four-abreast finish between David Pearson, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, and Jeff Gordon.
Vocals: Brad Delp (all singing parts and harmony overdubs)
Drums: Sib Hashian
Lead Guitars: Barry Goudreau
Rhythm Guitars: Barry Goudreau (electric), Tom Sholz (acoustic)
Organ: Tom Scholz
Clavinet: Tom Scholz
Bass Guitar: Tom Scholz
[edit] References
- ^ Rock Movers & Shakers by Dafydd Rees & Luke Crampton, 1991 Billboard Books.
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