Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)

"Take the Long Way Home"
1980 United Kingdom live single picture sleeve
Single by Supertramp
from the album Breakfast in America
B-side"Rudy"
ReleasedOctober 1979 (US)
  • 26 September 1980 (live)
Recorded1978
StudioThe Village Recorder/Studio B, Los Angeles, California
GenreProgressive rock
Length
  • 5:08
  • 4:06 (DJ single version)
LabelA&M
SongwriterRoger Hodgson
ProducersSupertramp, 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 the British 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. In 1980, the live version from Paris became a minor hit in various European countries.

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