| Long Promised Road | |
| Cover: | Beach Boys - Long Promised Road & Deirdre.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Beach Boys |
| Album: | Surf's Up |
| B-Side: | "Deirdre" |
| Released: | May 24, 1971 |
| Recorded: | April 3, 1971 |
| Length: | 3:30 |
| Label: | Brother/Reprise |
| Producer: | The Beach Boys |
| Prev Title: | Wouldn't It Be Nice (live) |
| Prev Title2: | Deirdre |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Title2: | Deirdre |
| Next Title: | Long Promised Road |
| Next Title2: | 'Til I Die |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
"Long Promised Road" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1971 album Surf's Up. It was written by Carl Wilson and Jack Rieley. Aside from a few guitar instrumentals written in the early days of the band and collective co-writing credits, the song is Wilson's first solo composition, and he plays all of the instruments himself.[1]
Asked about the song in a 2013 interview, Jack Rieley said:
The song was first released as a single in May 1971, and did not chart. It was then included on Surf's Up, and was re-released as a single, with a different b-side, "'Til I Die", in October of the same year. This time it made it to No. 89 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Brian Wilson, who has included the song in his solo concerts, described it as "an incredible tune."
Credits from Craig Slowinski.[2]
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