“Carry On My Wayward Son” by Kansas

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“Carry On My Wayward Son” by Kansas

	song info     “Carry On My Wayward Son” by Kansas is a classic rock song.     There is the claim that this song is about John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.     Herbie Herbert (former manager of Journey) claims that the transition riff is an almost note for note from the Journey song “I’m Gonna Leave You” from their second album Look Into the Future, released earlier in 1976.     Song Title: Carry On My Wayward Son (official audio)     Artist: Kansas     Album: Leftoverture     Genre: classic rock, progressive rock     Composer: Copyright © 1975 Kerry Livgren     Vocals: Robbie Steinhardt, Steve Walsh     Guitar: Rich Wiliams, Kerry Livgren     Keyboards: Steve Walsh, Kerry Livgren     Synthesizer: Steve Walsh, Kerry Livgren     Bass Guitar: Dave Hope     Drums: Phil Ehart     Percussion: Phil Ehart, Steve Walsh     Violin: Robbie Steinhardt     Viola: Robbie Steinhardt     Cello: Robbie Steinhardt     Producer: Jeff Glixman, Kansas     Recorded: December 1975     Released: December 1976     Label: Kirshner     Number of listens: 17585     Current rank: 548 (updated weekly)     Highest rank: 517 (play the video all the way through to register a vote for this song)          U.S. Billboard Hot 100: peak #11 (eleven) in 1976     Canadian RPM Top Singles: peak #5 (five) in 1976     United Kingdom Singles Chart: peak #51 in 1976      Billboard chart listings courtesy of Billboard Magazine Translations courtesy of Apple and Google.

    Summary quotation from Wikipedia:

    “Carry On Wayward Son” is a progressive rock single recorded by Kansas and written by Kerry Livgren for their 1976 album Leftoverture. In 1977, the song peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard pop singles chart, becoming their first Top 40 hit. The song is in chromatic-minor and features the Neapolitan chord.

    The 7" single has been certified Gold by the RIAA. This version was a much shorter version of the song, edited down to 3:26, a version that was also the band’s only single to chart in the UK, reaching number 51 there. All initial releases of the single had a B-side of “Questions of My Childhood”. The song was later re-released on the Kansas compilation albums The Best of Kansas, On the Other Side, The Kansas Boxed Set, The Ultimate Kansas, and Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection. It was also included on the live Kansas albums Two for the Show, Live at the Whisky, King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas, Dust in the Wind, Device, Voice, Drum, and There’s Know Place Like Home, along with the DVD companions to Device, Voice, Drum and There’s Know Place Like Home.

    This song is 96th on VH1’s 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.

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    Nathaniel: This is Kansas’s best song.

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