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The Spirit of Radio. " The Spirit of Radio " is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, released from their 1980 album Permanent Waves. The song's name was inspired by Toronto -based radio station CFNY-FM 's slogan. [ 3][ 4] It was significant in the growing popularity of the band, becoming their first top 30 single in Canada and reaching number 51 ...
Rush in Rio. (2003) The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 is a compilation album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 11, 2003. It includes many of the band's most popular songs from their Mercury Records era, but does not feature any material from their third album Caress of Steel. A special edition of the album included a ...
Permanent Waves. Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on January 14, 1980, through Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Hemispheres (1978), the band began working on new material for a follow-up in July 1979. This material showed a shift in the group's sound towards more ...
Freewill (song) " Freewill " is the second track on the 1980 album Permanent Waves by Canadian progressive rock band Rush. The song's music was composed by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, and its lyrics written by Neil Peart. [1] In a 2016 review of Rush discography for Ultimate Classic Rock, Eduardo Rivadavia described "Freewill" as a "cerebral ...
"Tom Sawyer" is one of the most played songs on classic rock radio in the United States, [11] is the most played Canadian song from before 1988 by Canadian rock radio stations during the Neilson BDS Era (which started in 1995), [12] [failed verification] and is the fifth most downloaded Canadian digital song from the 1980s. [13]
Rush (band) Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto in 1968 that primarily comprised Geddy Lee (vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion). The band's original line-up comprised Lifeson, drummer John Rutsey, and bassist and vocalist Jeff Jones, whom Lee immediately replaced.
Stage Left. Exit... Stage Left is the second live album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released as a double album in October 1981 by Anthem Records. After touring in support of their eighth studio album Moving Pictures (1981), the band gathered recordings made over the previous two years and constructed a live release from them with producer ...
"Force Ten" was released in the United States by Mercury Records as a 12" vinyl one-track promotional single in 1987. It is the opening track of Rush's studio album Hold Your Fire, and the song later appear on compilation albums such as Chronicles, Retrospective II, The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987, Gold, Icon, and Sector 3.