Caravan (Rush song)

"Caravan"
Single by Rush
from the album Clockwork Angels
Released	June 1, 2010
Format	Digital, CD, Vinyl
Recorded	April 13, 2010
Genre	Progressive rock, hard rock
Length	5:40
Label	Anthem Records (Canada), Atlantic Records
Writer(s)	Lee/Lifeson/Peart
Producer(s)	Nick Raskulinecz and Rush
Rush singles chronology
"The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" (2007) "Caravan" (2010) "Headlong Flight" (2012)

Caravan is the first single from Canadian rock band Rush's 20th studio album, Clockwork Angels. It was released to radio stations and saw digital release on June 1, 2010 (a full two years before the album's proper release), on CD via mail order later that month, and as a 7" vinyl record for Record Store Day 2011, with a limited printing of 3,000 units.^[1] The B-side is an additional studio track titled "BU2B", which stands for the lyric "brought up to believe". Both songs were recorded April 13, 2010, at Blackbird Studios in Nashville with producer Nick Raskulinecz with mixing and engineering done by Richard Chycki at the Sound Kitchen in Franklin, Tennessee.^[2] The songs were mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in New York City. Live appearances of both songs were first featured on Rush's Time Machine Tour.

Track listing

Music and lyrics by Lee/Lifeson/Peart

Personnel

• Geddy Lee – bass guitar, keyboards, bass pedals, vocals
• Alex Lifeson – guitars, keyboards
• Neil Peart – drums, lyrics

Chart performances

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In other media

The song "Caravan" was released as a downloadable track on Rock Band 3 in 2010 and was also featured in TSN's introductory footage to the CFL game between the Calgary Stampeders and Montreal Alouettes on July 20, 2013.

See also

• List of Rush songs

References