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“Carry On Wayward Son” is a hit progressive rock single recorded by Kansas and written by Kerry Livgren for their 1976 album Leftoverture. In 1977, the song peaked at #11 on the Billboard pop singles chart, becoming their first Top 40 hit. Because of its lyrics, the song is often misnamed as “Carry On My Wayward Son”.

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 the top 60 there. It was also the first 12” single released anywhere by the band when it was released in the UK in that format, thought it was still the edited version. All initial releases of the single had a B-side of “Questions of My Childhood,” continuing the tradition of Kansas and many other bands with multiple songwriters of putting a song by band’s other primary writer on the B-side of any single.

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

This was written by Kansas guitarist Kerry Livgren. According to Livgren, the song was not written to express anything specifically religious, though it certainly expresses spiritual searching and other ideas. People have attributed all sorts of alternative meanings to it, but he suggests taking the song as it is. For more info on Carry On Wayward Son see http://www.songfacts.com/detail.
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    Supernatural \o/

    yesterday evening

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    The Road So Far [11]

    Friday afternoon

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    Like a bunch of lemmings...

    Tuesday afternoon

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    The Road So Far [10]

    Tuesday morning

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    The Road So Far [9]

    Monday evening

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    The Road So Far [8]

    7 days ago

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    The Road So Far [7]

    8 days ago

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    There will be PEACE we you are done!

    9 days ago

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    The Road So Far [6]

    9 days ago

  • giggleloop1

    Classic track! Love it<3<3

    10 days ago

  • maiwinning

    Supernatural <3

    10 days ago

  • Mactele52

    a true classic rock tune.

    10 days ago

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    The Road So Far [5]

    11 days ago

  • MrBiznazty

    Best thing to come out of Kansas

    12 days ago

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    The Road So Far [4]

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    The Road So Far [3]

    14 days ago

  • nick_honest

    one of my all-time favourites; carry on...

    15 days ago

  • Isadoraasays

    SPN <3

    16 days ago

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    And the cat began to wail,and the little dog chased his tail.

    16 days ago

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    ''Between echoes of the most schizophrenic Tool band, the crepuscular decadentism of Pain Of Salvation, or the aggressivity of some Meshuggah'' www.hypnotheticall.it Try to listen..

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