1979 Dan Fogelberg – Longer (US:#2 UK:#59)
“Longer” is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg and released in 1979 by Full Moon Records and Epic Records. The song can be found on Fogelberg’s 1979 album Phoenix. It was also included on his 1982 greatest hits album as well as various other retrospective and compilation recordings.
Fogelberg, who had released more rock oriented songs throughout the 1970s, jokingly described “Longer” in the liner notes to one of his retrospective albums as “the song that put me on the elevators.”[2] He wrote the song while vacationing in Maui, “lounging in a hammock one night and looking up at the stars. It just seems this song was drifting around the universe, saw me, and decided I’d give it a good home.” Accompanying Fogelberg’s vocals is an acoustic guitar (played by the singer) as well as a flugelhorn solo by Jerry Hey.
Lyrically, the song compares various events (“Longer than there’ve been stars up in the heavens”) with his emotional attachment to the one he loves (“I’ve been in love with you”).
Album
Phoenix is the sixth album by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1979. Tracks 1 Tullamore Dew (Dan Fogelberg) 1:162 Phoenix (Dan Fogelberg) 7:073 Gypsy Wind (Dan Fogelberg) 3:594 The Last To Know (Dan Fogelberg) 3:115 Face The Fire (Dan Fogelberg) 5:396 Wishing On The Moon (Dan Fogelberg) 4:327 Heart Hotels (Dan Fogelberg) 4:158 Longer […]
Musicians
| Drums | Andy Newmark |
| Guitar | Dan Fogelberg |
| Acoustic Guitar | Dan Fogelberg |
| Harp | Gayle Levant |
| Flugelhorn | Jerry Hey |
Produced By
Dan Fogelberg
Marty Lewis
Norbert Putnam
Songwriters
Dan Fogelberg
Charts
US:#2
UK:#59