How Long (Ace song)

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"How Long"
Ace-how-long-mca.png
1979 US reissue by MCA Records
Single by Ace
from the album Five-A-Side
B-side "Sniffin' About"
ReleasedMarch 1975 (U.S.)
Recorded1974
Studio Rockfield Studios, Rockfield, Monmouthshire
Genre
Length3:21 (Album version)
3:09 (Single version)
Label Anchor
Songwriter(s) Paul Carrack [4]
Producer(s) John Anthony
Ace singles chronology
"How Long"
(1975)
"I Ain't Gonna Stand for This"
(1975)
Music video
Ace (with Paul Carrack) – How Long • TopPop on YouTube

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