The Spirit of Radio

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"The Spirit of Radio"
The Spirit of Radio.jpg
UK 7" single
Single by Rush
from the album Permanent Waves
B-side
ReleasedDecember 1979 (promo)
February 1980 (single)
Recorded1979
Studio Le Studio (Morin-Heights, Quebec)
Genre
Length
  • 4:56 (album version)
  • 3:40 (US/Canada single edit)
  • 3:00 (UK single edit)
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Rush singles chronology
"Circumstances"
(1979)
"The Spirit of Radio"
(1979)
"Entre Nous"
(1980)

"Resist"
(1997)

""The Spirit of Radio" (Live)"
(1998)

"One Little Victory"
(2002)