Long Promised Road

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“Long Promised Road”
Single by The Beach Boys from the album Surf's Up
B-side	Deirdre 'Til I Die
Released	24 May 1971 11 October 1971
Format	Vinyl
Recorded	April 3, 1971
Genre	Baroque Pop
Length	3:30
Label	Brother/Reprise
Writer(s)	Carl Wilson Jack Rieley
Producer	The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Wouldn't It Be Nice (live)" (1971) "Long Promised Road"/"Deirdre" (1971) "Long Promised Road"/"'Til I Die" (1971)
"Long Promised Road"/"Deirdre" (1971) "Long Promised Road"/"'Til I Die" (1971) "Surf's Up"/"Don't Go Near the Water" (1971)

"Long Promised Road" is a song written by Carl Wilson and Jack Rieley for the American pop band The Beach Boys. It was first released as a single in May of 1971, and did not chart. It was then released on their 1971 album Surf's Up, and was rereleased as a single, with a different b-side, 'Til I Die, in October of the same year. This time it made it to #89 on the Billboard Hot 100. Aside from a few guitar solos written in the early days of the band, the song is Carl Wilson's first composition, and he handles the lead vocal on the track.

[edit] See also

• List of songs by The Beach Boys

v • d • e Surf's Up Track Listing Don't Go Near the Water • Long Promised Road • Take A Load Off Your Feet • Disney Girls (1957) • Student Demonstration Time • Feel Flows • Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) • A Day in the Life of a Tree • 'Til I Die • Surf's Up