Tuesday Afternoon
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| Single by The Moody Blues from the album Days of Future Passed |
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| B-side | "Another Morning" | ||||
| Released | 20 July 1968 | ||||
| Recorded | 1967 | ||||
| Length | 4:47 (album) 2:16 (single edit) |
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| Label | Deram | ||||
| Writer(s) | Justin Hayward | ||||
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"Tuesday Afternoon" (sometimes referred to as "Forever Afternoon" and "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)") is a 1968 single by English symphonic rock band The Moody Blues.
"Tuesday Afternoon" was originally released on The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed, a concept album chronicling a typical day. On the album, it was featured on "The Afternoon" track, and was titled "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)."
Justin Hayward wrote the song originally intending to name it "Tuesday Afternoon." At the insistence of producer Tony Clarke, its was named "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)" for its release on Days of Future Passed. However, when it was released as a single a year later, its name was changed back to "Tuesday Afternoon," and it has been more commonly known by this name ever since. On most of the Moody Blues compilation and live albums, the song is listed as "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" to reflect both titles.
According to an interview with Justin Hayward, he wrote "Tuesday Afternoon" while sitting in the middle of a field near his home in England on a beautiful spring afternoon. He claims that he had his acoustic guitar in hand and the song just came to him. The song features Justin Hayward on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, with Mike Pinder in the background on the mellotron. The flute solo towards the end was provided by Ray Thomas.
The London Festival Orchestra performs the final orchestral rendition of the chorus on Days of Future Passed. However, for the single release and subsequent releases on compilation albums, the orchestral ending was removed, and the song just faded out during Ray Thomas's flute solo. On the Moody Blues 1998 compilation Time Traveller, the orchestral ending was included. Also, whenever the Moody Blues perform backed by a live orchestra, the orchestral ending is performed.
"Tuesday Afternoon" was released as a single in 1968, and was the second of two singles released from the album, the other being "Nights in White Satin." The "Tuesday Afternoon" single featured Ray Thomas's "Another Morning" on the B-side.
[edit] Cover Versions
- New-age piano player David Lanz recorded an instrumental version of "Tuesday Afternoon" for his album Songs from an English Garden.
- Jazz singer Bobbi Wilsyn performs "Tuesday Afternoon" on her album It's About Time.
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