The Analog Kid
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| "The Analog Kid" | ||||
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| Song by Rush | ||||
| from the album Signals | ||||
| Released | September 9, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 4:47 | |||
| Label | Anthem | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producers | Rush, Terry Brown | |||
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"The Analog Kid" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush from their 1982 album Signals. It reached number 19 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[1]
"The Analog Kid" is a moderately fast song and was originally written in the key of A major.[2] It’s played in common time.[3]
The song originates from when the band stayed at Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands in January 1982, travelling on a yacht that was named Orianda.[4]
Drummer and lyricist Neil Peart wrote the lyrics for the song at first as a companion piece to "Digital Man", a song that Rush had started working on in late 1981, and presented it to bassist Geddy Lee. Peart and Lee talked about what could be done with the lyrics in a musical sense. They eventually decided on the opposite on what the words may suggest, with Peart describing the track as "a very up-tempo rocker, with some kind of a dynamic contrast for the choruses".[4]
Peart said the song was his first attempt at non-fiction: "For the longest time I stepped into characters until I had my own confidence and technique to be able to step outside them as a writer."[5]
