''Long Way from Home'' is a 1979 EP by British

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. The titular song was written by lead singer

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, and "Trouble" and "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" are the B-side tracks. The song was taken from the band's album ''

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'', and was the lead-off track. The song charted at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart in 1979. The Japanese release was the single, and its B-side was "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues".

Lyrics

The song uses the lyric "long, long way from home" in its chorus, but the song itself only has one "Long" in the title. This was likely done to avoid confusion with Foreigner's similarly titled 1977 hit, ''

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Track listing

;UK EP #"Long Way from Home" - 4:56 #"Trouble" – 5:00 ''(live at Hammersmith 1978)'' #"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" – 6:36 ''(live at Hammersmith 1978)'' ;Japanese release #"Long Way from Home" - 4:56 #"Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" - 4:24

Personnel

– lead vocals *

Micky Moody Michael Joseph Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden he founde ...

– guitars, backing vocals *

Bernie Marsden Bernard John Marsden (7 May 1951 – 24 August 2023) was an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as " Fool f ...

– guitars, lead vocals * Neil Murray – bass *

Dave Dowle David 'Duck' Dowle (born 20 October 1953 in London, England) is an English drummer who has played with the bands Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Streetwalkers, Whitesnake, Runner, Midnight Flyer, Bernie Marsden. Biography Dave Dowle started ...

– drums *

Jon Lord John Douglas "Jon" Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English keyboardist and composer. In 1968, Lord co-founded the hard rock band Deep Purple. Lord performed on most of the band's most popular songs; he and drummer Ian Paice were the only ...

– keyboards *

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- producer

Charts

References

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