In_the_Mood_(Rush_song)

In the Mood (Rush song)

In the Mood (Rush song)

1974 single by Rush

"In the Mood" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush from their 1974 debut album Rush. It was at least two years old when recorded for the album.

Quick Facts Single by Rush, from the album Rush ...

Composition

"In the Mood" is three minutes and 34 seconds long. The song was composed in the key of A major and is in 4/4 time.[2][3] It is the only song on the album written entirely by Geddy Lee (the music on all other songs is co-written by guitarist Alex Lifeson).

Lee said that this was the first song he wrote with Lifeson that they "kind of liked".[4]

Lifeson said It "was probably at least two years old, if not three, when we recorded the first album". He also said: "Ged came in and said, 'I've got a good idea for a song' and played it from beginning to end".[5]  

Live performances

The song was always performed in concert (often in a medley, and usually near the end of the final encore) until the 1992 Roll the Bones Tour, after which it was permanently dropped. In live performances, the line "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to eight" was often altered to include a woman's name in place of the word "baby". The St. Louis classic rock radio station KSHE used to play the song every Friday night at 7:45 ("a quarter to eight").[6]

Reception

"In the Mood" was released as a single, reaching No. 31 in Canada [7] Cash Box said that "the Led Zep sound alikes are in strong form with a more innovative ditty than their last disk" and praised the vocals and backing instrumentation.[8]

Record World said that a live medley with "Fly by Night" "puts the emphasis on fuzz toned guitar and histrionic vocals."[9]

Ultimate Classic Rock thought that it was the worst Rush song released and Greg Prato of AllMusic referred to the song as "predictable".[10][11] Odyssey rated the song 2.5/5, writing that its lyrics were funny and that its intro riff was very catchy.[12]  

Covers

The song was covered by Canadian band Sloan for the 2002 movie FUBAR.[13]  

Personnel

Charts

Charted version is a medley of "Fly by Night" and "In the Mood" from 1976's live album, All the World's a Stage.

More information Chart, Peak position ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Rush singles".
  2. [2]
    "In the Mood". Musicnotes. 7 January 2008.
  3. [3]
    "In the Mood by Rush | BPM | Key | Find Song Tempo".
  4. [4]
    "ShieldSquare Captcha". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  5. [5]
    "In the Mood". 30 January 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Rush 1974 debut album | Classic Rock Review". 3 August 2014.
  7. [7]
    "RPM: Canadian Music Weekly 1964 to 2000".
  8. [8]
    "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. December 14, 1974. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  9. [9]
    "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. December 4, 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
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    "This Website Uses Cookies". ultimateclassicrock.com. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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    Prato, Greg. "Rush - Rush". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  12. [12]
    Clouse, Matthew (29 May 2017). "Rush: Rush Album Review". theodysseyonline.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  13. [13]
    "FUBAR: The Album – Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  14. [14]
    "Rush – Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com.

 
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