"Take the Long Way Home" is the fourth single and sixth track of Supertramp

Supertramp

Supertramp are a British rock band formed in 1969 under the name Daddy before renaming to Supertramp in early 1970. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they have since incorporated a combination of traditional rock and art rock into their music...

's 1979 album Breakfast in America

Breakfast in America

Breakfast in America was seen as a departure for the band, with its pop sound deviating from the progressive rock stylings that defined their earlier work...

. It reached number 10 on the U.S. charts. The song was used during the climax and closing credits to the final episode of the first series of Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes (TV series)

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. It was also used in the eleventh episode of the Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow

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 produced TV show, Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks

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.

Quotes

In the late '90's, the band Trixter

Trixter

Trixter is an American hard rock band from Paramus, New Jersey. The band achieved moderate success in the late 1980's and early 1990s but disbanded for several years as glam metal lost mainstream popularity...

 included a version of it on their release "Under Covers - Everything By, Nothing From".

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	10

Personnel

• Roger Hodgson: Vocals, Piano
• Rick Davies: Harmonica, Hammond organ, Synthesizers, Vocals
• Dougie Thomson: Bass Guitar
• Bob Siebenberg: Drums
• John A. Helliwell: Clarinet, soprano saxophone