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<h1>Longer</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><br></p><p><strong>"Longer"</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Longer-danfogelberg.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Longer-danfogelberg.jpg/220px-Longer-danfogelberg.jpg" alt="Longer-danfogelberg.jpg" height="219" width="220"></a></p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Single</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fogelberg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dan Fogelberg</a>from the album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(Dan_Fogelberg_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Phoenix</em></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">B-side</a>"Along the Road"Released December 8, 1979<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longer#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a>Recorded October 1979<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Genre</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Soft rock</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">folk rock</a></li><li>Length3:15<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Songwriter(s)</a>Dan Fogelberg<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Producer(s)</a>Dan Fogelberg</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Putnam" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Norbert Putnam</a></li><li>Morty Lewis</li></ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fogelberg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dan Fogelberg</a> singles chronology "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Sons_of_Different_Mothers#Charts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Power of Gold</a>"</p><p>(1978) "<strong>Longer</strong>"</p><p>(1979) "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Hotels" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heart Hotels</a>"</p><p>(1980) "<strong>Longer</strong>" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fogelberg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dan Fogelberg</a> and released in 1979 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Moon_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full Moon Records</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Epic Records</a>. The song can be found on Fogelberg's 1979 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(Dan_Fogelberg_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Phoenix</em></a>. It was also included on his 1982 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Dan_Fogelberg_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">greatest hits album</a> as well as various other retrospective and compilation recordings.</p><p>Fogelberg, who had released more rock oriented songs throughout the 1970s, jokingly described "Longer" in the liner notes to one of his retrospective albums as "the song that put me on the elevators."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longer#cite_note-Hyatt-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> He wrote the song while vacationing in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maui</a>, "lounging in a hammock one night and looking up at the stars. It just seems this song was drifting around the universe, saw me, and decided I'd give it a good home."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longer#cite_note-Hyatt-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> Accompanying Fogelberg's vocals is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">acoustic guitar</a> (played by the singer) as well as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugelhorn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">flugelhorn</a> solo by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Hey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jerry Hey</a>.</p><p>Lyrically, the song compares various events ("Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens") with his emotional attachment to the one he loves ("I've been in love with you").</p><h2>Contents</h2><h2>Personnel</h2><ul><li>Dan Fogelberg – lead <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">vocals</a>, acoustic guitar</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Hey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jerry Hey</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugelhorn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">flugelhorn</a></li><li>Gayle Levant – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">harp</a></li></ul><h2>Chart performance</h2><p>"Longer" was released as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">single</a> in late 1979, prior to the release of the album <em>Phoenix</em>. It became Fogelberg's highest-charting hit of his career, spending two weeks at No. 2 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a> chart in March 1980.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longer#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> It was kept from the summit the first week by "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Little_Thing_Called_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crazy Little Thing Called Love</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Queen</a>, and remained in the runner-up spot the next week behind "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Brick_in_the_Wall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Another Brick in the Wall</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pink Floyd</a>. In addition, "Longer" became the first of the singer's four No. 1 songs on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">adult contemporary chart</a> between 1980 and 1984.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longer#cite_note-Hyatt-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> The song reached No. 85 on the <em>Billboard</em> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country music chart</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longer#cite_note-Hyatt-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p><p>In the United Kingdom, "Longer" was Fogelberg's only song to reach the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a>, where it peaked at No. 59.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longer#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&amp;_Albums-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></p>