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"Tom Sawyer" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, originally released on their 1981 album Moving Pictures as its opener. The band's lead singer, bassist, and keyboardist, Geddy Lee, has referred to the track as the band's "defining piece ... from the early '80s".
After the tour, Rush joined fellow Toronto-based rock band Max Webster to record "Battle Scar" for their 1980 album, Universal Juveniles. [56] Max Webster's lyricist, Pye Dubois, offered the band the lyrics to a song he had written. The band accepted, and the song went on, after reworking by Peart, to become "Tom Sawyer". [56
It remains Rush's highest-selling album in the United States, with five million copies sold. "Limelight", "Tom Sawyer" and "Vital Signs" were released as singles across 1981, and the instrumental "YYZ" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Rush supported the album on tour from February to July 1981.
Stage Left is the second live album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released as a double album in October 1981 by Anthem Records. After touring in support of their eighth studio album Moving Pictures (1981), the band gathered recordings made over the previous two years and constructed a live release from them with producer Terry Brown .
"Tom Sawyer" Moving Pictures: 1981 Co-written by Pye Dubois. [40] Inspired by the fictional character Tom Sawyer created by Mark Twain; The quintessential Rush song. [41] "Red Barchetta" Moving Pictures: 1981 Inspired by 'A Nice Morning Drive', by Richard S. Foster [42] "YYZ" Moving Pictures: 1981
The latter two films also feature the song "Tom Sawyer". Both a cover and the original version of the song are available as downloadable tracks for the music video game series Rock Band, the latter being bundled with the rest of the Moving Pictures album. It is also playable in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and Guitar Hero Live.
Progressive rock, hard rock: Label: ... Rush in Rio is a live DVD by Canadian band Rush, released in 2003. ... Tom Sawyer" – 5:04
2009 – The song "Tom Sawyer" ranked number 19 on VH1's "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". [6] March 28, 2010 – Rush inducted into the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame. [7] June 25, 2010 – Rush received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard. [8]