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"I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" is a 1970 song written by American musician Mark Farner and recorded by Grand Funk Railroad as the closing track to their 1970 album Closer to Home. Ten minutes in duration, it is the band's longest studio recording. One of the group's best-known songs, it is composed as two distinct but closely related ...
Grand Funk Railroad (often shortened to Grand Funk) is an American rock band formed in Flint, Michigan, in 1969 by Mark Farner (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica), Don Brewer (drums, vocals) and Mel Schacher (bass).
Closer to Home is the third studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad.The album was released on June 15, 1970, by Capitol Records.Recorded at Cleveland Recording Company, the album was produced by Terry Knight.
Farner was the guitarist and lead singer for Grand Funk Railroad as well as the songwriter for most of their material. His best-known composition is the 1970 epic "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)". [4] He also wrote the 1975 hit "Bad Time", the last of the band's four singles to make the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. [5]
When Reparata and the Delrons signed with RCA in 1965, new members were needed. Original member Nanette Licari was brought back. "I Can Tell", the first single for RCA needed a third vocalist, and although it has been reported that Lesley Gore sang on the track, [6] it was actually session singer Lesley Miller, while Gore recorded her own version of the song.
Survival is the fourth studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad, released in April 1971 by Capitol Records.Recorded at Cleveland Recording Company, the album was produced by Terry Knight.
All songs written and composed by Mark Farner except where noted. ... "I'm Your Captain" – 9:59 "Inside Looking Out" (Eric Burdon/Chas Chandler) – 9:31;
"Captain of Your Ship" is a pop song, first recorded by the US girl group Reparata and the Delrons and released as a single in 1968 by Bell Records. It was written by Kenny Young and Ben Yardley and reached No. 13 on the UK singles chart .