Boston - More Than A Feeling b/w Smokin´ (1976)

"More Than a Feeling" is a song by the American rock band Boston, released as the lead single from the band's 1976 debut album by Epic Records in September 1976, with "Smokin'" as the B-side. 

Tom Scholz wrote the whole song. The single entered the US Billboard Hot 100 on September 18 and peaked at number five. 

The track is now a staple of classic rock radio, and in 2008, it was named the 39th-best hard rock song of all time by VH1. 

It was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" and is ranked number 212 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", updated from its previous position of number 500 on the 2004 version.

"More than a Feeling" took Scholz five years to complete. Scholz wrote the lyrics based on the idea of losing someone close, and on the way in which music can connect a person to memories of the past.

Though not based on any specific event in Scholz's life, he did take the name Marianne from his cousin. 

It is one of six songs (five of which eventually appeared on the Boston album) that he worked on in his basement from 1968 to 1975, before Boston got its record contract. 

The drum parts were originally developed by Jim Masdea, although Sib Hashian played the drums on the official release. The song is in compound AABA form.

A - More Than A Feeling  (3:25)

       Written-By – T. Scholz

B - Smokin'  (4:20)

       Written-By – B. Delp, T. Scholz

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – CBS Inc.
• Produced For – Great Eastern Gramophone
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
• Copyright © – CBS Inc.
• Published By – Pure Songs
• Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem

Credits

• Producer – John Boylan, Tom Scholz

Taken from the Epic Lp: ”BOSTON” EPC 81611

Notes

Release: 1976

Format:  Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo

Genre:  Hardrock

Label:  Epic Records

Catalog#  EPC 4658

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