"Caravan" is the first single from Canadian

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band Rush's 19th studio album, ''

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''. It was released to radio stations and saw digital release on June 1, 2010 (a full two years before the album's proper release), on CD via mail order later that month, and as a 7" vinyl record for

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2011, with a limited printing of 3,000 units. The

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is an additional studio track titled "BU2B", which stands for the lyric "brought up to believe". Both songs were recorded April 13, 2010, at Blackbird Studios in

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with producer

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with mixing and engineering done by Richard Chycki at the Sound Kitchen in Franklin, Tennessee.Rush Press Releas
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at Sterling Sound in

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. Live appearances of both songs were first featured on Rush's

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Track listing

Music by Lee/Lifeson and lyrics by Peart

Personnel

Geddy Lee Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined the band in September 1968, at the re ...

– bass guitar, keyboards, bass pedals, vocals *

Alex Lifeson Aleksandar Živojinović, (born 27 August 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson (), is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Rush. In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that wo ...

– guitars, keyboards *

Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart OC (; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian-American musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an ...

– drums, lyrics

Chart performance

In other media

The song was released as a downloadable track on

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in 2010. It was also featured in TSN's introductory footage to the

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game between the

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and

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on July 20, 2013.

References

2010 singles Rush (band) songs Songs written by Alex Lifeson Songs written by Geddy Lee Songs written by Neil Peart Song recordings produced by Nick Raskulinecz 2010 songs Atlantic Records singles {{2010s-rock-single-stub

Track listing

Personnel

Chart performance

In other media

See also

References