Written by Boston leader Tom Scholz, the original title of this song was "San Francisco Day." He played it in various bands for years before reworking it as "Hitch a Ride" for Boston's debut album.
In this song, lead singer Brad Delp sings about hitching a ride (possibly on one of those guitar-shaped spaceships on the album cover) to somewhere far away. It's not clear what he's leaving behind or if this is purely an emotional journey, but we know he's looking for freedom.
All eight tracks on the Boston album, including "Hitch A Ride," got significant airplay on Album Oriented Rock stations, then later on Classic Rock stations. With no filler, the album kept selling, eventually moving 17 million copies just in America.
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