1970Released
4:23

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Here, Linda Ronstadt sings of her unrequited passion for a man. She tried everything she knew to make him fall for her, but he showed no interest. Ronstadt laments the love she will never experience, but will continue to love him for a "long long time."

"Long, Long Time" was Ronstadt's first hit as a solo artist, although she did have a hit in 1967 with "Different Drum," attributed to her group The Stone Poneys. Despite her obvious talent, Ronstadt struggled early on, partly because of her choice of material. Her first solo album, Hand Sown... Home Grown, was released in 1969 and went nowhere. "Long, Long Time" was part of her second album, Silk Purse, and it rose to #25 in the US. But her next two albums also underperformed. It wasn't until she teamed with producer Peter Asher for her fifth album, Heart Like A Wheel, that her chart success started to synch with her talent. Hits like "You're No Good" and "When Will I Be Loved" followed.

The song was written by a Texas musician named Gary White. As detailed in her memoir Simple Dreams, Ronstadt found it through a friend, the guitarist David Bromberg. He took her to see White, who was playing a show at the Cafe Au Go-Go in New York City as a backing musician for Paul Siebel. After the show, she went backstage to meet White and ask about the song. He pulled out his guitar, played it for her on the spot, and Ronstadt loved it. She ended up recording it for her Silk Purse album along with another song by White called "Nobody's."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Long Long Time.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
91BPM

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Capitol Records
© 1995 Capitol Records, LLC
℗ 1995 Capitol Records, LLC

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