Australian singles chart:
Carry On Wayward Son entered the Kent Music Report on 28 March 1977 and peaked at #58.
Album:
The song is on Leftoverture which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 28 March 1977 and peaked at #68.
Songwriter:
Kerry Livgren
Producers:
Jeff Glixman, Kansas
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
Wikipedia:
While Kansas’ previous three albums had split songwriting duties between lead vocalist Steve Walsh and band member Kerry Livgren, the latter essentially provided all the material for the band’s fourth album release, Leftoverture.
Carry On Wayward Son was written after the band had completed rehearsals for the album. Livgren, who perceived the song as being “beamed down” to him in full, stated in 2004: “It’s an autobiographical song. Parallel to my musical career I’ve always been on a spiritual sojourn, looking for truth and meaning. It was a song of self-encouragement. I was telling myself to keep on looking and I would find what I sought.”
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_Wayward_Son
Lyrics:
Carry on my wayward son
There’ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don’t you cry no more
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