Living in the Past (song)
| "Living in the Past" | ||||
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French picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Jethro Tull | ||||
| B-side | "Driving Song" | |||
| Released | 2 May 1969 UK October 1972 US | |||
| Recorded | 3 & 18 March 1969 | |||
| Studio | Vantone Sound Studio, West Orange, NJ & United Western Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | |||
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| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Island WIP 6056 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ian Anderson | |||
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| "Living in the Past" on YouTube | ||||
"Living in the Past" is a song by British progressive rock group Jethro Tull. It is one of the band's best-known songs, and it is notable for being written in the unusual 5/4 time signature. According to band frontman Ian Anderson, it was inspired by Dave Brubeck's 1961 jazz instrumental "Take Five".