Tom Sawyer (song)

"Tom Sawyer"
Single by Rush
from the album Moving Pictures
B-side"Witch Hunt"
ReleasedMay 1981
RecordedOctober–November 1980
StudioLe Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec
Genre
Length4:36
LabelMercury
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Producer(s)
Rush singles chronology
"Limelight"
(1981)
"Tom Sawyer"
(1981)
"Closer to the Heart (Live)"
(1981)

"Vital Signs"
(1981)

"Tom Sawyer (Live)"
(1981)

"Closer to the Heart (Live)"
(1981)
Audio sample
"Tom Sawyer" from Moving Pictures.
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Music video
"Tom Sawyer" on YouTube

"Tom Sawyer" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, originally released on their 1981 album Moving Pictures as its opener. The band's lead singer, bassist, and keyboardist, Geddy Lee, has referred to the track as the band's "defining piece ... from the early '80s".

Drumeo.com has stated Tom Sawyer may be "the world's greatest air-drumming song of all-time".