Verified listings:
- The Topical Song - The Barron Knights
- The Topical Song (The Logical Song) - The Barron Knights
Assumed/incorrect titles:
- There Are Lines That Stretch Across The Land
- The Lines Are So Long
Available on (*):
- 1979 45 rpm single (Epic 9-50755)
- 1979 45 rpm single (Epic 7791; U.K. release)
- 1979 LP Teach The World To Laugh (Epic EPC 83891; U.K. release)
- 1996 CD The Dr. Demento Collection: The Late '70s (Time-Life Music R2-7174, late 1996)
- 2004 CD The Best Of The Barron Knights (Prestige, July 5, 2004; U.K. release)
Parody of:
- The Topical Song - Supertramp
Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
- gasoline prices
- 1979's long gas lines
- energy crisis
Alternate versions:
- British version and American version have significantly different lyrics. Lyrics were altered for American audience, i.e. "petrol" changed to "gas", "queue" changed to "line", etc. British version also features "gurgle gurgle" background voices and spoken part in middle not on American version. Unless otherwise specified, Dr. Demento plays the American version.
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- U.K. releases generally include the original song title in parentheses, while U.S. releases generally show only the parody title.
Chart information:
- #70 1979 (single)
Common misspellings:
- The Baron Knights
General type of music:
- comedy
- parody
Group members:
- "Barron" Anthony Osmond
- others
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