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Walkin' The Line
    Authors »
Brian Wilson, Nick Laird-Clowes

    Year Written »
1988

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I walk the line
I walk the line every day for you
I keep on workin'
I keep on workin' every day for you
If I don't get my way this time I'll die
And that's no lie
Walk, walk, walk, I keep on walkin' the line
Run, run, run, I'm runnin' outta of my mind
I need your love I need your love tonight
Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee, gimmee lovin' tonight
I need your lovin'
(Lovin')
Lovin'
(Lovin')
Lovin', Lovin'
Wah Wa-Wa wah wah wah

I keep on pushin'
I keep on pushin' so hard for you
I keep on tryin'
I keep on tryin' my best for you
I know we'll keep on searchin' until that day
Till we find a way

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Running Time 2:39
Performers Brian Wilson (Produced By), Brad Gilderman (Recorded By), Brad Gilderman (Remixed By), Terence Trent D'Arby (Additional Background Voices), Russ Titelman (Additional Background Voices), Brian Wilson (Piano), Brian Wilson (Organ), Brian Wilson (Keyboards), Brian Wilson (Emulator), Brian Wilson (Vibes), Brian Wilson (Bells), Brian Wilson (Chimes), Brian Wilson (Glockenspiel), Brian Wilson (Percussion), Brian Wilson (Sound Effects), Brian Wilson (Lead Voices), Brian Wilson (Background Voices), Brian Wilson (Vocal Arrangements), Andy Paley (Electric Guitars), Andy Paley (Acoustic Guitars), Andy Paley (Bass), Andy Paley (Drums), Andy Paley (Percussion), Andy Paley (Keyboards), Andy Paley (Harmonica), Andy Paley (Additional Background Voices), Michael Bernard (Computers), Michael Bernard (Synthesizer Programming), Michael Bernard (Drums), Michael Bernard (Keyboards), Michael Bernard (Percussion), Mark Lin(n)et(t)(e) (Recorded By), Mark Lin(n)et(t)(e) (Remixed By), Michael Andreas (Flutes), Michael Andreas (Saxophones), The Baystate Bluegrass Band (Mandolin), The Baystate Bluegrass Band (Banjo), The Baystate Bluegrass Band (Bass), The Baystate Bluegrass Band (Steel-String Acoustic Guitar), Stuart Blumberg (Trumpet), Jeff(rey) (S.) Bova (Keyboards), Jim(my) Bralower (Shaker), Lance Buller (Trumpet), Robbie Condor (Additional Keyboards), Andy/Andrew Dean (Keyboards), Andy/Andrew Dean (Vibes), Andy/Andrew Dean (Percussion), Andy/Andrew Dean (Jingle Bells), Elliot Easton (Guitar), Todd Herreman (Fairlight), Tris Imboden (Drums), Tris Imboden (Hi-Hat), Tris Imboden (Cymbals), Hymen Katz (Flute), Hymen Katz (Piccolo), Harry Kim (Trumpet), Kevin S. Lesley/Leslie (Footsteps), Steve Lindsey (Additional Keyboards), Jeff Lynne (Keyboards), Jeff Lynne (Bass), Jeff Lynne (Six-String Bass), Jeff Lynne (Guitar), Jay Migliori (Baritone Saxophone), Frank Morocco (Accordion), Rob Mounsey (EMU Tympani), Rob Mounsey (Piano), Rob Mounsey (Synth Guitar), Rob Mounsey (Emulator Cello), Dean Parks (Guitar), Bob Riley (Drum Machine), Philippe Saisse (Keyboards), Tony Selvage/Salvage (Violin), Tony Selvage/Salvage (Saw), Carol Steele (Percussion), Larry (Lawrence Lowell) William(s) (Horn), Larry (Lawrence Lowell) William(s) (Saxophone Solo), Larry (Lawrence Lowell) William(s) (Additional Keyboards), Jim(my) Bralower (Drum Programming), Jeff(rey) (S.) Bova (Programming), Robbie Condor (Synthesizer Programming), Andy/Andrew Dean (Synthesizer Programming), Robbie Kilgore (Keyboard Programming), Steve Lindsey (Synthesizer Programming), Philippe Saisse (Synthesizer Programming), Larry (Lawrence Lowell) William(s) (Synthesizer Programming)
CommentsRecorded & Remixed at Suma.
Appears On
Brian Wilson (Rhino Edition Of 1988 Album) (2000)
Brian Wilson

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(C) 1988 Beach Bum Music (BMI) and EMI Music Ltd. (PRS) Brian Wilson (in 1988): "1 was remembering an old bass line I had written, a left hand. And I said to myself, 'I want to record a song that has bass sounds like a '60s record but has an '80s feeling, an '80s vibration to it. I always felt good about that left hand, a good vibration about it. So I took that old bass line I had never finished and incorporated it into a new kind of sound. It was all in remembering the feeling, the spirit when I wrote the bass line a long time ago." Brian spent a great deal of time in 1986 with his old friend and collaborator Gary Usher ("In My Room"), cutting new songs at Usher's home studio. This was a period during which Brian had the extended opportunity to rediscover the joy of recording music. "Walkin' The Line" was the only song from the Wilson/Usher tapes that made the album. "'Walkin' The Line' is a good song about my life...how I live every day," Brian remembered recently. "At the time I wrote this I was on thin ice." In fact, in '88 he said, "I'm always walking over thin ice, could fall through at any minute. I tread lightly on everything I do, 'walk the line' so to speak. Not all the time, but it is one of my subtheme songs of my whole life, [but] it's not a serious song."

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2010-08-19