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| album = [[Signals (Rush album)|Signals]]
| album = [[Signals (Rush album)|Signals]]
| B-side = "[[Vital Signs (Rush song)|Vital Signs]]" (live)
| B-side = "[[Vital Signs (Rush song)|Vital Signs]]" (live)
| released = August 2, 1982
| released = August 1982
| recorded =
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| length = 3:43
| length = 3:43
| label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| writer = [[Neil Peart]], [[Geddy Lee]], [[Alex Lifeson]]
| writer =
* [[Neil Peart]]
* [[Geddy Lee]]
* [[Alex Lifeson]]
| producer = Rush & [[Terry Brown (record producer)|Terry Brown]]
| producer =
* Rush
* [[Terry Brown (record producer)|Terry Brown]]
| prev_title = [[Closer to the Heart]] (live)
| prev_title = [[Closer to the Heart]] (live)
| prev_year = 1982
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"'''New World Man'''" is a hit single from the 1982 album ''[[Signals (Rush album)|Signals]]'' by Canadian [[rock music|rock]] band [[Rush (band)|Rush]]. The song was the last and most quickly composed song on the album, stemming from a suggestion by then-Rush producer [[Terry Brown (record producer)|Terry Brown]] to even out the lengths of the two sides of the cassette version. It went to #1 (on the [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] national singles chart) in [[Canada]], where it remained for two weeks in October 1982.<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6921&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12 RPM 50 Singles Survey (Canada)], Oct. 9, 1982, Library and Archives Canada</ref><ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6927&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12 RPM 50 Singles Survey (Canada)], Oct. 16, 1982, Library and Archives Canada</ref>
"'''New World Man'''" is a hit single from the 1982 album ''[[Signals (Rush album)|Signals]]'' by Canadian [[rock music|rock]] band [[Rush (band)|Rush]]. The song was the last and most quickly composed song on the album, stemming from a suggestion by then-Rush producer [[Terry Brown (record producer)|Terry Brown]] to even out the lengths of the two sides of the cassette version. It went to No. 1 (on the [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] national singles chart) in Canada, where it remained for two weeks in October 1982.<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6921&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12 RPM 50 Singles Survey (Canada)], Oct. 9, 1982, Library and Archives Canada</ref><ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6927&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12 RPM 50 Singles Survey (Canada)], Oct. 16, 1982, Library and Archives Canada</ref> It was the only single by a Canadian act to top the ''RPM'' chart that year.


Less successful in the United States, it nonetheless remains Rush's only American Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 21 on the ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|singles chart]] in October and November 1982. On the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' Top 100, it peaked at No. 35. It also hit No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Top Tracks chart]] (the first Rush single to do so).<ref>[[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 547.</ref>
Less successful in the United States, it nonetheless remains Rush's only American top 40 hit, peaking at No. 21 on the ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|singles chart]] in October and November 1982. On the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' Top 100, it peaked at No. 35. It also hit No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Top Tracks chart]] (the first Rush single to do so).<ref>[[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 547.</ref>


"New World Man" reached No. 42 in the United Kingdom. A remixed version (released as a double A-side with "[[Countdown (Rush song)|Countdown]]") later reached No. 36 in the UK in early 1983.
"New World Man" reached No. 42 in the United Kingdom. A remixed version (released as a double A-side with "[[Countdown (Rush song)|Countdown]]") later reached No. 36 in the UK in early 1983.

''[[Cash Box]]'' said that "synth blips pave the way for this pulsing change of pace" for Rush, with "a more compact, almost [[The Police (band)|Police]]-like drive."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1982/CB-1982-09-11.pdf|date=September 11, 1982|access-date=2022-07-07|page=8}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said that it may give Rush a hit single due to its "hypnotic synthesizer pop with flashes of guitar rock."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=September 4, 1982|access-date=2023-01-29|page=63|title=Top Single Picks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSQEAAAAMBAJ}}</ref>

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==See also==
==See also==
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*[[List of number-one singles of 1982 (Canada)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1982 (Canada)]]
*[[List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s#1982|List of ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s]]
*[[List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s#1982|List of ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s]]

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Latest revision as of 07:38, 13 October 2024

"New World Man"
Single by Rush
from the album Signals
B-side"Vital Signs" (live)
ReleasedAugust 1982
Genre
Length3:43
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Rush singles chronology
"Closer to the Heart (live)"
(1982) 		"New World Man"
(1982) 		"Subdivisions"
(1982)

"New World Man" is a hit single from the 1982 album Signals by Canadian rock band Rush. The song was the last and most quickly composed song on the album, stemming from a suggestion by then-Rush producer Terry Brown to even out the lengths of the two sides of the cassette version. It went to No. 1 (on the RPM national singles chart) in Canada, where it remained for two weeks in October 1982.[2][3] It was the only single by a Canadian act to top the RPM chart that year.

Less successful in the United States, it nonetheless remains Rush's only American top 40 hit, peaking at No. 21 on the Billboard singles chart in October and November 1982. On the Cashbox Top 100, it peaked at No. 35. It also hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart (the first Rush single to do so).[4]

"New World Man" reached No. 42 in the United Kingdom. A remixed version (released as a double A-side with "Countdown") later reached No. 36 in the UK in early 1983.

Cash Box said that "synth blips pave the way for this pulsing change of pace" for Rush, with "a more compact, almost Police-like drive."[5] Billboard said that it may give Rush a hit single due to its "hypnotic synthesizer pop with flashes of guitar rock."[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bowman, Durrell (2014). Experiencing Rush: A Listener's Companion. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-44223-131-3.
  2. ^ RPM 50 Singles Survey (Canada), Oct. 9, 1982, Library and Archives Canada
  3. ^ RPM 50 Singles Survey (Canada), Oct. 16, 1982, Library and Archives Canada
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 547.
  5. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 11, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  6. ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. September 4, 1982. p. 63. Retrieved 2023-01-29.

See also

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