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The Circle Game by Tom Rush
The Circle Game is an album by Tom Rush, released in 1968. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Urge for Going”, on 4 lists with a best position of #352.
The Circle Game, Tom Rush's sixth studio album, came out on Elektra in April 1968 with Arthur Gorson producing, and it's the sound of a folk singer with a sharp ear for other people's songs. Rush filled it with three Joni Mitchell songs plus material from Jackson Browne and James Taylor, the kind of talent-spotting that helped launch a whole wave of singer-songwriters.
He wrote two of the songs himself, "Rockport Sunday" and "No Regrets," and the latter has taken on a life of its own as a folk standard, covered by several dozen artists from Emmylou Harris and the Walker Brothers to Olivia Newton-John, Curtis Stigers and Luna. The arrangements lean toward folk rock, but the mood stays close and intimate, a voice and a guitar at the heart of every song.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Circle Game on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urge for Going | 4 | #352 | – | 2004–2020 | |
| 2 | No Regrets | 1 | #1987 | – | 2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.