Song · Little Feat
“Long Distance Love” by Little Feat
From the album The Last Record Album (1975)
“Long Distance Love” by Little Feat appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1976 and 2020. It was first released in 1975 on the album The Last Record Album. Its best result is #26 on the John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1976). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,321 alternative song of all time.
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Lowell George wrote "Long Distance Love" alone and produced it too, and it turned up on The Last Record Album, Little Feat's fifth studio album, released by Warner Bros. in 1975, with Valerie Carter and Fran Tate dropping by on backing vocals.
The album came in a Neon Park sleeve that riffed on the 1971 film The Last Picture Show, turning Hollywood Boulevard into desert and serving up a Jell-O mold of the Hollywood Sign as the dessert gag. It was a lean record, eight songs, and when AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine later decided too many of them fell flat, this was one of the three he singled out as the real thing, calling George's song beautiful.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 26 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1976) | 50 |
| 2020 | 1976 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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