Cover of Test for Echo by Rush
Cover: Test for Echo

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“Half the World” by Rush

From the album Test for Echo (1996)

“Half the World” by Rush appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1997. It was first released in 1996 on the album Test for Echo. Its best result is #84 on the WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #151 hard rock song of 1997 and #167 of the '90s.

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Rush followed the title track of Test for Echo with "Half the World", another single off their 1996 album for Atlantic, and "Driven" came after it. Peter Collins produced, and the songwriting is credited to all three of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart. The band shot a music video for it, and it climbed to number 6 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 84 WRCX Rock 103.5 Chicago, IL WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 103

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