Isn't Life Strange

"Isn't Life Strange"
"Isn't Life Strange"
Single by The Moody Blues
from the album Seventh Sojourn
B-side	"After You Came"
Released	21 April 1972; 21 November 1989 (Greatest Hits version);
Recorded	14 February 1972; 1988 (Greatest Hits version)
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	6:10 (Album/main version); 4:25 (Promo version); 5:32 (Compilation edited version); 6:41 (Greatest Hits version); 8:10 (2007 SACD/2008 remastered versions);
Label	Threshold
Songwriter(s)	John Lodge
Producer(s)	Tony Clarke (Original version); Anne Dudley,; Justin Hayward; John Lodge (Greatest Hits version);
The Moody Blues singles chronology

"Isn't Life Strange" is a 1972 single by the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues, which was based on Pachelbel's Canon In D. Written by bassist John Lodge, it was the first of two singles released from their 1972 album Seventh Sojourn, with the other being "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" (also written by Lodge). "Isn't Life Strange" is one of the Moody Blues' longer songs, lasting for over six minutes. Writing for Rock Cellar magazine, Frank Mastropolo rated the song as number 1 in a list of "Top 11 Question Songs".^[3]

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1972	UK Singles Chart	13
1972	Billboard Hot 100	29

Personnel (original version)

John Lodge – bass guitar, possible acoustic guitar, vocals
Justin Hayward – electric guitar, vocals
Mike Pinder – Chamberlin, harmonium, backing vocals
Ray Thomas – flute, backing vocals
Graeme Edge – drums, percussion

References

^ Murphy, Sean (March 28, 2017). "The 100 Best Classic Progressive Rock Songs: Part 2, 80-61". PopMatters. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
^ Greatest Hits / Legend of a Band liner notes, 1989, 1990
^ Mastropolo, Frank (January 14, 2019). "Top 11 Question Songs". Rock Cellar Magazine. Retrieved November 3, 2020.

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[1] Murphy, Sean (March 28, 2017). "The 100 Best Classic Progressive Rock Songs: Part 2, 80-61". PopMatters. Retrieved July 6, 2019.

[2] Greatest Hits / Legend of a Band liner notes, 1989, 1990

[3] Mastropolo, Frank (January 14, 2019). "Top 11 Question Songs". Rock Cellar Magazine. Retrieved November 3, 2020.

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Graeme Edge Mike Pinder Ray Thomas Justin Hayward John Lodge Denny Laine Clint Warwick Rod Clark Patrick Moraz
Studio albums	The Magnificent Moodies Days of Future Passed In Search of the Lost Chord On the Threshold of a Dream To Our Children's Children's Children A Question of Balance Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Seventh Sojourn Octave Long Distance Voyager The Present The Other Side of Life Sur la Mer Keys of the Kingdom Strange Times December
Live albums	Caught Live + 5 A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Hall of Fame Lovely to See You: Live Live at the BBC: 1967-1970 Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 Days of Future Passed Live
Compilations	This Is The Moody Blues Voices in the Sky: The Best of The Moody Blues Prelude Greatest Hits Time Traveller The Best of The Moody Blues Anthology Gold An Introduction to The Moody Blues
Singles	"Go Now" "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" "Life's Not Life" "Nights in White Satin" "Tuesday Afternoon" "Voices in the Sky" "Ride My See-Saw" "Never Comes the Day" "Watching and Waiting" "Question" "Melancholy Man" "The Story in Your Eyes" "Isn't Life Strange" "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" "Steppin' in a Slide Zone" "Driftwood" "Gemini Dream" "The Voice" "Talking Out of Turn" "Blue World" "Sitting at the Wheel" "Running Water "Your Wildest Dreams" "The Other Side of Life" "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" "Here Comes the Weekend" "No More Lies" "Say It with Love" "English Sunset"
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