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"Look Out Any Window" - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
from the album Scenes From The Southside (1988)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #35 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 2

Today's song of the day comes from the rock band Bruce Hornsby & The Range, who led their sophomore album Scenes From The Southside with the top-5 pop hit "The Valley Road". The second single from the set was the expansively grand "Look At Any Window". Written by Bruce with brother John, the song was a fitting follow-up lyrically to their breakthrough hit "The Way It Is", with its populist message and observational tone, along with his dramatic piano-work, and remains a favorite of mine to test speakers with...

"Look Out Any Window" became the group's fifth top-40 pop hit in the U.S. in September of 1988. The single also made the top ten on both of Billboard's Mainstream Rock (#5) and Adult Contemporary (#7) radio charts. In Canada, the song climbed to #7 on the singles chart.

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Here's the studio version of the song (which was used on the "live" video above, but stripped of the added audience noise...

...and finally, the band with a true live take at Farm Aid in 1990...

Up tomorrow: A alternative-freestyle hybrid is picking your brain.