Long Progression

Album: Single Release Only (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is the first of a series of I'm With You outtakes released as singles. "We just wanted them to come out because we just really like them," drummer Chad Smith told Billboard magazine. "We didn't want them to get lost, so we're gonna put them out, mainly for our fans. They would've waited for the Warner Bros. box set in, like, 2020, if there's even a record company around then. I'm glad they're going to see the light of day because it's an important part of the band and what we were doing at the time." The song was released as a double sided seven-inch vinyl pressing and digital download along with "Strange Man" on August 14, 2012.
  • Smith described "Long Progression" as "kind of a flowing, kind of midtempo funk" track that, "almost made the record." He explained to Billboard magazine that it was replaced on I'm With You by "Goodbye Hooray."

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