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From album
City to City
Gerry Rafferty · 1978 · Track 10
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Duración5:46
ÁlbumCity to City
Año1978
ISRCGBAYE7800541
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The story behind
The musical piece *Waiting for the Day* by Gerry Rafferty, with its duration of 5:44, emerges from a period of creative pause and legal challenges for the artist. After his time with the band Stealers Wheel and a dispute that kept him from releasing his own material for three years, his discographic return materialized with the album *City to City*. This work, released on January 20, 1978, under the label United Artists Records, marked his first solo album in six years and his first release in any format since 1975. The production of this record was handled by Hugh Murphy and Rafferty himself, while the final mixing was done by Declan O’Doherty.
The album *City to City* not only signified Gerry Rafferty's return but also achieved notable commercial success. It displaced *Saturday Night Fever* from the number one spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States on July 8, 1978, earning platinum certification. In the United Kingdom, *City to City* reached number 6 on the Albums Chart and achieved gold status. In Canada, the certification was double platinum in 1979. Songs like *Baker Street*, *Right Down the Line*, and *Home and Dry* became hits on the American charts, demonstrating the resonance of the sound that Rafferty and his team had crafted.