"Test for Echo"
Single by Rush
from the album Test for Echo
Released1996
Recorded1996
GenreHard rock, progressive rock
Length5:56
LabelAnthem (Canada), Atlantic
Songwriter(s)Neil Peart, Pye Dubois, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson.
Producer(s)Peter Collins, Rush
Rush singles chronology
"Double Agent"
(1994) 		"Test for Echo"
(1996) 		"Half the World"
(1996)
Audio
"Test for Echo" on YouTube

"Test for Echo" is the title track and first single from Canadian rock band Rush's 16th studio album released in 1996. The song's lyrics were written by Neil Peart and Pye Dubois with music written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It was the band's fourth consecutive album to yield a chart-topper on this chart, along with "Show Don't Tell" from Presto, "Dreamline" from Roll the Bones, and "Stick It Out" from Counterparts. The song also peaked at #6 on the Canadian Singles Chart, which is the band's highest position on that chart since "New World Man" peaked at #1 in 1982.

Track listing

  1. "Test for Echo" - 5:55
  2. "Test for Echo" (Edit) - 5:01

Charts

See also

References

  1. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 13, November 11, 1996". RPM. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 64, No. 7, September 30, 1996". RPM. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1996". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "The Year in Music 1996 – Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. December 28, 1996. p. YE-76. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 23, 2023 – via Google Books.


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