{"id":76822,"date":"2026-11-10T16:25:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/vote-better-rush-song-tom-sawyer-vs-limelight\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:25:42","slug":"vote-better-rush-song-tom-sawyer-vs-limelight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/vote-better-rush-song-tom-sawyer-vs-limelight\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTE: Better Rush Song &#8211; &#8216;Tom Sawyer&#8217; vs. &#8216;Limelight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>What is <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/rush\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rush<\/a>&#8216;s best song? Looks like we&#8217;re ready for a throwdown in <em>Loudwire Nights&#8217;<\/em> Chuck&#8217;s Fight Club this week. But at least we&#8217;ve narrowed it down to two choice &#8211; &#8220;Tom Sawyer&#8221; and &#8220;Limelight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On one side, it&#8217;s time to break out the air drums as we throw Rush&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/auLBLk4ibAk?si=ElEx3Fz-Ru4ruFD7\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Sawyer<\/a>&#8221; into the ring. The song came about as Max Webster lyricist Pye Dubois shared a poem he&#8217;d written with Rush drummer Neil Peart, who helped expand the idea into a full-fledged song. &#8220;Tom Sawyer&#8221; rose to No. 8 on the Mainstream Rock chart and remains one of their most popular tracks.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, we have &#8220;Limelight,&#8221; a second major hit from the <em>Moving Pictures<\/em> album. Once again, drummer Neil Peart handled the lyrics, with a musical assist from Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. The song digs into Peart&#8217;s growing discomfort with the fame and attention surrounding the band, something that ironically continued to increase after the song became a hit reaching No. 4 on the Mainstream Chart.<\/p>\n<p>As with all Chuck&#8217;s Fight Club battles, <em>Loudwire Nights<\/em> host Chuck Armstrong will introduce the matchup in the 8PM hour of Monday&#8217;s show. Individual arguments will be made for both\u00a0songs on Tuesday and Wednesday while you continue to rank each. On Friday, the votes will be tallied and the higher ranked song will be featured in a <em>Loudwire Nights<\/em> rock block during the 8PM hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/rush-new-music\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Aren&#8217;t Rush Thinking About New Music?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just this reminder,\u00a0<em>Loudwire Nights with Chuck Armstrong<\/em>\u00a0airs nightly starting at 7PM ET. You can tune in anytime, from anywhere right\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/listen-live\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0or by downloading\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/app\/\" target=\"_blank\">Loudwire app<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Below, see Rush in Rock&#8217;s Best 3-Album Hot Streaks of the 1980s below.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Hard Rock&#8217;s 10 Best 3-Album Hot Streaks of the 1980s (Ranked)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Doing it for one album is amazing. Keeping it up for two albums is impressive. But these three rock bands managed to keep themselves near the top of their game for three straight records.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/author\/chadchilders\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Childers, Loudwire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/diffuser.fm\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=27&#038;gver=11&#038;bid=443&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/diffuser.fm\/ixp\/366\/p\/better-rush-song-tom-sawyer-vs-limelight\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Rush&#8216;s best song? 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