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Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home - Capitol Records - SKAO-471 Album Mint-
Sold Date:
September 1, 2023
Start Date:
August 28, 2023
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"I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" is a 1970 song written by American musician and recorded by as the closing track to their album . Ten minutes in duration, it is the band's longest studio recording. One of the group's best-known songs, it is composed as two distinct but closely related movements. Its title has been rendered in various ways across many different Grand Funk albums, including "I'm Your Captain", "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home", "Closer to Home/I'm Your Captain", "Closer to Home (I'm Your Captain)", and "Closer to Home".
The song conveys the pleas of a captain on a troubled sea voyage and facing a mutiny from his crew. Its use of an orchestra during the long repeated refrains of the closing movement served to differentiate it from much of Grand Funk's work. Several interpretations of the song have been given; most revolve around the , and "I'm Your Captain" is popular among veterans of that conflict.
