The Pass | |
Cover: | The Pass audio recording cover.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Rush |
Album: | Presto |
Released: | March 1990 |
Recorded: | 1989 |
Length: | 4:51 |
Label: | Atlantic (except Canada) |
Producer: | Rupert Hine and Rush |
Prev Title: | Show Don't Tell |
Prev Year: | 1989 |
Next Title: | Roll the Bones |
Next Year: | 1992 |
"The Pass" is the second single from Rush's 1989 album Presto. The lyrics by drummer Neil Peart address teenage suicide[1] [2] and the tendency to romanticize it.[3] The song peaked at 15 on the U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and a music video was made for the song.