Soundtrack of the love between Bill and Frank in the third episode of The Last Of Us, the track was successful again 53 years after its release
In 2022, the song “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)“, in Kate Bushreturned to the top of the charts after integrating the soundtrack of the series Stranger Thingsgives Netflix. Now, the same phenomenon happened with the track “long long time“, in Linda Ronstadtafter the song was played in the third episode of The Last of Us.
Posted by Beautiful in 1970, on the disc Silk Purse“long long time” came to inspire the name of the episode in which fans of The Last of Us know the beautiful plot of bill It is Frank. By accompanying the love story, the track won over viewers and had a 4900% increase in streams on Spotify only in the United States, according to the platform.
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In the chapter of The Last of Usthe 1970s track appears for the first time in the voice of Frank (Murray Bartlett), after he finds sheet music for Linda Ronstadt on the piano of bill (Nick Offerman). Later, the track moves a second time, when heard by Joel (Pedro Pascal) It is Ellie (Bella Ramsey) on the car radio from bill.
In an interview with Varietythe executive producer and director of the series, Craig Mazinrevealed that he chose “long long time” to mark the episode after your friend Seth Rudetsky suggested the track. I knew that song needed to hit certain things about longing, pain and endlessly unrequited love.”
I couldn’t find the right song for my life. So I sent a message to sethwho is the host of Sirius XM on Broadway,” recalled Craig. “I said to him, ‘Here are all the things I need,’ and two seconds later: ‘Linda Ronstadt, long long time‘. I was like, there you have it. And that!”
Recorded by Beautiful in the 1970s, the track that is now a hit on Spotify was originally written by Gary White. After reaching the 25th position in the Billboard Hot 100 at the time of its release, the version even secured a nomination for the Grammy in Best Contemporary Female Vocal Performance for Ronstadt.
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Source: Rollingstone
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