Distant Early Warning
~ Recording by Rush
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 818 476-1 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:58 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 818 476-2 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 818 476-1 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (club edition) | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | ANR-1-1045 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 25·3P-505 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| PolyGram, Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 818 476-1, VERH.12 |
| 1.3 | Distant Early Warning | 4:56 | Rush | White Hot Masters Of Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | PNU 4204 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:58 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 25・8P-5077 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:58 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | VANK-1045 |
| 2.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Chronicles | Rush | Album + Compilation | Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 838 936-2 | |
| 2.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Chronicles | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | AN2K-1060 |
| 2.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Chronicles | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | P21-38936, P22-38936 |
| 2.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Chronicles | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | 786723T, CAN2K 1060 |
| 2.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Chronicles (full metal core) | Rush | Album + Compilation | Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), PolyGram | 838 936-2, D-224059 | |
| 2.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Chronicles | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | AMCY-327, AMCY-327~8, AMCY-328 |
| 1.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Retrospective II: 1981–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation | Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 534 910-2, 314-534-910-2 | |
| 1.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Retrospective II: 1981–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | ANSSD 1088 |
| 1.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Retrospective II: 1981–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | AMCY-2288 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | ANMD 1084 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (The Rush Remasters) | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 534 634-2 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 534 634-2 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (The Rush Remasters, BMG Direct) | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 314 534 634-2, D118810 |
| 1.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Retrospective II: 1981–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 534 910-2 |
| 1.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Retrospective II: 1981–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | P2-34910 |
| 1.13 | Distant Early Warning | 4:58 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | 6682510982 |
| 1.13 | Distant Early Warning | 4:58 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | 6682510972 |
| 1.13 | Distant Early Warning | 4:58 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 440 063 335-2 |
| 1.13 | Distant Early Warning | 4:58 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 440 063 335-2 |
| 2.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Gold | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0006322-02 |
| 2.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Gold | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | 6682520082 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:58 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | WPCR-13481 |
| 1.11 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Time Stand Still: The Collection | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 00600753253458, SPEC2035 |
| 3.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Sector 3 | Rush | Album + Compilation | Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0015890-00 | |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (remastered 2011) | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | |
| 2.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Sector 3 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 13.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | The Complete Mercury Years | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) | |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Island Mercury (subsidiary of Universal Music Group) | |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 1.13 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation | Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | ||
| 1.13 | Distant Early Warning | 4:58 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | HD440 063 335-2 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (remastered 2015) | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | B0022384-01 |
| 1.13 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits (1974–1987) | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning (2026 remaster) | 4:55 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (super deluxe) | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | [none] |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning (2026 remaster) | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (super deluxe) | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | [none] |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (2026 remaster) | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | [none] |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning (2026 remaster) | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (super deluxe) | Rush | Album | Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | ANTH348 | |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning (2026 remaster) | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (super deluxe) | Rush | Album | Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | ANTH372 | |
| 2.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Chronicles (Columbia House Edition; CRC printed on back cover) | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | P2 38936 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | P2 18476 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album | Island Mercury (subsidiary of Universal Music Group) | ||
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (The Rush Remasters) | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 534 634-2 |
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 818 476-2 |
| 1.7 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Retrospective II: 1981–1987 (Columbia House) | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | ANSD 1088, ANSSD 1088 |
| 3.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Sector Three | Rush | Album + Compilation | Anthem Records Inc. | ||
| 1.13 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | The Spirit Of Radio: Greatest Hits (1974-1987) | Rush | Album + Compilation | Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | ||
| 1.13 | Distant Early Warning | 4:58 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | B0011758-02 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.15 | Distant Early Warning | 4:59 | Rush | The Best of Rush | Rush | Album + Compilation |
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| Withdrawn | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Distant Early Warning | 4:57 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure (remastered 2015) | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
Relationships
| synthesizer programming: | Jim Burgess Paul Northfield |
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| assistant engineer: | Robert Di Gioia (engineer) Frank Opolko |
| engineer: | Peter Henderson (English sound engineer) |
| producer: | Peter Henderson (English sound engineer) Rush (Canadian rock trio) |
| bass and lead vocals: | Geddy Lee (from 1983-11 until 1984-03) |
| drums (drum set) and percussion: | Neil Peart (from 1983-11 until 1984-03) |
| guitar: | Alex Lifeson (from 1983-11 until 1984-03) |
| synthesizer: | Geddy Lee (from 1983-11 until 1984-03) Alex Lifeson (from 1983-11 until 1984-03) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 2026) |
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| recorded at: | Le Studio in Morin‐Heights, Québec (Quebec), Canada (from 1983-11 until 1984-03) |
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| has remixes: | Distant Early Warning (2026 Terry Brown mix) |
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| recording of: | Distant Early Warning (from 1983-11 until 1984-03) |
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Related works
Distant Early Warning
| lyricist: | Neil Peart |
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| composer: | Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson |
| publisher: | Heath Levy Music Co. Ltd. Ole (Germany) Ole Core Music Publishing Ole Media Management LP |
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