{{Infobox song | name = Between the Wheels | cover = | artist = [[Rush (band)|Rush]] | album = [[Grace Under Pressure (Rush album)|Grace Under Pressure]] | released = {{Start date|1984|04|12|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = *[[Progressive rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectrumculture.com/2016/02/15/revisit-rush-grace-under-pressure/|title=Revisit: Rush: Grace Under Pressure|date=16 February 2016|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> *[[new wave music|new wave]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1685666/rush-albums-from-worst-to-best/franchises/counting-down/attachment/graceunderpressure/|title=Grace Under Pressure (1984) Stereogum|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> | length = {{Duration|m=5|s=44}} | label = [[Anthem Records|Anthem]] | composer = * [[Geddy Lee]] * [[Alex Lifeson]] | lyricist = [[Neil Peart]] | producer = *Rush *Peter Henderson | tracks = {{Hidden | title = 8 tracks | text = '''Side one''' # "[[Distant Early Warning (Rush Song)|Distant Early Warning]]" # "[[Grace Under Pressure (Rush album)|Afterimage]]" # "[[Red Sector A]]" # "[[The Enemy Within (song)|The Enemy Within]]" '''Side two''' # "[[The Body Electric (song)|The Body Electric]]" # "[[Kid Gloves (Rush song)|Kid Gloves]]" # "[[Red Lenses]]" # "'''Between the Wheels'''" }} }} "'''Between the Wheels'''" is a song by the Canadian [[rock music|rock]] band [[Rush (band)|Rush]]. It was released on their 1984 album ''[[Grace Under Pressure (Rush album)|Grace Under Pressure]]''.
==Composition and recording== "Between the Wheels" was composed in the key of D minor, and is played in common time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0063252|title=Between the Wheels|date=December 29, 2008|website=Musicnotes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://findsongtempo.com/artists/rush/songs/between-the-wheels-66c581a8-3ccd-450b-8fd4-3f064d07fd5b|title=Between The Wheels by Rush | BPM | Key | Find Song Tempo|website=findsongtempo.com}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=Appears to be self-published/user generated|date=August 2019}}
News stories from the Toronto-based newspaper ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' inspired the song's lyrics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/graceunderpressure.html#tourbook|title="Grace Under Pressure" linernotes and more from Power Windows: A Tribute To Rush|website=www.2112.net}}</ref>
The line "Another lost generation" is from a quote by [[Gertrude Stein]] used by [[Ernest Hemingway]] at the beginning of ''[[The Sun Also Rises]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/rush/between-the-wheels|title=Between The Wheels by Rush - Songfacts|website=www.songfacts.com}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|sure=y|reason=Songfacts.com is on wWP:NOTRSMUSIC|date=August 2019}}
Bill Banasiewicz in the book ''Rush Visions'' said: <blockquote>"Between the Wheels" is about pressure, and returns to the gloom of much of the rest of ''Grace Under Pressure''. [[Alex Lifeson|Alex's]] guitar really jumps out. A lyric from the song puts across what they all must have felt at the time. "We can go from boom to bust . . . from dreams to a bowl of dust".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rushvault.com/2011/02/06/between-the-wheels/|title=Between the Wheels|date=February 6, 2011}}</ref></blockquote>
==Reception== ''[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]'' ranked the song number 80 on their list of "All 167 Rush Songs Ranked Worst to Best", writing "there's nothing wrong with 'Between the Wheels', but it's hard to shake the feeling that Rush – and, well, other bands – have presented this same song more effectively in the past".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/every-rush-song/|title=All 167 Rush Songs Ranked Worst to Best|first=Ryan|last=Reed|website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref>
''Louder'' ranked the song number 47 on their list of the top 50 Rush songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-greatest-rush-songs-ever|title=The 50 Greatest Rush Songs Ever|first=Classic Rock2015-06-11T09:36:00 161Z Classic|last=Rock|website=Classic Rock Magazine}}</ref>
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