Natural Science (song)

{{Infobox song | name = Natural Science | cover = RushNaturalScienceLyricSheet.jpg | caption = [[Neil Peart]]'s handwritten lyrics sheet for "Natural Science" | alt = Handwritten lyrics for "Natural Science" | type = song | artist = [[Rush (band)|Rush]] | album = [[Permanent Waves]] | released = 14 January 1980<ref name="About Permanent Waves">{{cite web|title=About Permanent Waves|url=https://www.rush.com/albums/permanent-waves/|website=Rush.com|access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref> | recorded = 1979 | studio = [[Le Studio]] (Quebec) | venue = | genre = * [[Progressive rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/141547-best-25-rock-songs-of-all-time-2496025727.html?rebelltpage=2|title=The 25 Best Progressive Rock Songs of All Time|last=Murphy|first=Sean|date=22 May 2011|website=[[PopMatters]]|access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref> * [[hard rock]] | length = 9:20 | label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] | composer = * [[Geddy Lee]] * [[Alex Lifeson]] | lyricist = [[Neil Peart]] | producer = * Rush * [[Terry Brown (record producer)|Terry Brown]] | chronology = [[Rush (band)|Rush]] suite | prev_title = [[La Villa Strangiato]] | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = The Camera Eye | next_year = 1981 }}

"'''Natural Science'''" is a [[suite (music)|suite]] of three movements ("Tide Pools", "Hyperspace" and "Permanent Waves") by the Canadian [[rock music|rock]] band [[Rush (band)|Rush]]. It was released as the final track on their 1980 album, ''[[Permanent Waves]]''.

==Background== Guitarist [[Alex Lifeson]] said: <blockquote> Once we had the guitar track down, we stuck a speaker cabinet outside—this was up at the studio in Morin Heights, Quebec—and we recorded the natural echo off the mountains in combination with the sound of splashing water and [[Geddy Lee|Geddy's]] voice. We didn't use any sort of synthetic echo on the water track.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rushvault.com/2011/02/05/natural-science/|title = Natural Science|date = 5 February 2011}}</ref></blockquote>

==Parts== {{Track listing | extra_column = Starts at ({{approx.}}) | title1 = Tide Pools | extra1 = 0:00 | length1 = 2:18 | title2 = Hyperspace | extra2 = 2:19 | length2 = 2:49 | title3 = Permanent Waves | extra3 = 5:09 | length3 = 4:08 | total_length = 9:20 }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *{{cite book|title=Rush and philosophy: heart and mind united|series=Popular Culture and Philosophy|volume=57|last1=Berti|first1=Jim|last2=Bowman|first2=Durrell|editor-last=Reisch|editor-first=George A.|publisher=[[Open Court Publishing Company]]|date=2011|isbn=9780812697162}} *{{cite book|title=Rush: Album by Album|last=Popoff|first=Martin|publisher=[[Voyageur Press]] (The Quarto Group)|date=2017|isbn=9780760357699}}

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