How Long

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Mar. 19751 viewer68.5K views

How Long Lyrics

[Chorus]
How long
Has this been going on?
How long
Has this been going on?

[Verse 1]
Well, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
But I can't help but have my suspicion
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
And you said you was never intending
To break up our scene in this way
But there ain't any use in pretending
It could happen to us any day

[Chorus]
How long
Has this been going on?
How long
Has this been going on?

[Verse 2]
Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
But I can't help but have my suspicion
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
Oh, you said you was never intending
To break up our scene in this way
But there ain't any use in pretending
It could happen to us any day

[Outro]
And how long
Has this been going on?
How long
Has this been going on?
How long
How long
Has this been going on?
How long has this
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Has this been going on?
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Has this been going on?
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Has this been going on?
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Has this been going....?

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‘How Long’, the most popular track off of Five-a-side, was first released as a single, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 30th, 1975.

The track is typically assumed to be about cheating, however, the track was originally written by the group’s lead singer Paul Carrack, after learning Ace’s bassist Terry Comer was working with The Sutherland Brothers, a Scottish soft rock duo of the time.