Did Dexter Holland, an American musician and songwriter for punk rock band The Offspring or Roger Hodgson, an English musician write and sing "Take the Long Way Home"?
Roger Hodgson Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson (born 21 March 1950) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman and founder member of progressive rock band Supertramp. Hodgson composed and sang the majority of the band's hits, including "Dreamer", "Give a Little Bit", "Breakfast in America", "Take the Long Way Home", "The Logical Song" and "It's Raining Again".
Take the Long Way Home "Take the Long Way Home" is the fourth single and sixth track of Supertramp's 1979 album "Breakfast in America". It was the last song written for the album, being penned during the nine-month recording cycle. According to its composer Roger Hodgson, the song deals with how the desire to go home can go both ways: