S$# 011 Ironhorse | What's Your Hurry Darlin'?

After Randy Bachman left Bachman Turner Overdrive, he put out a solo album in 1978, then he formed a group called Ironhorse. They put out two albums before the group morphed into Union, which put out one album.

What's Your Hurry Darlin'? is from Ironhorse's second album, Everything Is Grey. The song was the fruit of a collaboration between Randy and Beach Boy Carl Wilson. {They also co-wrote Keepin' The Summer Alive and Livin' With A Heartache from the Beach Boys' 1980 album Keepin' The Summer Alive.)

I've always liked the song because it's a straight-up pop gem, suited to the vocals of group keyboardist Frank Ludwig (ex-Trooper), and it tugs on the emotions - it's about a problematic relationship between a couple, yet the singer wants to give it another try.

Every night when I'm away
From your side
All the tears that I cry
When I think how hard we tried.

The little things
When no one was to blame
Because each one of us changed
But our feelings still remain.

What's your hurry, darlin'
Take it easy; it's gonna be all right
What's your hurry, darlin'
Take life easy; it'll be all right.

WYHD was a minor hit back in 1980; but this vehicle for Randy never had the profile that The Guess Who or BTO had.

Unfortunately, the song is long out of print. The album has never been released on CD.