Long, Long Time

Ronstadt included the song on her album Silk Purse. "Long, Long Time" is about a lasting love for someone who never became a lover.

"Long, Long Time"
Single by Linda Ronstadt
from the album Silk Purse
B-side	"Nobody's"
Released	June 1970
Genre	Folk rock
Length	2:59 (single edit) 4:18 (album version)
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Gary White
Producer(s)	Elliot Mazer
Linda Ronstadt singles chronology
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (1970) "Long, Long Time" (1970) "(She's a) Very Lovely Woman" (1971)

In 1970, Linda Ronstadt released the song as a single and on the album Silk Purse. The single spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 25, while reaching No. 15 on Canada's "RPM 100" (her first single there), No. 8 on Canada's CHUM 30 chart, and No. 20 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.

In 1971, Ronstadt was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Female Vocal Performance for her rendition of "Long, Long Time".

Chart performance

• In 1976, Larry Santos released a cover of the song, which reached No. 38 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart and No. 109 on Billboard's "Bubbling Under the Hot 100".

• The song is played during the third episode (which shares the name with the song) of the 2023 television series The Last of Us, serving as a motif for the relationship between Bill and Frank. After the episode was broadcast, Spotify announced that streams of the song increased by 4,900% over the previous week; several outlets compared it to the 2022 resurgence of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" after its use in the fourth season of Stranger Things. In the period after the episode was broadcast, the song topped three separate Billboard charts, more than 50 years after its release, placing at No. 1 on the Rock Digital Song Sales ranking dated February 11, 2023.