Song
The Way It Is
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Written byBruce Hornsby
Produced byBruce Hornsby, Elliot Scheiner
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1986 single by Bruce Hornsby and the Range
1986
USRC18507944
soft rock
Bruce Hornsby
RCA Records
"The Way It Is" is a song by American rock group Bruce Hornsby and the Range. It was released in July 1986 as the second single from their debut album, The Way It Is. The song topped the charts of Canada, the Netherlands, and the United States while entering the top 20 in at least eight other countries, including Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Written by Bruce Hornsby, it made explicit reference to the Economic Opportunity Act, also known as the 1964 Poverty Act, as well as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Hornsby referred to it as a "song about racism."
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