What is the meaning of "need to feel the stars sleep by at night"? I do not understand that sentence but it is in my mind. Thanks in advance.

Was stranded in Des Moines for about 24 years. Lived to tell.

KRNA played it all the time.

I think they dreamt up this song driving on hwy 20 and had to stay at the Boonedocks motel..

grew up just south of Dubuque!

was in my walkman

with Dylan's sound, tempo and pauses. Zzzzz zzz TALKIN NEW YORK BLUES..way before the schmaltz Green Beret is not fun stuff like stoopit apple pie

Absolutely Mantastic. Please play the UK

I'm from Iowa, and could not wait to escape, so I relate to this song . I was able to escape in 1997

It seriously sucks

I LOVE IOWA!!!! I'm guessing perhaps Manfred had a bad experience... (:/)

Back three years later,,still love it. haha

Somebody PLEASE tell me the real story behind this song!!! Is it true? Were they really stranded here? I grew up hearing this constantly on the rock station - bc I'm in IOWA! I love MM so much. I have to know; I've been going crazy for 3 decades over this. At first I thought they were literally stranded here during a concert and snowstorm in the 70's but I don't even know. TELL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! But don't make shit up.

Seems like nobody have been here for a long time. That's why ✪✪✪✪✪✪✪✪✪✰

Still listening to this in 2016, and it's as relevant as ever.

I am in Cedar Falls Iowa. 11-20-2015 Big snow storm 8''-10 '' I am Stranded in Iowa!

I first heard this back in '83 from the "Heavy Metal" movie/soundtrack I believe. Am I mistaken???

Well Mr. Burns had done it, the Powerplant had won it...

RIP YOGI

CLINTON IOWA ! ! ! STRANDED PLEASE SEND HELP ! !

37 years ago today this happened and the song was written in the Cedar Rapids airport!

I was stranded in Iowa City when this was made.

The heard morse code is not really SOS ( ... - - - ... ) It is SEETS ( ... . . - ... ) Maybe because of the rythm... :)

yep,stranded in iowa.....still

Thank you! :o)

And Mike Heron (ex-ISB) on guest vocals! <3! Absolutely love this song!

I was stranded in ft. dodge, N.C. is home for the last 30 tears.

stranded on planet earth,,,

The band did a show in Davenport, Iowa when a blizzard hit and they were literally "Stranded In Iowa" when they came up with this song.

The sports fan that I am!!! The bomber!!!! That I am!!! This is just simply great!!!! Love it!!! Be good!!

I always visualized something a bit more high tech than a simple breakdown on an Iowa highway.... the background vocals obviously refer to mile distances in Britain (hence the place names), but the sound effects and lyrics imply something different, like space travel (the call signs aren't anything from American CB radio, that's for sure). And "MAYDAY" (corruption of "M'aidez!" or "help me!") is an old radio distress signal.

Love it..go Yankees!

I was "stranded" in Cedar Rapids for 35 yrs, now Im stranded in Illinois lol

yankee baseball love it<3

It happens.....Like right now.

it got us again........frosty frosty frosty!

Rockin,,have loved this for decades,,,and i am not from iowa,,,,

Shipping reports? Kind of an odd thing to put in a song about being stranded in the middle of the continent. lol

How about the Goose and Righetti? They were part of the older version.

I will gladly give you mine if we can get it transferred to a CD first

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me too since 1965

i have lost this CD, need to find it for my Mum

Love Manfred Mann. Out of all the bands this is one of the most interesting one. This is what makes them so unique. This is a very good song. I love the different ways Chris Thompson used to make his voice sound different. Vibratone? Or Monophone? Correct me if I'm wrong. I just love the strange ways they can do things with their instruments.

Time of the Season should never be sampled EVER......unless it is a Yankees tribute making fun of Pedro. Someone must have been high as hell when they got this idea for a sample. Love it.

iowa rules

I remember hearing this occasionally on KGGO in Des Moines when I was growing up back when they would play cuts from the album. Has this crazy spooky & haunting feel. Always wondered if it was referring to the plane that crashed in Mason City with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, & Big Bopper.

2:58 love that pic

Me too! Grew up in Decorah, Northest corner. I remember listening to this 30 years ago in college and thinking it so cool Manfred Mann wrote a song about Iowa!

These are shipping weather reports, not aviation. The ship's name wind direction and speed, visibility, barometer in millibars, and any precipitation.