End of the Line (The Traveling Wilburys song)

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“End of the Line”

Single by The Traveling Wilburys
from the album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1

Released

1989

Genre

Rock

Length

3:29

The Traveling Wilburys singles chronology

"Last Night"
(1988)

"End of the Line"
(1989)

"Heading for the Light"
(1989)

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 track listing

"Tweeter and the Monkey Man"
(9)

"End of the Line"
(10)

"End of the Line" is the last track from Traveling Wilburys' first album, Volume 1, released in 1988. It is the last entry on the album, and its riding-on-the-rails rhythm suggests its theme and the on-the-move nature of the group. It features all the Wilburys, except Bob Dylan, as lead singers, alternating on verses.

George Harrison's opening guitar chords might be heard as reminiscent of his opening chords in The Beatles' song "I'm Looking Through You". The song then expands into a "freight train" rhythm to underscore its theme.

It was released as the second single from the album. The sleeve cover of the 45 rpm single, photographed four days after the death of Roy Orbison in December 1988, features a guitar in a rocking chair. The same image appeared in the music video for the single, with the camera focusing on the guitar during Orbison's solo vocal parts.

The song was used over the end credits of the final episode of the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave.

Tom Petty has been noted to play this song live in his most recent US tour.

v • d • e Traveling Wilburys

Bob Dylan · George Harrison · Jeff Lynne · Roy Orbison · Tom Petty

Studio albums	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 · Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

Compilations	The Traveling Wilburys Collection

Charity albums	Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal

Singles	"Handle with Care" · "End of the Line" · "She's My Baby" · "Wilbury Twist"

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