How Long ( Ace song ) - wikipedia How Long ( Ace song ) For other uses, see How Long ( disambiguation ). `` How Long '' Single by Ace from the album Five - A-Side B - side `` Sniffin ' About '' Released March 1975 Format 7 '' Vinyl Genre Soft rock Length 3 : 22 Label Anchor Songwriter ( s ) Paul Carrack Producer ( s ) John Anthony Ace singles chronology `` How Long '' ( 1975 ) `` I Ai n't Gonna Stand For This '' ( 1975 ) `` How Long '' ( 1974 ) `` I Ai n't Gonna Stand For This '' ( 1975 ) `` How Long '' is a 1974 song by the British group Ace from their album Five - A-Side. It reached No. 3 in the US and Canadian charts, and No. 20 in the UK Singles Chart. Although widely interpreted as being about adultery, the song was in fact composed by lead singer Paul Carrack upon discovering that bassist Terry Comer had been secretly working with the Sutherland Brothers and Quiver. Comer returned to Ace in time to play on the song. The guitar solo is by Alan `` Bam '' King. Contents 1 Chart history 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Covers 2.1 Charting versions 2.2 Other versions 3 References Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position Australia 63 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 11 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 20 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 24 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1975 ) Rank Canada 42 US Billboard Hot 100 57 US Cash Box 47 Covers Charting versions Lipps Inc. recorded a cover in 1981 that reached No. 4 on the U.S. dance chart, No. 29 on the U.S. soul singles chart, and No. 42 in Canada. Rod Stewart, also in 1981, recorded a version that charted in the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. It was included on his album Tonight I 'm Yours. In 1993, British reggae group Aswad and singer Yazz covered the song which reached No. 31 in the UK Singles Chart, from Yazz 's 1994 album One on One. Composer and original vocalist Paul Carrack performed a new version of the song on his 1996 album Blue Views. Carrack 's solo version hit # 32 on the UK charts. Other versions The following artists have also recorded cover versions of `` How Long '' : Bobby Womack, on the 1976 album Home Is Where the Heart Is Barbara Mandrell recorded a country / disco version on the 1977 album Love 's Ups and Downs Barbara Dickson, on the 1989 album Coming Alive Again Smooth jazz artists Jeff Golub and Brian Auger, on their 2013 album Train Keeps A Rolling, with vocals by Christopher Cross References Jump up ^ Thomas, Stephen. `` How Long - Ace : Listen, Appearances, Song Review ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2013. Jump up ^ `` How Long - Ace ``. Toponehitwonders.com. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2013. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 13. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Ace Biography, Albums, & Streaming Radio ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Classic Music Hits from the ' 50s through Today ''. Timelife.com. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ Biography by Eugene Chadbourne ( 1946 - 09 - 18 ). `` Alan `` Bam '' King Biography & History ``. AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` Forum - 1970 ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016 - 10 - 20. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 3969a. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Ace -- How Long '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Ace : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Jump up ^ `` '' Ace -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Ace ``. Billboard. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1993 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 1993. Record Research. p. 12. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 5 / 31 / 75 ''. Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1975 / Top 100 Songs of 1975 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1975 ''. Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018. Jump up ^ Steve Huey. `` Lipps, Inc. Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine ( 1945 - 01 - 10 ). `` Rod Stewart Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Search Help ''. Google.com. 1970 - 01 - 01. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 613. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Yazz - One On One ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. `` Blue Views - Paul Carrack Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ Jason Ankeny. `` Home Is Where the Heart Is - Bobby Womack Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Love 's Ups and Downs - Barbara Mandrell Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Barbara Dickson - Coming Alive Again ( CD, Album ) ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ Thom Jurek ( 2013 - 08 - 13 ). `` Train Keeps a Rolling - Jeff Golub, Brian Auger Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Lipps Inc. Steven Greenberg Cynthia Johnson Melanie Rosales Margaret Cox Studio albums Mouth to Mouth ( 1979 ) Pucker Up ( 1980 ) Designer Music ( 1981 ) Singles `` Funkytown '' `` How Long '' Book : Lipps Inc. 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Question: who recorded how long has this been going on
Answer: Ace