By‐Tor & the Snow Dog
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist: | Neil Peart |
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| composer: | Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson |
| publisher: | Anthem Core Music Publishing (SOCAN‐affiliated) (from 1980 to present) |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Rush-by-tor-and-the-snow-dog-lyrics [info] |
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| other databases: | https://www.whosampled.com/Rush/By-Tor-and-the-Snow-Dog/ [info] |
| Songfacts: | https://www.songfacts.com/facts/rush/by-tor-and-the-snow-dog [info] |
| parts: | 1. At the Tobes of Hades 2. Across the Styx 3. Of the Battle 4. Epilogue (By‐Tor and the Snow Dog) |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1974-08-26 | Working Man (including By‐Tor & the Snow Dog) (live, 1974-08-26: Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live and partial | Rush | 8:57 |
| 1974-12-16 | Working Man (including By‐Tor & the Snow Dog) (live, 1974-12-16: Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live, medley and partial | Rush | 10:44 |
| 1974-12-22 | Working Man / By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1974-12-22: Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY, USA) | live and partial | Rush | 6:35 |
| 1974-12-22 | Working Man / By‐Tor and the Snowdog / Drum Solo (live, 1974-12-22: Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY, USA) | live and medley | Rush | 12:21 |
| 1975-01 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue | Rush | 8:39 | |
| 1975-06-25 | By-Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1975-06-25: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 10:15 |
| 1975-06-25 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1975-06-25: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 9:54 |
| 1975-11-15 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1975-11-15: National Guard Armory, Rockford, IL, USA) | live | Rush | 10:38 |
| 1976-03-26 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1976-03-26: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Rush | 12:15 |
| 1976-05-30 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1976-05-30: Nelson Center, Springfield, IL, USA) | live | Rush | 11:51 |
| 1976-05-30 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1976-05-30: Nelson Center, Springfield, IL, USA) | live | Rush | 11:24 |
| 1976-05-30 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1976-05-30: Nelson Center, Springfield, IL, USA) | live | Rush | 10:53 |
| 1976-06-11 – 1976-06-13 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue (live, 1976‐06‐11/12/13: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 11:24 |
| 1976-06-11 – 1976-06-13 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue (live, 1976‐06‐11/13: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 11:58 |
| 1976-10-28 | By‐Tor and the Snowdog (live, 1976-10-28: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Rush | 11:34 |
| 1976-12-16 | Bytor and the Snowdog (live, 1976-12-16: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Rush | 5:13 |
| 1976 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue (live, 1976‐06‐11/13: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Rush | 11:58 |
| 1977-04-17 | Medley: By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / The Necromancer: Return of the Prince (live, 1977-04-17: Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC, USA) | live, medley and partial | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1977-09-28 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1977-09-28: Selland Arena, Fresno, CA, USA) | live | Rush | 4:47 |
| 1977-09-30 | Bytor and the Snowdog (live, 1977-09-30: Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA) | live | Rush | 5:46 |
| 1977-11-19 | Bytor and the Snowdog (live, 1977-11-19: War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, NY, USA) | live | Rush | 4:44 |
| 1977-11-26 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (I–II) (live, 1977-11-26: Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1978-02-17 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog (live, 1978‐02‐17: The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland, UK) | live | Rush | 5:18 |
| 1978-02-20 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog (live, 1978-02-20: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK) | live and partial | Rush | 4:59 |
| 1978-02-20 | By‐Tor and the Snowdog (live, 1978‐02‐20: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK) | live | Rush | 5:07 |
| 1978-05-10 | By-Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1978-05-10: Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center, Niagara Falls, NY, USA) | live | Rush | 5:20 |
| 1978-05-10 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1978-05-10: Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY, USA) | live | Rush | 5:02 |
| 1978-11-04 | Bytor and the Snowdog (live, 1978-11-04: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada) | live | Rush | 5:24 |
| 1978-11-20 | By-Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1978-11-20: Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | 5:30 |
| 1978-11-20 | By-Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1978-11-20: Tucson Convention Center Arena, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | 5:24 |
| 1978-11-20 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog (live, 1978-11-20: Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | 5:18 |
| 1978-11-20 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue (live, 1978-11-20: Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | 5:29 |
| 1978-11-20 | By‐Tor and the Snowdog (live, 1978-11-20: Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Rush | 5:20 |
| 1978-12-02 | By‐Tor and the Snowdog (live, 1978-12-02: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Rush | 5:23 |
| 1979-03-04 | Bytor and the Snowdog / Xanadu (live, 1979-03-04: Beaumont Civic Center, Beaumont, TX, USA) | live and medley | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1979-05-24 | Bytor and the Snowdog (live, 1979-05-24: Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway) | live | Rush | 5:31 |
| 1979-05-28 | By-Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1979-05-28: Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany) | live | Rush | 5:42 |
| 1979-05-28 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog (live, 1979-05-28: Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany) | live | Rush | 5:36 |
| 1979-06-04 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog / In the End / In the Mood / 2112 (VII) (live, 1979-06-04: Pinkpop Festival, Burgemeester Damenpark, Geleen, Netherlands) | live | Rush | 9:43 |
| 1980-02-02 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1980-02-02: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA) | live | Rush | 5:40 |
| 1980-02-11 – 1980-02-13 | By-Tor & the Snow Dog (live, 1980-02: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | Rush | 5:29 |
| 1980-02-11 – 1980-02-13 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog (live, 1980-02: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | Rush | 5:23 |
| 1980-02-11 – 1980-02-13 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue (live, 1980‐02‐14: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live and partial | Rush | 5:14 |
| 1980-02-11 – 1980-02-13 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1980-02: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | Rush | 12:23 |
| 1980-02-13 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue (live, 1980‐02‐14: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | Rush | 5:14 |
| 1980-02-14 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1980-02-14: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | Rush | 5:14 |
| 1980-02 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1980‐02‐14: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1980-03-29 | By-Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1980‐03‐29: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | Rush | 5:12 |
| 1980-04-14 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1980-04-14: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | Rush | 5:14 |
| 1980-06-04 – 1980-06-08 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog (live, 1980‐06: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK) | live | Rush | 5:52 |
| 1980-09-30 | By‐Tor and the Snowdog (live, 1980‐09‐30: Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA, USA) | live | Rush | 5:31 |
| 1980-09-30 | Bytor and the Snowdog (live, 1980-09-30: Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA, USA) | live | Rush | 5:25 |
| 1981-03-01 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1981-03-01: International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Rush | 3:57 |
| 1981-03-01 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1981-03-01: International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA) | Rush | 3:59 | |
| 1981-03-25 | Working Man / Cygnus X‐1, Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle of Heart and Mind / By‐Tor & the Snow Dog / In the End / In the Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale (live, 1981-03-25: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live and medley | Rush | 12:32 |
| 1981-03-27 | By-Tor and the Snowdog (live, 1981-03-27: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Rush | 4:12 |
| 1981-03-27 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1981‐03‐27: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Rush | 4:13 |
| 1981-03-27 | Medley: By-Tor and the Snow Dog / In the End / In the Mood / 2112 Finale (live, 1981‐03‐27: The Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live and medley | Rush | 9:51 |
| 1981-06-12 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1981‐06‐12: Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA, USA) | live | Rush | 4:01 |
| 1981-06-14 | Medley (live, 1981-06-14: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA) | live, medley and partial | Rush | ?:?? |
| 1981-06-16 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 1981‐06‐12: Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA, USA) | live | Rush | 4:01 |
| 2002-02-04 | Take the Time (w/ excerpts of Working Man and By‐Tor) (live, 2002-02-04: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | cover, live, medley and partial | Dream Theater | 14:58 |
| 2002-02-07 | Take the Time (w/ excerpts of Working Man and By‐Tor) (live, 2002‐02‐07: Le Zénith, Paris, France) | cover, live and partial | Dream Theater | 16:25 |
| 2002-02-19 | Take the Time (live, 2002-02-19: Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain; audience recording) | cover, live, medley and partial | Dream Theater | 14:49 |
| 2002-03-03 | Take the Time / Working Man / By‐Tor & the Snow Dog (live, 2002‐03‐03: Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico) | cover, live and partial | Dream Theater | 16:13 |
| 2002-03-23 | Take the Time (w/ impromptu blues jam and excerpts of Rush) (live, 2002-03-23: Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA, USA) | cover, live, medley and partial | Dream Theater | 15:05 |
| 2002-07-01 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 2002-07-01: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC, USA) | live | Rush | 4:27 |
| 2002-07-12 | Bytor and the Snow Dog (live, 2002-07-12: Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA, USA) | live | Rush | 4:32 |
| 2002-08-02 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 2002-08-02: UMB Bank Pavilion, Maryland Heights, MO, USA) | live | Rush | 4:37 |
| 2002-09-14 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 2002-09-14: The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 2002-09-21 | Bytor and the Snow Dog (live, 2002-09-21: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | live | Rush | 4:33 |
| 2002-09-25 | Bytor and the Snow Dog (live, 2002-09-25: Coors Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA, USA) | live | Rush | 5:36 |
| 2002-10-13 | By-Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 2002-10-13: Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | Rush | 4:46 |
| 2002-10-24 | By‐Tor and the Snowdog (live, 2002-10-24: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | Rush | 4:48 |
| 2002-10-24 | Take the Time (live, 2002‐10‐24: Théâtre de la Mutualité, Paris, France; audience recording) | cover, live, medley and partial | Dream Theater | 14:22 |
| 2002-10-27 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 2002-10-27: First Union Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Rush | 6:39 |
| 2002-11-02 | By‐Tor and the Snowdog (live, 2002-11-02: Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Rush | 4:37 |
| 2002-11-22 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog (live, 2002-11-22: Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 2002-11-23 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 2002-11-23: Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | live and partial | Rush | 4:35 |
| 2002-11-23 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog / Cygnus X‐1 / Working Man (live, 2002-11-23: Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | live and medley | Rush | 13:57 |
| 2004-05-26 | By‐Tor and the Snowdog (live, 2004-05-26: Starwood Amphitheatre, Antioch, TN, USA) | live | Rush | 4:28 |
| 2004-08-14 | Bytor and the Snowdog (live, 2004-08-14: PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel Township, NJ, USA) | live | Rush | 4:35 |
| 2004-08-15 | By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue (live, 2004‐08‐15: Darien Lake Amphitheater, Darien Center, NY, USA) | live | Rush | ?:?? |
| 2004-08-21 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 2004-08-21: Centre Bell, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Rush | 4:28 |
| 2004-09-08 | By‐Tor & the Snowdog (live, 2004‐09‐08: Wembley Arena, London, England, UK) | live | Rush | 4:31 |
| 2004-09-24 | By‐Tor and the Snow Dog (live, 2004-09-24: Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany) | live | Rush | 4:40 |
| By-Tor and the Snow Dog | cover | James LaBrie | 4:13 | |
| By‐Tor & the Snow Dog (extended ending) | Rush | 9:32 | ||
| By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue | Rush | 8:57 | ||
| By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue (5.1 mix) | Rush | 8:39 | ||