"Marquee Moon" is a song by American rock band Television, recorded for their 1977 debut album of the same name.
After the third chorus, there is a longer solo by Tom Verlaine, based on a jazz-like Mixolydian scale, that lasts for the entire second half of the song.
On the original vinyl edition of the album, the song faded out just short of ten minutes, but the CD reissues have included the full 10:40 of the take.
[citation needed] Despite its length, which would typically have been too long for most popular music radio formats, the song was released as a single in the U.K. and was a minor success, reaching number 30 on the UK Singles Chart.
[citation needed] A mono recording of the song served as the B-side of the 12" single, and an alternate take was issued in 2003 on the remastered CD version of the album, Elektra/Rhino R2 73920.