 The songs were performed three weeks later at a concert in Stafford, England before the band went to Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec to record "Permanent Waves".It was the first time Rush had performed a song in concert before recording it in studio.Lifeson says the guitar solo in the song is a "really hard solo to play", describing it as "frenetic and exciting" and "one of the most ambitious pieces of music Rush has ever done".