Limelight

Peart wrote the words about his unease with the band's success and the loss of privacy that came with it. Lifeson described the subject as being under microscopic scrutiny and the need for privacy. Lee said in 1988 that it was more Peart's song than most on the album, because Peart found it hardest to cope with autograph seekers. The lyrics paraphrase the All the world's a stage speech from Shakespeare's As You Like It, the source of the title of the band's 1976 live album, and mention the camera eye, the title of the next track.

Lifeson played the solo on what he called a Hentor Sportscaster, a modified Stratocaster with a Floyd Rose vibrato arm. He named it his favorite solo to play live. It was the lead single from Moving Pictures in February 1981, reaching number 55 on the American Hot 100 and number four on the Billboard Top Tracks chart. Guitar World ranked the solo 26th on its list of the greatest, and Rolling Stone placed the song at number 435 on its 2021 list of the 500 greatest songs. The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted it in 2010.

The band played it on every tour from its release until the Grace Under Pressure tour, when it was dropped. It returned for the next two tours, was dropped for Presto, and then stayed in the set through to R40. Billy Talent recorded a cover in 2025.