Pete Townshend worked on the song, originally as a slow blues, all through the summer of 1965, as The Who toured Scandinavia and Holland.
The U.S. Top 40 was new territory for the album-oriented band until Dickey Betts’ song arrived.
An introduction to the solo career of the eternally youthful Red Rocker.
A euphoric and inventive pop-blast of an album, ‘Colors’ proved that, over two decades into his career, Beck would always find new ways to surprise.