The Seeker (song)
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| “The Seeker” | |||||
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| Single by The Who | |||||
| B-side | "Here for More" (Daltrey) | ||||
| Released | March 21, 1970 (U.K.) | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | IBC Studios, London, UK | ||||
| Genre | Rock Hard rock |
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| Label | Track 604036 (U.K.) Decca 732729 (U.S.) |
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| Writer(s) | Pete Townshend | ||||
| Producer | Kit Lambert, The Who | ||||
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"The Seeker" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1971 compilation album Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy.
"I suppose I like this least of all the stuff", wrote Townshend. "It suffered from being the first thing we did after Tommy, and also from being recorded a few too many times. We did it once at my home studio, then at IBC where we normally worked then with Kit Lambert producing. Then Kit had a tooth pulled, breaking his jaw, and we did it ourselves. The results are impressive. It sounded great in the mosquito-ridden swamp I made it up in, Florida at three in the morning drunk out of my brain with Tom Wright and John Wolf. But that's always where the trouble starts, in the swamp. The alligator turned into an elephant and finally stampeded itself to death on stages around England. I don't think we even got to play it in the States." (Actually, this is not true, as the band did perform it for about two weeks on their 1970 American tour.) Released in the UK as Track 604036 on March 21, 1970, it reached #19 in the charts. Released in the U.S. as Decca 732729, it hit the Billboard charts on April 11, 1970, eventually peaking at #44. The Who revived the song on the 2006-2007 tour for Endless Wire.
The song is featured in American Beauty. In the movie we see Wes Bentley and Thora Birch's characters, Ricky and Jane respectively, lying down in bed close to each other and Ricky says, "Do you know how lucky we are to have found each other?", the subsequent shot begins with Pete Townshends' blaring guitar from the song.
It is also featured in episode 1 of the first series of Lewis.
The song is also featured in The Limey. It is the intro song to the movie, setting the mood for it. It also plays while Terence Stamp is leaving a building after killing dealers.
The song can be heard in an episode of the Simpsons, where the Who play a concert in New Springfield.
It is featured on the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack.
It is also on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
[edit] Covers
- Rush covered the song for their Feedback EP, and played throughout their 30th Anniversary tour in 2004.
- A cover by The Smithereens appears on their 1995 rarities album, Attack of the Smithereens.
- A cover of the song is featured in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
- Fish covered it on Songs from the Mirror (1993).
- The Fratellis have covered the song several times live. on April 11, 2008, they were joined by Roger Daltry himself who contributed vocals to the song. [1]
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